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BIRMINGHAM Labour MP Gisele Stuart accused Remain supporters who didn’t like the result of the referendum on EU membership yesterday of wanting a rerun under a different heading.
Her immediate target on the Daily Politics show was Scottish National Party Europe spokesman Stephen Gethins whose response confirmed her accusation.
He claimed that the successful Leave side had achieved their aim through offering a “blank piece of paper,” which meant that people voting to quit the EU hadn’t a clue that this would also mean leaving the European single market. Even after being shown an array of pro and anti-Leave campaigners making clear, pre-referendum, that leaving the EU meant ending membership of the single market, Gethins refused to concede the point.
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
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
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare