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Arthur Scargill says the left should oppose all pro-Remain MPs
Arthur Scargill (right) addresses the Leave - Fight - Transform meeting in Brighton last night

EVERY MP who wants Britain to remain in the European Union should be “opposed” by the labour movement, Arthur Scargill said yesterday.

Speaking at the meeting of the left-wing anti-EU group Leave Fight Transform (LeFT) at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton, the former National Union of Mineworkers president said that “every single MP who wants us to go back into Europe should be opposed.

“That is my view, as a socialist, as a Marxist,” Mr Scargill said.

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