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Leaving the EU and entering a new economic paradigm
Despite being a Remainer, CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP now believes what really matters is how we enact modern and visionary socialist policies outside of the EU

THE votes have now been cast in the European election and counting will begin on Sunday.

Whatever the outcome of this election, I believe we must respect the result of the 2016 referendum, even though the margin of victory was relatively narrow. That’s how democracy works.

I lost my parliamentary seat by just 41 votes in 2015, before winning it back with a majority of more than 2,000 in 2017. Being voted out by such a small margin, from a constituency in my home city where I grew up, was a bitter pill to swallow, but I had no choice.

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