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TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes
by Conrad Landin
in Glasgow
TRANSPORT union TSSA reiterated its opposition to Brexit today — but some members warned that a second referendum would obstruct Labour’s vision for public ownership.
A statement agreed by the union’s executive said Brexit had “sadly” been a “victory for the xenophobia of the nationalist right.” The statement said leaving the EU “poses a real threat to our worker rights, our jobs, our NHS, our public services, our food standards and our fight against climate change.”
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Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT