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Stop using the far right as blackmail against a vote on the Brexit deal

Monday, September 17, 2018 Red Flag Comments Off

By Rob Schofield Recently, during a discussion about the recent poll showing majority support for a referendum on the final Brexit deal among members of the three biggest trade unions, I was met with a […]

Theresa May’s Chequered Brexit

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Red Flag Comments Off

By KD Tait After warning mutinous backbenchers that a divided Tory party risks paving the way for a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government, Theresa May gambled on splitting the pro-Brexit faction of her party, and uniting […]

The left’s Brexit debate is nasty, dangerous and narrow

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Red Flag Comments Off

By Simon Hannah THE FIGHT over whether to leave the European Union is increasing in tempo. Hundreds of thousands marched in central London on 23 June (venomously described by some as “liberals”, “Blairites”, “croissant eating […]

Labour must come clean on Brexit

Saturday, June 16, 2018 Red Flag Comments Off

By Peter Main THIS MONTH sees the second anniversary of the “Brexit Referendum” and, a few days later, the opening of a crucial EU summit on 28 June. Until now, it has been possible for […]

Tories learn Brexit can’t please everyone

Saturday, October 21, 2017 Jeremy Dewar Comments Off

Learning the hard way

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Labour conference rejects vote on Brexit policy

Friday, October 20, 2017 KD Tait Comments Off

It’s not undemocratic to oppose Brexit

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A Labour Brexit? Definitely maybe

Saturday, September 9, 2017 Red Flag Comments Off

By Peter Main LABOUR’S CALL for a post-Brexit “transition period”, during which the UK would remain in the Single Market, has been presented as a clear-headed alternative to the government’s “constructive ambiguity”. Shadow Brexit Secretary […]

Tories prepare ground for post-Brexit migrant clampdown

Friday, September 8, 2017 Red Flag Comments Off

By Jeremy Dewar AN 82 PAGE dossier, outlining the Tories’ proposed immigration legislation once the UK has left the European Union, has been leaked to The Guardian newspaper. It was marked “extremely sensitive”, and it […]

Shut down UK detention centres

Thursday, September 7, 2017 Red Flag Comments Off

By Jeremy Dewar BBC’S PANORAMA team have produced a powerful, courageous and shocking piece of investigative journalism that has blown the lid on Britain’s immigration detention centres. Its programme Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets follows a […]

Brexit and Britain’s political crisis

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 Red Flag Comments Off

The period since the 2015 general election has been a roller coaster ride for Britain’s political parties, with all of them forced to ditch their incumbent leaders at one point or another.