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Packed People's Brexit meeting demands general election
Communist Party general secretary Rob Griffiths addresses a packed out room at the People's Brexit conference
HUNDREDS of labour movement activists packed Hamilton House in central London last night to demand a Brexit that serves working people.
Economists, trade unionists and socialist campaigners rejected Theresa May’s deal with Brussels and said the left’s priority must be to fight for a general election to return a left-led Labour government which would negotiate a new deal.
Unison North West regional convener Paula Barker, speaking in a personal capacity, said the left should be “wary of those pushing Labour towards a second vote. Many who voted leave had never voted before. Labour must not ignore working-class communities.”
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