Pat McFadden MP

The rejection of Chequers does not automatically mean no deal – but which way will it go, asks Pat McFadden When the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the government was left with a basic choice. It could pursue a Brexit which kept us as close as possible economically to the EU, or one which made a more fundamental break but with the associated and large economic costs; a choice between a ‘what is the point’ Brexit and a ‘what is the price’ Brexit.

Idleness: Where the right offers grievance, the centre-left needs to offer an answer – and honesty, writes Pat McFadden Take back control’. ‘Make America great again’. Two winning slogans from campaigns that have changed the face of politics in the United Kingdom and the United States. Successful as they are, these slogans are revealing about the leadership being offered to both countries. ‘Back’ and ‘again’: they want to restore a glorious past rather than create a better future for all.

The Brexit choice is clear, and voices within Labour will continue to push for the economic interests of the country, writes Pat McFadden MP Before the general election it looked as though the United Kingdom’s Brexit path was clear: nationalist ideology would trump economic interest. There would be no single market, whatever the damage, no customs union, whatever the damage, and no European Courts of Justice, no matter how much unnecessary and costly duplication it would lead to.