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Now he’s safely in charge, Starmer’s backing Brexit
Whatever happened to ‘Remainia,’ asks SOLOMON HUGHES? Remember the rallies, the articles and the millions (of pounds in dodgy corporate cash)? Dropped like a bad habit: the real aim wasn’t to stop Brexit — it was to stop a Labour government take power under a socialist leader
Keir Starmer

HERE we are, approaching Brexit — maybe even a “no deal.”

Ministers say they are ready to break the law. Yet the huge political movement that “fought Brexit” has just disappeared.

The well-funded “people’s vote” organisations that put on stunts, churned out commentary and spoon-fed opinion polls to a very supportive press have gone quiet.

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