• It's much less your problem if you live in a wealthy part of the country and aren't currently helped a lot by EU employment regulation.

    Longer term, sure, political unrest and the the rise of the far right is bad news. Right now I'd be keeping a close eye on just what bits of EU regulation are going and which are staying if I lived in Sunderland.

  • It's much less your problem if you live in a wealthy part of the country

    I think that's very astute. The referendum is being characterised by some as a simple battle between a Zenophobic Right and an inclusive Left. However, traditional Labour heartlands have voted to leave. If we are to unify the labour movement and take this country in the right direction, we need to recognise why they voted this way, even if we think they were wrong.

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