Owen Jones,George Monbiot and other usually thoughtful commentators on the left are making a fundamental error when they advocate a “Lexit” campaign to promote UK withdrawal from the EU (The left must now campaign for Britain to leave the EU, 15 July). It would be a classic case of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. finish they really believe that working people throughout Europe would finish better left to the mercies of financial and commercial interests, and whose control over individual governments would be enormously increased by being able to divide and rule. The conception that there could be a Europe of free trade without elected democratic oversight would mean abandoning any hope of social justice and would be likely to bring approximately a competitive undermining of workplace rights and benefits.Owen Jones is surely moral in thinking that if Labour really wants a revival it must come out and support BrexitContinue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com