COMMUNISTS in Scotland and Wales said today that Brexit would take Britain closer to a federal set-up with more powers for its constituent nations.

“Scottish and Welsh Communists have long supported the case for a federal Britain. We believe this is the only constitutional settlement that will empower the workers and peoples of our countries to control and develop their economies, while maintaining labour movement unity and redistributing the wealth owned largely by the capitalist class,” the Scottish committee of the Communist Party and the Welsh Communist Party declared in a joint statement.

The statement, signed by Tommy Morrison as secretary of the Scottish committee and Trevor Jones as secretary of the Welsh Communist Party, said Brexit would “mean a major transfer of powers from the European Commission and other bureaucratic EU agencies to the elected legislatures and governments in Edinburgh and Cardiff.