Tory fantasies on Brexit begin to be hit by reality
By William Burns
The G20 meeting in China was the first substantial contact the new post-Brexit Tory Government has had with the outside world. It was a chastening experience.
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No trust in Tories to negotiate a Brexit deal – Popular vote needed to hold them to account
Editorial
The referendum on EU membership was a dangerous tactic in a bloody Tory party faction fight. Cameron launched it to defeat the Brexiteers in his party once and for all, but instead they won.
No More Austerity – No To Racism – Tories Must Go: Demonstrate Sat 16 July
After the referendum unite to demand…
No More Austerity – No To Racism – Tories Must Go
Demonstrate: Saturday 16 July 2016
Assemble 12pm, BBC HQ, Portland Place, London W1
Abortion Rights’ screening of Vessel Friday 8 July
Abortion Rights is hosting a screening of Vessel on Friday (8 July) at Genesis Cinema, Mile End, London.
With a prestigious panel of speakers including:
Dr Rebecca Gomperts – founder of Women on Waves and Women on Web, the subject of the documentary
Mara Clarke from Abortion Support Network
There should be a new referendum when the real terms for Brexit are known
By Jane West
On Thursday 23 June the electorate in Britain voted narrowly – by fewer than 1.3m votes, that is less than 2 per cent of the population – for a lie. They voted for the lie that if Britain came out of the EU it could maintain all the benefits of EU membership – free trade in Europe, the leading role of London, all the protections that came with EU legislation for human rights, the environment, for working conditions etc – without the downsides. These downsides were presented as ‘uncontrolled immigration’, loss of ‘sovereignty’ and a subsidy to the EU that could otherwise be spent on the NHS.