Labour’s task is to convince people that Britain’s future outside the EU is still European | Lisa Nandy

For all the talk of trade deals with other countries, our businesses trade with the EU and that’s not going to stop Much of the media has spent the last week reliving the 2016 referendum, grieving or celebrating accordingly. Those of us concerned with social justice cannot afford to look backwards, not when decades of progress – across protections at work, for the environment, and for equal treatment of all people – are at stake. This government is leaving the EU on the hardest terms, and our hard-won rights may not survive a deal with Donald Trump’s US. I hate where we have ended up: a reckless government willing to risk jobs, our security and trash the cooperation of the past 50 years; a future that looks precarious for many, particularly for working people across the country whose jobs depend on EU trade. But we still have a choice. The battles of the past four years must end. Labour must get on the front foot and shape an alternative vision for Britain that sets out a better future. Continue reading...