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Out! And now for real independence
European Parliament dodges its own budget debate
23 March 2017
The leaders of the European Parliaments political groups have abandoned plans to allow the body to debate its own controversial 2018 spending plans.
Fisheries workers call for control over British waters
21 March 2017
With control of our fisheries an acid test of Brexit, workers within the industry have launched a petition calling for control over British fishing waters.
Who says we're post industrial?
19 March 2017
A Westminster meeting showed that throwing off the shackles of the EU has created an exhilarating climate in which all kinds of people are re-imagining an industrial Britain.
Vauxhall: smoke and mirrors
17 March 2017
Those who still resist Britain’s departure from the EU are deliberately misrepresenting the decision by car maker Groupe PSA to take over the General Motors Vauxhall and Opel car plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port.
Rising to the manufacturing challenge
The era of taking instructions from the EU is over. With the government reversing decades of free market ideology and creating an industrial strategy, unions need to radically recalibrate their own thinking…
A future for fishing
The EU almost snuffed out Britain’s fishing fleets. Now the industry is looking at a huge opportunity…
Customs union – another unification ploy
The Scottish and Welsh regional administrations are urging the government to stay in the single market – predictably, since it effectively means staying in the EU and under the authority of its Court of Justice. But they are also calling for Britain to stay in the Customs Union.
Real independence and the single market trap
When the EU invented the concept of the “single market”, it was playing fast and loose with language. It’s not so much a market, more a mechanism for enforcing EU control over national economies and national life…
We're not a bargaining chip, say fishermen
Fishing communities around Britain are looking for guarantees that their industry will not lose out again after Brexit
Independence: Take control
A new era is dawning for Britain. Workers must make sure it serves the interests of an independent country and brings progress.
Trade: their freedom, not ours
With the prospect of Britain leaving the EU, we’re starting to hear a lot about “free trade”. Workers should be wary.
The EU's propaganda war
Despite the decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, the European Commission is continuing to try and widen its network of propaganda outlets in Britain.
Doctors seize the opportunity of Brexit to enhance public safety
The General Medical Council has made a timely move to rectify a dangerous situation which exists while we are in the EU.
Don't bargain away our future, say fishing communities
6 February 2017
Fishing communities around Britain are looking for guarantees that their industry will not lose out again after Brexit.
Court puts devolved governments in their place
26 January 2017
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has rejected the claim by the devolved governments that their “legislative consent” was needed before triggering Article 50.
Brexit must mean the return of industry
25 January 2017
The government launched consultation over its industrial strategy on Monday 23 January. HS2 will be a real test of its intentions.
Trigger Article 50 -- the sooner the better
24 January 2017
After the Supreme Court ruling, parliament has just one immediate duty: to pass a law triggering Article 50 as soon as possible.
New Year protest against fare rises
3 January 2017
Rail unions and passenger groups are kicking off the new year with two days of protests against high fares.
Why the movement of labour is not "free"
People smuggling, trafficking, organised gangs – what’s free about that?
A spanner in the works of the EU war machine
One of the worst lies told in the referendum was that the EU is a force for peace. The opposite is true, and the vote to leave holds out the prospect of a reduction of the risk of war…
Another Brexit opportunity - the railways
Under the EU our railways have been fragmented, privatised and sold off to foreign – mainly state-owned – companies. With independence looming, what now needs to be done?
Remake industry!
Free of the EU, Britain must seize the chance of a lifetime to create a new industrial revolution…
Agriculture and fisheries can look to the future
For forty years we have documented the disastrous effects of EEC, later EU, membership on British agriculture and fisheries. Now, with an end to EU membership in sight, Britain can at last begin to put things right…
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