Brexit Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Solidarity (Ireland)

Capitalist crisis means living standards are in the crosshairs

By Joe Higgins The Irish Fiscal Council is the capitalist establishment’s neoliberal watchdog over the general issue of Government income and expenditure in the domestic economy. One of its roles is to press for cuts in government spending if it feels the

Jul 16, 2019

Britain: EU election leaves main parties reeling

By Daniel Waldron The European election in Britain – which was never meant to have taken place – saw the two main parties take a battering as voters largely used the poll to voice their opinion on Brexit. The Tories were punished

May 29, 2019

The Brexit Calamity & the Role of the Workers Movement

The prolonged countdown to the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union has thrown the Conservative government into a profound crisis. Ciaran Mulholland explains that the chaos is such that an anonymous European source has compared the UK to a “failed state”, and

Apr 5, 2019

News & Analysis

Brexit: Trade unionists must stand for workers’ unity

By Kevin Henry As we go to press, it is over 750 days since the Stormont institutions collapsed in the wake of the RHI. This figure is likely to rise considerably, given the sectarian games of both the DUP and Sinn Féin

Mar 10, 2019

Britain & Northern Ireland: Tory Brexit crisis & the role of the labour movement

The scale of the defeat in Westminster of Theresa May’s UK/EU withdrawal deal, by 432 votes to 202, was devastating. According to the Daily Telegraph it was a “complete humiliation”. The Guardian referred to it as a “historic defeat”, while the Mirror

Jan 24, 2019

News & Analysis

Brexit and the border: A warning to the workers movement

By Socialist Party reporter On March 29th 2019 the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. For seventeen months the British government and the EU negotiators have been struggling to reach a legally binding “withdrawal agreement” to govern the terms

Nov 22, 2018

News & Analysis

Project fear and Brexit: How should trade unions should respond?

By Kevin Henry The trade union movement, which claims 800,000 members north and south have a responsibility to oppose any aspect of a Brexit deal which is not in the interests of their members. For example, the Central Bank has warned of

Nov 8, 2018

Britain: Corbyn’s customs union dividing line – stand firm for pro-worker Brexit

Editorial from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in England and Wales. “Those who say that the European Union is a neoliberal plot are, of course, largely right” admitted financial journalist and billionaire Simon Nixon in the Times last autumn. He

Feb 28, 2018

Ireland, the EU and the Brexit divorce deal- a socialist analysis

By Cillian Gillespie In December a question mark still hung over the future of the Brexit negotiations between the EU and Britain. This indicates the problems that will lie ahead for these negotiations in the coming months. The most important and contentious

Jan 16, 2018

World News

Britain: Corbyn must fight election with socialist policies

Theresa May has called a general election for one reason – not the reason she gave – but because of the government’s weakness in face of a rising tide of anger in British society. Workers are suffering the most prolonged squeeze on

Apr 18, 2017

Brexit- Page 2

Capitalist crisis means living standards are in the crosshairs

Britain: EU election leaves main parties reeling

The Brexit Calamity & the Role of the Workers Movement

Brexit: Trade unionists must stand for workers’ unity

Britain & Northern Ireland: Tory Brexit crisis & the role of the labour movement

Brexit and the border: A warning to the workers movement

Project fear and Brexit: How should trade unions should respond?

Britain: Corbyn’s customs union dividing line – stand firm for pro-worker Brexit

Ireland, the EU and the Brexit divorce deal- a socialist analysis

Britain: Corbyn must fight election with socialist policies

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden