Last night's launch of Costas Lapavitsas's new book, The Left Case Against the EU, was a phenomenal success. The room was packed, with many people sitting on the floor, and dozens more viewing the event via live stream in an overflow room. The publisher has been through three print runs and all copies have been sold out. There was a lively debate and the huge turnout suggests that there is enormous appetite for left critique of, and leadership against, the EU. If you missed t

An interesting report in The Express over the weekend shows that even some on the right can see the Chequers deal and White Paper for what it is: an attempt to retain the EU's neoliberal straitjacket after Britain formally leaves. The report lifts a quotation from an article in The Times in May, co-authored by Bruno Waterfield, a founding supporter of The Full Brexit. A senior EU official involved in the Brexit negotiations is quoted as saying: “The idea that Conservatives wo