5 June 2020
“The British people have spoken, and the answer is, we’re out,” said the BBC four years ago after a long night of magnificent referendum results. Yet we’re not out, not really.
1 June 2020
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator is at it again, threatening Britain. But the threat is an odd one: reach agreement, or face no deal. As if that were a threat!
1 June 2020
We are told the UK’s Brexit negotiators are insisting on sovereignty at every turn. That doesn’t seem to apply to defence…
24 May 2020
To go by the latest official figures on non-EU immigration, the government’s pledge take control of our borders is already worthless.
15 May 2020
For the foreseeable future – for years – there will be no such thing as 100 per cent safe. Only workers can assess what is reasonably safe in their workplace, and every workplace is different, including every school.
14 May 2020
P&O Ferries has cut jobs on key ferry routes, while taking government support for Covid-19. The seafarers’ union RMT is calling for the government to take control of the company.
13 May 2020
While the aerospace industry is looking for handouts, manufacturing union Unite is calling for a new industrial strategy based on making more in Britain.
The European Commission is making a concerted power grab to give itself the right to intervene in member states’ health systems.
12 May 2020
The EU hopes the coronavirus emergency will keep Britain in its orbit. The impact of Covid-19 makes it more important there is no extension to the transition period.
11 May 2020
Coronavirus is tearing the EU apart. The European Commission has a plan to grab money from members, and which threatens Britain with unknown extra costs if the Brexit transition is extended.
8 May 2020
The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the Second World War in Europe, which ended with the defeat of fascism 75 years ago on 8 May 1945. The balance of class forces shifted away from capitalism for a few post-war decades...
4 May 2020
How is devolution to Scotland and Wales helping Britain tackle the coronavirus pandemic? Not at all.
