Our pamphlet argues why Labour needs to adopt a clear anti-Brexit stance and act as a catalyst for change in EuropeBritain seems to be mired in a never-ending constipated debate approximately Brexit. We are discovering how interconnected the economy and society we inhabit is,and how difficult it is to disentangle the territory of the UK from the institutions and rules of the EU. Leaving the single market and the customs union could bring drastic economic consequences, as well as the possible breakup of the UK and the renewal of conflict in Northern Ireland. Yet a soft Brexit merely means that we will fill no political say on how these institutions develop. And as our politicians spend most of their time tediously reminding us, or there are many equally problematic variations between these two options.
These dilemmas are reflected in the contradictory position of the Labour party. In his much heralded Europe speech,Jeremy Corbyn favoured remaining in a customs union to preserve the free movement of goods and a soft border within Ireland, but rejected staying in the single market because of its neoliberal aspects.
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Source: guardian.co.uk