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What The Chair of Health and Social Care Select Committees Wrote about Brexit and the NHS
Sarah Wollaston is the MP for the Totnes Constituency and Chair of Health and Social Care Select & Liaison Committees. Paul Williams is a GP and the MP for Stockton South and a member of the Health Select Committee. They wrote an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal about Brexit in and the NHS… Continue reading
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UK government announces draconian Brexit immigration policy and deployment of troops By Robert Stevens
The day after the government announced it was putting 3,500 troops on standby, amid business organisations saying they were “watching in horror” at the implications of a no-deal Brexit, proceedings in Parliament Wednesday descended into farce. Continue reading
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May Days in Britain by Binoy Kampmark
19 December 2018 — Global Research [ Although this article speak to the truth about this damnable Brexit, what it also shows is that once on this road, for or against Brexit, it makes no difference, it has left us stuck in a literal dead-end! We’re stuck, the direct result of Jeremy Corbyn’s cowardly, opportunistic behaviour Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: The real cost of Brexit revealed
By TruePublica editor: Many of the national newspapers have recently reported that Theresa May’s Brexit deal will come at a substantial cost to the economy. The Guardian reported, as many others did a few days ago that – “Theresa May’s Brexit deal is expected to cost the UK economy as much as £100bn over the… Continue reading
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Britain: May’s Pyrrhic victory
Theresa May has survived to live another day after coming through a vote of no confidence amongst her party’s MPs with a 200-to-117 majority. But whilst the Tory leader may have won this battle, she has most certainly lost the war. Continue reading
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How can Brexit be about democracy after this? By Graham Vanbergen
I have written endlessly about the involvement of dark money and right-wing free-market fundamentalists agitating for Brexit who secured positions in high office and the very corridors of power. In my recent book, ‘Brexit – A corporate coup d’etat’ – I highlighted how they established, built and nurtured authoritative organisations to ensure that Brexit was… Continue reading
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UK: May staggers on as more than a third of Tory MPs oppose her By Robert Stevens
The large vote against her by her hard-Brexit wing, combined with the loss of support from the 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs, confirms that May is numbered among the walking dead. Arch critic of her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union, Jacob Rees-Mogg, told the press, “163 Conservative MPs are on the payroll—ministers, PPSs,… Continue reading
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Conservatives Own the Ongoing Disaster That Is Brexit By Natasha Hakimi ZAPATA
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind visit to the United Kingdom, where the elephant in every room seems to have grown to such proportions that Brits can hardly breathe without mentioning it with a groan. I’m talking about Brexit, of course, the U.K.’s ill-fated divorce from the European Union, which began over two years ago… Continue reading
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May delays Brexit vote while Corbyn refuses to move no confidence motion By Chris Marsden
On the day UK Prime Minister Theresa May called off the vote on her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union (EU), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to move a motion of no-confidence until she completed a fresh round of negotiations with Brussels. Continue reading
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Brexit: Corbyn’s Cakeism; Norway Rejects “Norway”
So the odds now seem to favor May putting off the vote, and running to the EU Council meeting of December 13-14. If so, this means her fallback it to try to run out the clock so as to make the no deal risk even more imminent, and perhaps also to get the EU Council… Continue reading
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The Never-Ending Brexit
The Brexit agreement between the UK and the EU is a temporary arrangement that maintains much of the status quo and does not really provide a clear path forward. As it stands, it could lead to Prime Minister Theresa May’s fall, says Prof. Leo Panitch (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Brexit or no Brexit, life-changing medicines already aren’t getting through By Heidi Chow
Big Pharma is hurting the NHS at its core – here’s what we need to do, if we’re bold enough. Continue reading
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British PM May attacked from all sides ahead of parliament Brexit vote By Robert Stevens
Theresa May’s Conservative government faces days of brinksmanship and political infighting ahead of a vote in parliament on the agreement reached with the European Union (EU) over the terms of Britain’s exit. Continue reading
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Why Britain will take the Brexit deal, in five charts By David P. Goldman
The UK’s Economic fundamentals are in some ways worse than Italy’s, and British spite for EU rules is not enough to risk ‘hard-Brexit’-fueled capital flight Continue reading
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Secession from the European Union By Thierry Meyssan
For Thierry Meyssan, the way in which Germany and France are refusing the right of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union demonstrates the fact that the EU is not simply a straight-jacket – it also goes to show that the Europeans still care as little about their neighbours as they did during the… Continue reading
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The only answer to Brexit is the United Socialist States of Europe By Chris Marsden
Brexit is a fight over Britain’s geostrategic orientation and economic and political alliances, amid developing protectionism and trade war and an eruption of militarism. Every faction—whether pro- or anti-EU membership or urging some form of continued relations with the EU—is viciously opposed to the interests of the working class. Continue reading
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Labour MPs Should Vote Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. It Is a Poison Pill
Yves here. Due to the hour, I am running this Brexit post with less of introduction than I might otherwise. Recall that we flagged Shadow Brexit Minister Kier Starmer’s “No deal is a bluff” messaging as perhaps the talking point of the week or just astonishingly badly informed. Continue reading
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BREXIT – Finally Laid Bare For All To See By Graham Vanbergen
The dream of Brexit, that of the so-called ‘ultras,’ the buccaneering Brexiteers is finally being laid bare for what it really is – a fantasy. The tally of Theresa May’s appointments who have walked out has now reached 18. The record-setting turnover rate in Theresa may’s government is only trumped in the democratic West by… Continue reading
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Brexit Agreement: A Deal Between German Manufacturing and UK Finance Sectors
As Britain’s Theresa May inches closer towards a final Brexit agreement, for leaving the European Union, behind the scenes it is not quite the compromise politicians and the media make it out to be, says economist John Weeks Continue reading
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Brexit deal threatens survival of May government By Robert Stevens
The draft agreement struck between the European Union (EU) and Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiating team has been denounced on all sides. May’s fate depends most immediately on the size of a rebellion by the hard-Brexit wing of her party. But based on anything other than the most optimistic assessment, there is little likelihood of… Continue reading
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