Brexit Crisis

Brexit Crisis

• No confidence in May, and no confidence in this failing government: a general election is the only option

  

  This government is sustained by class hatred alone.  But they are weak and we must keep up the pressure for a general election

• No government should survive this kind of rout. May must go.

  

  After the catastrophic loss in Parliament, it's clear the Tories are unable to govern and Theresa May should already have resigned, argues Chris Nineham

• This zombie Tory government has go to go, we need a general election

  

  Power concedes nothing without demand, and it's time we demand a general election to get the Tories out

• They've got to go! General election now - Counterfire freesheet January 2019

  

  Tory Brexit crisis, the fightback against austerity, Eurovision boycott campaign, Trump and Syria, remembering Rosa Luxemburg, Yellow Vests and protests across Europe in this month's Counterfire Freesheet

• The travesty that is Theresa May’s government has to end – weekly briefing

  

  As Tory rule hits an unprecedented crisis, the left must keep its eyes on the prize: the boldest and strongest of Corbyn victories, argues Lindsey German

• As the UK economy stalls, it's not Brexit we should blame

  

  Slowing productivity and neoliberal attacks on the public sector are prime causes for industrial slump and a debt crunch - not Brexit uncertainty, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Yellow Vests against austerity march through London - photos

  

  Thousands of people marched through London wearing yellow vests and demanding a General Election, reports Shabbir Lakha

• Brexit: the uncivil war - review

  

  Channel 4's feature-length drama on the EU referendum presents voters as dupes but also shows the cluelessness of the establishment, argues Martin Hall

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• The Tories want a national government because they want to break Corbyn - weekly briefing

  

  The only way forward for our side is an emboldened working class and a radical set of politics stage centre in the mainstream, argues Lindsey German  

• The establishment seems to have forgotten we live in a parliamentary democracy: let's remind them

  

  We must demand a general election to resolve this crisis, argues Chris Nineham

• Theresa May: more than a lame duck, less than a dead duck

  

  Theresa May clinching the confidence vote solves nothing for her or the country, argues John Rees

• Whether Theresa May wins or loses this no confidence vote, her time is up

  

  There is no clear way out for May, and only one solution for the country - she has got to go

• The Tories are incapable of delivering Brexit: we must push them out and do it ourselves

  

  A number of contradictions are causing the Tories to lose grip; Reuben Bard-Rosenberg looks at why they have no clear way of holding on

• May's deal is dead: this is what must happen next

  

  Only a general election can break the impasse, and to make it happen we need to get out on the streets and pile the pressure on, argues Martin Hall

• There's only one way out of this mess, and that’s a general election – weekly briefing

  

  The Tories shan’t topple on their own, we need to build and maintain the pressure against them, argues Lindsey German

• Grace Blakeley vs the EU - video

  

  Newly appointed New Statesman economics commentator Grace Blakeley delivers compelling case for leaving the EU 

• Theresa May fiddles while the country burns

  

  John Rees counts the days left for the Prime Minister

• Why we don’t need a second referendum

  

  With growing calls for a second referendum, Martin Hall clarifies why we must not capitulate

• 5 things a Corbyn government can't do if we stay in the EU

  

  If a Corbyn-led government is bound by the EU's framework, then it will face big obstacles in delivering its socialist policies, argues Tom Gibbs

• Notes on a dying ideology

  

  John Rees on how Brexit is an expression of a crisis for one set of establishment ideas

• Equating fascism with Brexit is disastrous, irresponsible and gives a hand up to Tommy Robinson

  

  Arguments tying opposition to fascism with opposition to Brexit makes out half the country as Tommy Robinson supporters. This is idiotic in the extreme, argues Kevin Ovenden

• It’s still not a done deal – whatever May, Tusk and Juncker want to tell you - weekly briefing

  

  Theresa May and the EU are the beneficiaries of the idea that this deal is the only option - it's not. We need to oppose it and fight for a general election, argues Lindsey German

• End Foodbank Britain: General Election Now - Counterfire Freesheet December 2018

  

  Brexit crisis, arms sales to Yemen, the devastation caused by austerity, tackling the far right, Palestine, books of the year and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

• All hands on deck to save Theresa May’s ship from sinking – but what we need is a change of government - weekly briefing

  

  The establishment's operation to save May's Brexit deal is in full swing. We have to make sure they can't find a way out of this crisis, argues Lindsey German

• A state of disunion: Europe after Brexit

  

  Liberals lament Britain leaving the European Union, but the politics of the bloc is increasingly right wing and nasty, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• The New Project Fear

  

  The Tories are in crisis and are not fit to govern, argues Katherine Connelly 

• May's Brexit deal is a dead duck: the only option now is a general election

  

  May and her party are completely incapable of delivering a viable deal, writes Chris Nineham