EU

  • EU Referendum: Nottingham votes leave

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    June 24, 2016 07:31
    50.84% of Nottingham residents voted to leave the European Union yesterday in the EU referendum, in line with a 51.9% majority to leave throughout the rest of the country. 120,791 Nottingham residents turned out to vote, representing 61.82% of the 195,394 electorate. There were 130 spoilt ballot papers. 59,318 voters in Nottingham...

  • Power in a Union? Labour students and Left Society host EU Debate

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    June 6, 2016 16:25
    On Thursday 2nd June, Labour Students and the Left Society hosted a debate on University Park on the upcoming EU referendum. The debate tackled what the EU referendum will mean for the left wing, with each team being made up of students from the University. Tom Roberts, Jordan Thorpe,...

  • Should We Stay Or Should We Go?

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    March 7, 2016 22:28
    With the EU referendum set for June 23rd, the In and Out (Brexit) campaigns are working overtime to convince the British public to vote their way. However, a large percentage of people still have no idea how or which way they should vote. To help you make your mind...

  • The Rise of Syriza: What are the Consequences for the Left?

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    February 13, 2015 22:02
    Syriza has waltzed into power in Greece, now commanding nearly half the seats in the Greek parliament. A country fuelled on the woes of the economic and social crises of the Eurozone, it should be of no surprise that the electorate in Greece voted in a party that has...

  • Who are the real benefit scroungers? It might be the UK

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    February 3, 2015 12:59
    Some anti-immigration parties might be in for a shock this week when they discover that UK citizens are claiming more unemployment benefits in some European countries, than those countries’ citizens are claiming in the UK. It exposes the harsh truth that Britain can be a bit of an immigration...

  • Cameron supports the TTIP. Here’s why we should be angry.

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    November 26, 2014 12:17
    David Cameron told delegates at the G20 conference last week that he was willing to fire ‘rocket boosters’ under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. By now familiar to many, the TTIP is an EU-US Free Trade Agreement that aims to establish increased trade between the European...

  • Leaving asylum seekers to drown is a tragic symbol of our moral decline

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    November 20, 2014 11:42
    Today, the world is witnessing the greatest refugee crisis since WW2. War, persecution and poverty are rife, causing people to flee from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Migrants sacrifice everything to make arduous journeys in the hope of seeking refuge in a “civilised” Europe. They might have paid...