Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
What are musicians to do now we have finally left the EU?
Musicians in Britain were overwhelmingly in favour of Remain – but can we turn our present moment into an opportunity to improve cultural representation across society, asks BEN LUNN
AFTER years of fighting Brexit finally happened, and Britain looks set to completely lose access to what the EU has to offer at the end of the calendar year.
This of course has not come about through unanimous consensus of the British public, much like the margin of the initial vote; divided is a very light way of describing the political situation in Britain.
However, when it comes to the EU, one sector is an incredible 90 per cent in favour of the EU – that is the musicians.
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