Tag: Brexit
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Faux democracy
Jeremy Corbyn lost a fair bit of his loyal following immediately after the Brexit vote because he stood there and told reporters we should now action Article 50 (I think it was called) and start the Brexit process. He lost quite a bit more in the following weeks, when he was asked questions about the…
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I know the date the world will end
Every generation, someone says that – and there are other favourite dramatic ideas that come round again and again. And when they do, people rally to them so eagerly. What is belief, that it can light such fires? Some get involved because they’re just longing to believe something. Some get involved because it’s such fun…
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“Told you so” is not the way to success
Lexit is (was) the idea of withdrawing from the neoliberalist strait-jacket of the EU *without* selling ourselves to the USA.
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Follow The Money
Everyone’s angry and frightened, even the rich, because the rich follow the money, and the money just isn’t giving clear instructions.’
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Brexit debates for the old, the sick and the poor
We are not a nation of Leavers and Remainers – we are people who have the same problems and the same needs – Jeremy Corbyn, Hastings, January 2019
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It’s not the end of the world… or is it?
I put a status update on Facebook expressing my frustration about all these EU experts around me thinking Brexit is a more important issue than all the lives that are falling apart and being lost around us right now.
Kay Green 