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Communist Party of Britain Congress: Workers ‘must fight for a people’s exit from EU’
Working class must raise its voice to leave all-powerful single market

by Ben Cowles at Ruskin House

WORKERS must campaign hard to ensure a “people’s exit” from the European Union, Communist Party general secretary Rob Griffiths told the party’s 54th congress on Saturday.

He said communists should be proud of the party’s role in leading the left-wing argument for leaving the EU, but there was still much work to do.

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