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The Commons will now consider the various Lords amendments to the Brexit legislation, and disgracefully the government is allowing just one day of debate to consider some of the most important questions facing the country. The most…
Occasionally Labour party members express concerns that EU single market rules could impede what Labour would want to do in government. Is this concern justified? Should it make us wary about staying in the single market? In general, Labour…
Once again, the Brexit talks have failed to progress, an apt end to the week for this stuttering, stalling driverless car of a government that is dragging Britain towards the cliff edge. There was no significant progress in round six of the…
It is not without irony that, with Britain on the brink of leaving the EU, the scale and complexity of the European relationship is probably more talked about now than at any time in the past 40 years. And, almost daily, more and more…
Ever since Guy Verhofstadt let slip that the monthly Brexit negotiating round was to be put back a week so that Theresa May could make an important proclamation, speculation about the content of her speech has been rife. But, flying all the…
I was shocked the other day to hear a friend say that comrades wanting a soft Brexit, or no Brexit, are Blairite. It's utter rubbish. In fact, Tony Blair resisted many EU proposals to strengthen legislation that protects workers across…
Labour should keep all options open on Brexit. Its manifesto pledges -- which vowed to respect the result of the referendum and seek a jobs-first Brexit -- were, as manifesto pledges are, about what Labour would do in government. But we are…
Three factors are hardening Labour's attitudes to Brexit: 1. Whichever way our MPs voted on the principle of triggering article 50, the debate now moves on to confronting the reality of the hard, costly, damaging Brexit that the Tories are…
Now that the article 50 notification bill has passed in the House of Commons, the debate moves on from how we should have voted, to what deal the government is going to secure in the forthcoming negotiations. Labour has said it will press…
The response to the referendum result is still playing out in both of Britain’s main political parties. While the last few weeks have given the appearance – in stark contrast to before the referendum – of a united Conservative party and a…
Those who consider that the British people have spoken clearly in favour of Brexit (and many don’t, given that it was an advisory referendum, won by a narrow majority, on the basis of lies and on a questionable franchise) must surely accept…
The likelihood of a vote in Parliament on Brexit has caused much comment on the degree to which MPs and peers, or indeed political parties, are mandated by the referendum result. Any instruction from the referendum can only be to secure a…
