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In or out of the EU, a transformative Labour government is what’s needed
Amid all the confusion over Brexit, it’s important to focus on what really matters to workers in the year ahead, writes DAVE WARD
Dave Ward joins CWU members on junior doctors' picket lines during an NHS dispute in 2016

SO WE still don’t know the outcome of the parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, or whether there will even be one — she’s pushed it into the new year and can presumably push it further.

Like you all I’ve watched an incredible political storm unfold, trying to second guess what happens next. The only thing we can expect in politics now is the unexpected. It’s at times like these that I fall back on my instincts and experience.

And whatever I hear or read on Brexit I keep coming back to the same two points.

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