Brexit
The European Union vs Theresa May—neither side is progressive
17 October 2017The Brexit negotiations will probably stay stuck after this week’s meeting of the European Council.
Theresa May leads a party of mayhem at Tory conference
03 October 2017The Tory conference in Manchester this week saw their party leadership in turmoil
Theresa May’s Brexit blues make the Tories weaker
25 September 2017Theresa May’s woes deepened after she returned from giving a speech about Brexit in Italy last week. The Sunday Times claimed her “loyal” chancellor Philip Hammond had planned to give her the boot after the Tories’ disastrous general election performance.
Brexit test not over after May wins key vote
12 September 2017The Tories are divided, Jeremy Corbyn is contradicting himself and the trade union leaders are deeply confused
EU migrants slam the racist right wing Tories’ new plan to divide us
12 September 2017Government documents leaked last week revealed the scale of the Tories’ planned clampdown on European Union migrants living in Britain. Migrants spoke to Dave Sewell about what the changes would mean—and how to take on the Tories’ racist scapegoating
Tories want a right wing, racist Brexit—we need a Brexit for the working class
07 September 2017It is crucial to argue for workers’ rights, freedom of movement for people and internationalism.
Tories’ immigration proposals need strong anti-racist response
06 September 2017The government is plotting vicious new restrictions on the rights of migrants to Britain from European Union (EU) countries, a leaked document suggests
Brexit isn’t just a problem for the Tories
05 September 2017Predictably enough, negotiations between the Tory government and the European Commission over the terms of Brexit are running into difficulty.
Trade unions’ Brexit mistake
29 August 2017The leader of Britain’s biggest union has praised Labour’s call for Britain to stay in the European single market (see page 3).
Right wing MPs celebrate Labour’s shift over Brexit
28 August 2017The Labour Party has made a shift on its position over Brexit that will please some of left wing leader Jeremy Corbyn’s most bitter enemies.
The bell could yet toll for Theresa May—if we fight
22 August 2017Weakened and discredited, May must preside over a mess—and with very few allies
The Tories' Brexit dilemma is a chance to fight for socialist demands
22 August 2017Tories' racist muddle over Brexit should be open goal for Labour
17 August 2017Brexit secretary David Davis's immigration proposals are desperate and dangerous—and the reactions to them are revealing.
Philip Hammond’s Brexit mess shows splits in the Tories
15 August 2017The Tories made a show of ending their summer of Brexit bickering this week in the run-up to Theresa May’s return from holiday.
New group demands Labour back freedom of movement
07 August 2017Labour activists, MPs and some trade union leaders have launched a campaign to “defend and extend” freedom of movement for migrants into Britain.
Corbyn can’t afford a muddle on Brexit
25 July 2017Politicians who tied themselves in knots over whether to leave the European Union (EU) are finding the question of how to leave just as uncomfortable.
Time ticks away on the Tories’ collapsing cabinet
18 July 2017Tony Blair's latest intervention in the Brexit debate shows him to be unusually self-deluding even by his standards. He still doesn’t seem to understand that every time he opens his mouth he damages whatever cause he’s supporting.
As Theresa May begs for help—don’t let her hang on
11 July 2017First Theresa May threw a bung to the reactionary Democratic Unionist Party. Then she called on the slippery Lib Dems to vote with her government. Now May is reaching out to Labour.
The Labour right’s Brexit bungle helps the Tories
04 July 2017The way forward for the left is not to defend the indefensible neoliberal EU
A year after the Leave vote—fight for a socialist, anti-racist Brexit
27 June 2017A year ago today Socialist Worker welcomed the result of the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU). Were we right to do so?
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