Tag: Brexit
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Put Labour at the head of the anti-Brexit movement
Anti-Brexit, anti-fascist rally, London, December 9, 2018 (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Prime Minister Theresa May has, unsurprisingly, survived the vote of no confidence moved by Labour with the solid support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the European Research Group after suffering the biggest Parliamentary defeat in British political history on her exit agreement from…
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Britain: The strategic perplexity of the Left on Brexit
Labour and the Left are divided over Brexit (Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) What do we do about Brexit? May’s deal is toast, so what now? This is obviously not the Left’s baby. We didn’t bring it about: rather, Brexit occurred as a result of a struggle between factions of the Conservative Party in which the worst…
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Two steps to stop Brexit
The following statement of position is from Socialist Resistance, the British section of the Fourth International. It explains their opposition to “Brexit,” the exit of Britain from the European Union (EU). The Conservative (Tory) government just reached an agreement with the EU leaders for terms of the March 2019 exit. The British Labour Party and…