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Europe referendum Articles

A long haul to Brexit and beyond

The strong performance of the United Kingdom economy in the last quarter has little to do with the long term impact of Brexit. That depends on the kind of exit deal we get and the trade deals which replace European Union membership. The longer the government flails...

Listening to us all

There are many good reasons to continue opposing Brexit, I have written about some of them here. One that I, and many other Labour voters will feel particularly deeply, is the loss of our members of European parliament. For the most part they are incredibly hard...

There is no mandate for hard Brexit

I remember the morning of 23 June very well. I remember leaving home to run a committee room in west London in a state of unhappy dread. I remember the rain starting and worrying about the effect on turnout. I also remember that the ballot paper I received in the...

What future for the EMA?

It is probably fair to say that few people were thinking about medicines regulation or drugs pricing when they cast their vote on 23 June – regardless of whether they voted to Leave or Remain. The infamous £350m for the National Health Service certainly influenced...
More than warm words

More than warm words

Remain lost the referendum vote narrowly, but as Farage himself said before the results came in, why should a 52-48...

Vote Leave’s snake oil

Vote Leave’s snake oil

Brexiteers’ Commonwealth immigration claims are disingenuous The approach adopted by the Vote Leave campaign to woo...

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