Only Labour can save Britain from this disastrous Brexit | Manuel Cortes

Jeremy Corbyn must make a manifesto commitment to keeping Britain’s EU voting rights

And so, it comes to pass that Brexit is not a British liberation strategy. It is vassalisation; the annihilation of our equal-rights status as a European country. The dawn of a new age of British colonialism. But this time round it is Britain that is the colony. This is where the Tories’ 40-year war with Europe has landed us. Brexiters who thought their leave vote was going to set Britain back on course to rule the waves should be feeling humiliated.

The Tories have not delivered their promised victory over the EU, and Brexit has become a Great British rout. Sunny utopian leave has vanished in the turbulent storms of exit reality. Theresa May has been humiliated in the latest summit negotiations, not because the European Union is being nasty, but because her own mob are fighting each other. Her arbitrary Alice in Wonderland red lines were an ill-fated attempt to placate Brexiteers within her own ranks rather than a serious attempt to get the best deal for our people. Her focus is firmly on saving her skin from a Brexiteer mutiny threatening to topple her and now she wants us to cede British sovereignty, parity and self-determination to stay in the customs union and the single market for an extended transition phase after Brexit. It looks increasingly likely that in all but name we will remain in the EU until at least the end of 2021. Who in their right minds would want to remain a member of a club, pay its fees, abide by its rules but give up the right to have any say in making them?

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