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  • The Left Case Against the EU: Book Review
  • Why Owen Jones is Wrong in Saying that “Labour must fight for an election – but prepare for a referendum”
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  • Leicester City Council Proposes Yet More Devastating Cuts to Public Services
  • Ignore Paul Mason if You Want a Labour Government
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  • Why Social Democrats Can’t Oppose The Growth of Europe’s Far-Right: Or How Udo Bullmann Confronted Syed Kamall and Failed
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