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Letter for friends in the environment movement

I know that many of you will have been suffering what feels like a physical blow from the results and fall out of the referendum. Whatever the wider politics of the debate, you have been working for years to protect our...

Don’t get sad, get organised

When a young friend who has fought the good fight with you, rings you up in tears it’s hard to find words of comfort. The referendum was always a dangerous and unnecessary gamble so I was prepared for the wrong...

Pursuing centre-left politics in one country

Both wings of the Labour party share some culpability for Thursday’s defeat. David Cameron has the ultimate responsibility, having gambled our place in the EU and the world in an unnecessary referendum as an electoral ploy to appease potential UKIP...

After the mourning, a new morning

This hurts a lot. We find ourselves a country who wants to close ourselves off to the wider world. A country already reeling from the shock of our decision and a country divided into two seemingly irreconcilable groups. One of...

How the strongest Labour communities divide on Europe

The EU referendum result presents an existential threat to the Labour Party. Outside of London and a few big cities, Labour pleas to its supporters to vote ‘remain’ fell on deaf ears. This deep and dangerous divide among Labour supporters...

Brexit Voters: NOT the Left Behind

The Leave campaign’s stunning upset has barely sunk in and already the pundits are flogging a familiar storyline. Those ‘left behind’ in the hard-luck provinces have punched privileged, corporate London in the nose.

The facts tell a different story: culture and...

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