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Brian Barder

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If Corbyn won’t stop Brexit then it is time for the rest of Labour to fight for the EU

With the perverse and wrong-headed decision to sack three of his shadow ministers, and to accept the resignations…
Brian Barder
4th July, 2017, 12:00 pm
Comment

Labour won Tory seats with a stirring campaign – but danger lurks in the detail of both parties’ spending plans

General election 2017 (seats won compared with 2015): Conservatives: 318 (-13) Labour: 262 (+30) SNP: 35 (-21) Lib…
Brian Barder
20th June, 2017, 1:00 pm
Comment

Shaky May’s numbers may be enough – but Corbyn should have sounded out minor parties a month ago

First, the basic numbers: there are 650 Commons seats. While 326 is an absolute majority, governing parties normally…
Brian Barder
9th June, 2017, 2:00 pm
Comment

This may be our one chance: Labour MPs have a duty to vote against article 50

Those of us who remain convinced that Britain’s place and future should be in the European Union with…
Brian Barder
25th January, 2017, 7:30 pm
Comment

Brexit spells ruin for our country – MPs must be free to vote against it

The recent 448-75 parliamentary majority in favour of Theresa May triggering article 50 (A50) by end March, just weeks away,…
Brian Barder
22nd December, 2016, 4:22 pm
Comment

The Trump disaster and lessons for Labour

  “[A]t the moment I am in anguish, frightened for my country and for our unity. And for…
Brian Barder
19th November, 2016, 8:00 am
Comment

The EU referendum was purely advisory – Labour MPs must be brave and be prepared to vote against article 50

Writing this in New York just before a US presidential election of global significance, it is easy to…
Brian Barder
7th November, 2016, 12:34 pm
Comment

Don’t let Boris appease the Tory right – a former diplomat writes to Emily Thornberry

Dear Emily, This letter assumes that Britain will have expelled itself from the EU within a few years,…
Brian Barder
25th August, 2016, 3:55 pm
Comment

Brexit: let the people decide on the terms we are offered

Did the EU in/out referendum on 23 June pronounce the last word on whether the UK remains in…
Brian Barder
22nd August, 2016, 11:03 am
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It is time to talk to the SNP about how we would make a minority Labour government work

Labour’s showing in the 2016 elections was terrible, but not bad enough to precipitate a change of leadership and…
Brian Barder
28th July, 2016, 1:07 pm
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