The Conservative Party's big business base is of course simply announcing that party's policy, which is to stay in the Single Market and the Customs Union, whether inside the EU or, and this would be the only thing worse than that, outside the EU.
But just as Britain had far more workers' rights, and the British working class had far more power, in 1972 than is the case today, so Britain also had far more manufacturing industry. At best, the EU has done nothing to protect those things. The full truth is a great deal worse than that.
Yes, the likes of Patrick Minford want to use Brexit as an excuse to destroy what little we have left. They have wanted that for a very long time, and they have never needed Brexit, which they used to dismiss as "Loony Left", in order to pursue it.
But who asked them? If they have support anywhere, then it is in places so solidly Remain that the Conservative Party is either afraid of losing them to the Lib Dems, or already resigned to doing so. Meanwhile, the areas that had suffered most as a result of Heath's Treaty of Rome, Callaghan's turn to monetarism, Thatcher's Single European Act, Major's Maastricht Treaty, and Blair's refusal to reverse any of those things, rose up two years ago today and swung the referendum for Leave.
So forward instead to a trade agreement with each of the BRICS countries while remaining thoroughly critical of all five of their current Governments. Forward to the integration into the Belt and Road Initiative of all four parts of the United Kingdom, of all nine English regions, and of all of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. And forward to very much more besides.
I need £10,000 in order to stand for Parliament with any chance of winning. My crowdfunding page has been taken down without my knowledge or consent. But you can still email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com instead, and that address accepts PayPal.
Yes, the likes of Patrick Minford want to use Brexit as an excuse to destroy what little we have left. They have wanted that for a very long time, and they have never needed Brexit, which they used to dismiss as "Loony Left", in order to pursue it.
But who asked them? If they have support anywhere, then it is in places so solidly Remain that the Conservative Party is either afraid of losing them to the Lib Dems, or already resigned to doing so. Meanwhile, the areas that had suffered most as a result of Heath's Treaty of Rome, Callaghan's turn to monetarism, Thatcher's Single European Act, Major's Maastricht Treaty, and Blair's refusal to reverse any of those things, rose up two years ago today and swung the referendum for Leave.
So forward instead to a trade agreement with each of the BRICS countries while remaining thoroughly critical of all five of their current Governments. Forward to the integration into the Belt and Road Initiative of all four parts of the United Kingdom, of all nine English regions, and of all of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. And forward to very much more besides.
I need £10,000 in order to stand for Parliament with any chance of winning. My crowdfunding page has been taken down without my knowledge or consent. But you can still email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com instead, and that address accepts PayPal.
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