Brexit

The EU continues to act in bad faith towards Britain over our vote to leave. Its negotiating guidelines aim to continue the European Court's influence over Britain.

Keep it clean

Book Review

As negotiations on Brexit begin, a new pamphlet cuts through the hard/soft waffle that dominates the media…

Push the blockers aside

On 29 March the government gave formal notice that Britain will depart from the EU once and for all time. Now Article 50 has been invoked and the clock is ticking.

Fancy That - Brexit Bloomers: No. 4

Brexit Bloomers

JP Morgan U-turn, Deutsche double-take, Textiles twist.

End in sight for live animal export to EU abattoirs

25 April 2017

In another Brexit opportunity, people are realising that Britain could finally ban or restrict the export of live animals for slaughter after we leave the EU.

Take control, say skippers

Fishermen are overwhelmingly in favour of Britain taking complete control of its inshore and international waters as it leaves the EU, according to a new survey.

Article 50: A day to celebrate

29 March 2017

Statement

On 23 June 2016 we declared our intention to Leave. Now Article 50 has been invoked and the clock is ticking.

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.

Fancy That - Brexit Bloomers: No. 3

Brexit Bloomers

More dire predictions that have been confounded by reality.

Customs union – another unification ploy

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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

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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.

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…

Use Brexit to improve patient safety, say surgeons

30 December 2016

The Royal College of Surgeons has called on the government to use Brexit to strengthen language testing for overseas doctors and increase the time allocated to medical training.

Feeding an independent Britain

CPBML public meetings

Thursday 2 February 2017 19:30

London

CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 2 February, 7.30pm

Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

Hard hit by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, British agriculture now has a chance with Brexit to be what it should be: a plentiful source of healthy food – and of better employment too. Come and discuss. All welcome.

Take control