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BRITAIN could decide on EU membership if it had with the full facts about shady EU-US trade deal TTIP, Labour MP John McDonnell declared yesterday, writes Luke James.
Mr McDonnell attempted to amend the Tories’ EU referendum Bill as it reached committee stage in the Commons.
His changes, which were not accepted, would have required the government to publish a report on the consequences for Britain of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) at least 10 weeks before the referendum on Britain’s membership.
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
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
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
