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Category: Chuka Umunna

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019mbarker2012

Why Labour Should Not Celebrate the Victory of the Far-Right Modi Government in India

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019mbarker2012

Trade Union Leaders Speak Out About the Anti-Democratic Seven

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019mbarker2012

Politics is Broken… and so is our Website: What “The Independent Group” Say They Stand For

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018mbarker2012

Ignore Paul Mason if You Want a Labour Government

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018mbarker2012

The “Dogs” of Democracy: Chuka Umunna Versus the Labour Membership

August 14, 2018September 10, 2018mbarker2012

Chuka Umunna’s Peppa Pig Moment

July 6, 2018September 10, 2018mbarker2012

Remainers Associate Brexit with the Right, yet People’s Vote is Supported by Blairites – the very cause of the growth of the far right

June 21, 2017September 10, 2018mbarker2012

The Return of Labour’s Brexit Moaners

April 4, 2016September 10, 2018mbarker2012

Why Socialists Oppose the EU

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