Taking back the power: forcing the EU’s hand

15th November 201915th November 20191 year ago SLR 124 Views ‘remain and rebel’, EU, Labour for a Socialist Europe, leave/remain, Neo-liberalism 4 min read

Though a little late in the day, Gregor Gall suggests a way out of the ‘leave’/’remain’ stasis for the left.

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Vladimir McTavish’s Kick up the Tabloids

15th November 20191 year ago SLR 105 Views ‘taking back control’, EU, European neighbours, People’s Vote, Vladimir McTavish’s Kick up the Tabloids 3 min read

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Backstop, borders and Brexit – a threat to life and liberty in the Emerald Isle

16th September 201916th September 20191 year ago SLR 109 Views ‘no-deal’ Brexit, Border, DUP, EU, Ireland, Tory Party 4 min read

Gerry Carroll argues a Tory Brexit will spell a disaster for working people The seemingly never-ending saga of Brexit appears

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Where now for Corbyn on Brexit?

15th July 201916th July 20192 years ago SLR 145 Views Alan Clark Diaries, EU, Jeremy Corbyn, STUC 4 min read

George Reid wonders whether Corbyn is hamstrung by his attachment to the ‘left analysis’ of the EU ‘Blimey, that was

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Demos Kratia – it is all Greek to us for people power?

18th March 20192 years ago SLR 234 Views Citizens’ Assemblies, constitutional issues, EU, MPs, NHS, parliamentary democracy, politician, referendum, representative, Scotland 4 min read

Ian Paterson argues there are ways of producing proficient politics Us Scots are kidding ourselves, if we think we’re a

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Tories in tatters results in rise of right?

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 137 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, Dominic Raab, ethno-nationalism, EU, European Research Group (ERG), Europhobia, Iain Duncan Smith, Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Gove, Prime Minister, Sajid Javid, Tory right 4 min read

Sean Duffy argues that the beneficiaries of May’s meltdown are like to be Rees Mogg and his cohorts The Conservative

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Helping capitalism dig its own grave

12th November 201819th June 20202 years ago SLR 142 Views Brexit, Capitalism, EEA, EU, free trade, Germany, globalisation, Marx, Trump, workers, working class 8 min read

George Kerevan sets out his socialist position in the context of the contradictions of capitalism WHAT position should socialists advance

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Tory Party implodes as Brexit explodes

12th November 201829th November 20182 years ago SLR 119 Views Brexit, Common Market, DUP, EEA, EFTA, EU, Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy CorbynJohnson, Keir Starmer, Labour, PM May, Scotland, Thatcher 4 min read

Neil Findlay articulates Labour’s position The next few weeks and months will see the culmination of a forty-year civil war

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Against Brexit and for a ratification referendum

12th November 201820th November 20182 years ago SLR 162 Views Brexit, Brussels, EU, EU crisis, Europe, single market and customs union, Theresa May, WTO 8 min read

Molly Scott Cato makes the case for stopping a disaster by having a ‘People’s Vote’ ‘Brexit means Brexit’ declared Theresa

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Demanding what was promised

12th November 201820th November 20182 years ago SLR 133 Views ASLEF, Boris Johnson, Brexit means Brexit, David Davis, EU, European Commission’s Fourth Railway Package, Liam Fox, railways, Royal Mail, Tories, TTIP 6 min read

Mick Whelan lays out why his union supported Brexit and what it expects from the negotiations ASLEF backed Brexit –

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Where is Brexit heading and with what impact on independence?

12th November 20182 years ago SLR 129 Views Brexit, business, EU, frictionless borders, public, public vote, single market, Survation poll, YouGov polls 4 min read

Kirsty Hughes shows Brexit has thrown up many more questions than answers The October summit where a Brexit deal was

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Brexit, the ruling class and prospects for a left Labour government

12th November 20182 years ago SLR 160 Views Brexit, British capitalism, CBI, Corbyn, EU, Europhobes, Labour governments, right-wing press, Scottish Independence, Thatcher, Tories, UKIP 4 min read

Neil Davidson warns of dangers past, present and future for Corbyn, Labour and socialists For over 200 years after 1688

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A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS 

12th November 20182 years ago SLR 219 Views ‘no-deal’ Brexit, Andrea Leadsom, Arlene Foster, Boris Johnson, Brexiteers, EU, Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Gove, NHS, Northern Ireland, People’s Vote on Brexit, World War II 4 min read

Vladimir McTavish’s  A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS  There has been no lack of hyperbole in the media over the past

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