Richard Corbett: Labour must distance itself from the Tories’ Brexit disaster
Labour should keep all options open on Brexit. Its manifesto pledges — which vowed to respect the result…
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Richard Corbett: The red lines Labour must lay down for the PM’s Brexit talks
Three factors are hardening Labour’s attitudes to Brexit: 1. Whichever way our MPs voted on the principle of…
Richard Corbett: The Brexit bill has passed but Labour must reject any deal that leaves Britain relying on the goodwill of Trump
Now that the article 50 notification bill has passed in the House of Commons, the debate moves on…
Richard Corbett: If the PM’s hard Brexit harms jobs, growth and health then Labour MPs are entitled to oppose it
The response to the referendum result is still playing out in both of Britain’s main political parties. While…
Richard Corbett: There’s no mandate for a Brexit that pushes Britain over the cliff-edge
Those who consider that the British people have spoken clearly in favour of Brexit (and many don’t, given…
Richard Corbett: Let’s give the people a final say on the terms of Brexit
The likelihood of a vote in Parliament on Brexit has caused much comment on the degree to which…
Richard Corbett: Here’s how the left should respond to Brexit
It is, of course, a drama manufactured almost entirely by the right wing of British politics. An unpopular…
Michael Gove is cynically trying to exploit the EU small print to boost his Brexit campaign – Richard Corbett
I am somewhat shocked that a man with a reputation for intellectual rigour should throw so many distortions,…
There’s nothing left-wing about being anti-EU
Like Britain, the EU isn’t perfect. Political battles need to be fought at European level, just as at…
How to oppose austerity without looking like deficit-deniers
Across Europe – from Spain to Scotland, from the Labour leadership contest to the situation in Greece –…
