Will Brexit give the public more power to scrutinise secretive international trade deals like TTIP? Wikimedia. CC.From state aid rules and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), to VAT on women’s sanitary products, a range of arguments have been presented as reasons for why Brexit can help the UK left.
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South West and member of the Panama Papers Committee of Inquiry, explains where the UK fits in with progressive tax and industrial strategy at EU level, and the chances of a socialist reboot of a UK economy risking Brexit downturn.
Julian Sayarer: Would Brexit better enable the UK to make unilateral moves on, for example, initiatives like a Financial Transaction Tax?
