Beyond Brexit: The left's agenda for the UK and EU

The left must broaden the conversation so that it has a plan to tackle the social and economic drivers of Brexit, and a vision for a close working relationship with the EU.

Beyond Brexit
Published 11 October 2018
Topics Brexit , Labour party

The left in the UK has weathered the stormy years since Brexit in a tactical pose. But time spent discussing the negotiations has meant too little time thinking about the bigger picture.

The essays in this collection look beyond Brexit, and put forward proposals for a new left agenda.

With a foreward by Keir Starmer QC MP and introduced by Olivia Bailey, the report’s authors include Stephen Bush, Richard Corbett MEP, Sandro Gozi, Nia Griffith MP, Stephany Griffiths Jones, Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Maria Maltschnig, Lisa Nandy MP, Kaisa Penny, Tomáš Petříček, Rachel Reeves MP, Nathalie Tocci and Paola Sartori, Wes Streeting MP, and Nick Thomas-Symonds MP.

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