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A Left case for leaving the EU
PHIL KATZ and MARTIN HALL argue that once we leave the EU, new opportunities will open up for working-class advance
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AS THE clock ticks ever closer to Britain’s deadline for leaving the EU, people might be forgiven for wondering why a new socialist group pushing for the importance of getting the UK out of the EU is required.
However, a quick look around at the political environment should make it clear that the socialist case has not made it into the majority of workplaces, trade unions nor our mainstream media. Why is this?
The referendum in 2016 was presented as a battle between two opposing wings of the Establishment: a Tory right, high on post-imperial delusions versus a pro-EU Establishment supported by the vast majority of big business, the CBI, the Bank of England and the Treasury.
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