Brussels bids to take charge of health services
The European Commission is making a concerted power grab to give itself the right to intervene in member states’ health systems.
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EU hopes for coronavirus extension
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.
Chaos and cost ahead as EU looks for more money
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.
Not a day more under the EU thumb
Has Covid-19 infected the Brexit process? For diehard believers in the EU, it has become the excuse they were looking for.
Not another day under the EU thumb
16 April 2020
The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.
Brexit means Brussels, says EU
27 March 2020
Nearly four years after the Brexit referendum, the EU is still clinging to the hope that it can keep control of Britain away from the British people, according to a leaked document.
Stop this anti-protection racket
The government has started consulting over what its new “Global Tariff Policy” should be.
If a job's worth doing...
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly.
The transition: stay alert, stay ready
We want to get Brexit done. But we’ve just had a 42-month tutorial in why we not to leave things to the establishment. What do we need to be vigilant about?
Fishing: 5 red lines
Fishing for Leave (ffl.org.uk) has posted its key demands for the future organisation of fishing in British waters
Keep Britain united
Too many people don’t recognise the importance of national unity for the development of a thriving Britain.
Agriculture: the great opportunity
While the EU is desperately trying to find the money to prop up its ailing and corrupt Common Agricultural Policy, Britain can plan for a productive future…
The truth about quotas
British fishermen have reacted angrily to attempts to slur them by saying they sold off fishing rights…
No limits on access to British fishing grounds, says EU
9 February 2020
The EU is insisting that EU boats continue to have untrammelled access to British waters. The idea makes no sense for Britain.
Trade consultation ignores need for industry
9 February 2020
The government is consulting on a new trade policy post-Brexit. And if the consultation is anything to go by, the direction of travel is worrying.
Outrage as Metro trains outsourced to Switzerland
1 February 2020
Manufacturing union Unite has slammed the government over its commitment to British train manufacturing after a £337 milion contract for new Tyne & Wear metro trains was been awarded to a Swiss company.
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well
1 February 2020
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly. Celebrate, be optimistic – but stay vigilant and be ready for the hard work to come.
MEPs leave Brussels amid EU hostility to national sovereignty
31 January 2020
Britain’s MEPs left the European Parliament for good on Wednesday after a debate which showed that the only nationalism the EU will permit is EU-nationalism.
How to deal with the EU over fishing
23 January 2020
Fishing for Leave has set out the perfect strategy for dealing with the EU’s “self-entitled and belligerent demand to continue its fleet’s unhindered exploitation of British waters”.
Brexit: from ideas to action - Manchester
Brexit: from ideas to action - Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2020 19:30 to 21:30
Manchester, Thursday 13 February, 7.30 pm
A special discussion event, Upstairs meeting room, The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street M1 4GX
We cannot rely on politicians to keep Brexit on track. Coming after the General Election, this event will be different from the usual CPBML public meetings. It will be designed to maximise discussion and participation from the audience, and come up with ideas for action. Free entry.
Break clean for fishing
With a clear majority, the government must retake full control of Britain’s coastal waters…
The battle is only just beginning
All the schemes, the arrogance, the contempt for democracy of the diehard Remain campaigners, have come to nothing, squashed by the vote of the people – as happened in 2016.
How to protect the environment (and why the EU makes things worse)
How to protect the environment (and why the EU makes things worse)
Tuesday 3 March 2020 19:30 to 21:00
London, Tuesday 3 March 2020, 7.30 pm
A CPBML public meeting in the Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL.
We are often told we must stay in the EU “to protect our environmental rights”. And yet we constantly read that the environment has grown worse over the past few decades – when Britain was a member of the EU. Both refrains cannot be right. Come and hear an independent approach to the environment in a lively talk – and then join in the discussion. Free entry.
Manifestoes and the art of misleading
26 November 2019
With the publication of the Labour and Conservative manifestoes, it is at least clear what this grim election is now about: deciding on the least worst option, and wading through the deluge of half-truths.
Brexit: from ideas to action - London
Brexit: from ideas to action - London
Tuesday 14 January 2020 19:30 to 21:00
London, Tuesday 14 January, 7.30 pm
A special discussion event in the Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
We cannot rely on politicians to keep Brexit on track. One month after the General Election, this event will be different from the usual CPBML public meetings. It will be designed to maximise discussion and participation from the audience, and come up with ideas for action. Free entry.
We need a clean break, says fishing campaign
19 November 2019
The campaign group Fishing for Leave has issued a new press release about the effect of the proposed “deal” for leaving the EU on UK fishing, and the benefits of a clean break.
Scottish union campaign hears from Irish anti-EU campaigner
19 November 2019
The Unite HQ in Glasgow was the setting for a trade union meeting involving current and former officials of the RMT union and others that heard from Anthony Coughlan, a veteran of decades of struggle against the EU in Ireland.
Financial standstill: the EU can't cope with Brexit
13 November 2019
Brexit has brought the EU’s plans to a financial standstill that shows little signs of easing.
The battle for an independent Britain is there to be won
5 November 2019
The general election campaign has started, and with it the combined efforts of the establishment seeking to distract us into delegating the job of independence to parliament.
Impromptu march brings democracy to the streets of London
1 November 2019
The planned official Brexit rally in Parliament Square in London on 31 October did not go ahead. Instead, hundreds of demonstrators arrived to stand opposite parliament to make their feelings felt.