brexit
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Brexit & the British Working Class
Much has been written on Brexit, stage 1 of which occurred on 31 January. But a key point has been ignored: the UK’s departure from the European Union is due to a reactionary revolt by the British (mainly English) working class. This went against the established policy of the political elites, bourgeoisie, ruling class –… Continue reading
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UK Came & Went, Leaving Europe in a Mess
As Great Britain returns to the uncertainties of the open sea, it leaves behind a European Union that is bureaucratically governed to serve the interests of financial capital, writes Diana Johnstone. Continue reading
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UK: Here Comes the Breakdown Decade
In the decade from 2010 to 2020, a period in which the Conservative government oversaw the Great Recession and managed the slowest recovery from any economic slump on record – it heaped misery on millions in the shape of a failed policy called austerity. Continue reading
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Propaganda – Gov’t creates film factory to rewrite Brexit history
Dan Brown, author of the Da Vinci Code once wrote – “History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books – books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, ‘What is history, but a fable… Continue reading
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In the UK – Do Subjects Deserve their Rulers?
I constantly receive such letters; letters which repeat, again and again, year after year, basically the same thing: “If only we would have an opportunity to vote out our damn system!” Continue reading
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BREXIT THE TRAGICOMEDY starring Johnson, the Emperor with no Mandate
In times of great disappointment and crisis, it is important to keep a level head, to analyse the situation coolly and calmly, and most importantly to extend one’s intellectual vision beyond the immediate. Johnson, the Tories and the media are all rejoicing in what they consider to be a resounding victory. Clearly, the capitalist class… Continue reading
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Get Brexit done!
That was the campaign slogan of the incumbent Conservative government under PM Boris Johnson. And it was the message that won over a sufficient number of those Labour voters who had voted to the leave the EU in 2016 to back the Conservatives. One-third of Labour voters in the 2017 election wanted to leave the… Continue reading
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UK: Labour’s economic policy: the challenge ahead
Whatever government is formed in the UK after the 12 December election, it faces an immense challenge. The British economy is in a mess and its society is riven with division. Continue reading
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Boris Johnson’s 19 new powers will kill democracy
By TruePublica: Boris Johnson’s amazing Brexit deal, which has turned out to be a worse deal than the bad deal rejected three times via Theresa May has not just been discredited – it has been blown completely out of the water. Continue reading
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The Incredible Disappearing Farage, and Other Electoral Oddities
For a decade Nigel Farage has been flung into our living rooms continually by the BBC. Even when UKIP barely registered a blip in the opinion polls, he was a regular on Question Time and the other news, current affairs and politics programme. Farage’s celebrity was a BBC creation. He served an important purpose. At… Continue reading
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Brexit/Election News Links 3 November 2019
3 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back General election 2019: Nigel Farage will not stand as candidate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50280848 Election – One million under 45s register to vote in one month https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/election-one-million-register-to-vote-in-one-month/ Continue reading
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UK Election – One million under 45s register to vote in one month
TruePublica Editor: Bad news for Boris Johnson keeps piling up as election campaigning is in now full swing. Continue reading
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Johnson and Cummings – Police hand criminal evidence to prosecution agency over Brexit campaign
Evidence that could lead to criminal charges against the pro-Brexit campaign led by Boris Johnson and his key adviser, Dominic Cummings, has now been passed by police to the criminal prosecution authorities, openDemocracy has learned. Continue reading
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UK: Johnson set to win vote to hold December general election
MPs voted last night to reject Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s motion to call a snap general election on December 12. Johnson won the vote by 299 to 70 but the Fixed Term Parliament Act (FTPA) requires that general elections can only be called with the votes of two thirds (434) of MPs. Continue reading
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European Union delays Brexit extension decision as Corbyn tries to avoid general election By Robert Stevens
Boris Johnson, right, and Jeremy Corbyn walk through the Commons Members Lobby in Parliament, London [Source: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool] Continue reading
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The US/UK trade deal is truly frightening – here’s what’s coming
By TruePublica Editor: In the magical illusions of the smoke and mirrors ideology behind Brexit, we should be acutely aware of what a trade deal with America means. In our article this week – The MAGA Agenda – it seems that among those on the radical right – the government, their acolytes and corporate donors… Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 19-20 October 2019
20 October 2019 • 13:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Labour to push for commons vote on new Brexit referendum http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/U-SsdFfHkkQ/ Jeremy Corbyn says he’ll challenge the government ‘all the way’ over Europe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/eIXgaMh_5Fc/ Continue reading
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Brace yourself for Saturday 19th October
By TruePublica Editor: This Saturday is as important as that vote back in 2016. On the 23rd of June 2016, the electorate of Britain marginally voted to leave the EU. Three years and four months later parliament decides if that should happen. After the social division, mass political back-stabbings and subsequent implosion of the Tory… Continue reading
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Is Johnson planning to renege on his Brexit deal?
“There is not a soul in the long corridors of Whitehall who believes the prime minister is telling the truth“. These are the words of Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens whose article is entitled – “Boris Johnson’s lies are plunging Britain into a dark morass.” Stephens is right to point out that deceiving the Queen,… Continue reading
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No Brexit deal reached as European Union summit begins By Chris Marsden
In the end, yesterday finished with statements by a spokesman for Boris Johnson’s Conservative government that no Brexit deal would be reached as negotiations with the Tories’ political partners, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and technical talks with the European Union (EU) were ongoing. Continue reading
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