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THERE is a vacuum at the heart of the EU referendum debate where the Labour Party should be.
This is because Labour has no substantial position of its own to put forward. Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn often sounds for all the world like a Cameron loyalist in some junior ministerial post, twittering on about EU membership supposedly giving us jobs, investment and economic growth.
When he praises the EU for responding to “Russian aggression” in Crimea and Ukraine, it might as well be Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond speaking.
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR