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The Tories are making a dog's breakfast of Brexit – time for the labour movement to show leadership

OF COURSE Theresa May and her minority government have made a dog’s breakfast of Brexit! What else could reasonably have been expected?
The Prime Minister, her Chancellor Philip Hammond and the majority of her original Cabinet were — and still are — in favour of Britain remaining in the European Union.
Like their predecessors David Cameron and George Osborne, they understand that the “free market” and monetarist treaties of the EU create the most lucrative framework for monopoly corporations in Britain and across Europe.
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