Dáil debates

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions

British Exit from the European Union

4:25 pm

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is clear the implications of Brexit are profound in many different spheres and one, in particular, where we have seen it clearly in the events of the past week and a half, is British politics. It could clearly have an impact in politics across Europe. Many people feared the right could be strengthened after the Leave vote, but the right is in disarray. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Johnson are gone and Mr. Farage is following them. On the left, Mr. Corbyn remains. The key question now is the attempted coup by the Blairites against Mr. Jeremy Corbyn in order to remove him and put a Blairite back in charge of the Labour Party. There is a battle of two parties in one Labour Party, that of the pro-war, neo-liberal Blairites and that of the socialists of Mr. Corbyn and, for example, many of the 60,000 people who have joined the Labour Party over the past week. That battle inside the Labour Party is vital and I send the solidarity of the Anti-Austerity Alliance to Mr. Corbyn. We hope he and those coming around the Labour Party prevail-----

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