Some old frontier-posts have become historical curiosities, complete with tourist information.
This letter is part of a “Looking at Lexit” series, edited by myself and Julian Sayarer. Over the next 12 months, as Brexit themes emerge in the news agenda, we will respond by posting our respective “commissioning letters”. Julian makes a case for EU free movement here. These letters will be sent to relevant experts, inviting them to contribute. But this is open-commissioning : if you want to have a go at an answer, please PM me (@xjb20) or Julian (@juliansayarer) with your thoughts. We’ll read everything we receive and then edit and publish those pieces that really move the question forward.
My central question today is this: from an internationalist perspective, how serious are the problems with the EU’s “free movement” policies? And from a labour-rights perspective, should the left be campaigning for closer regulation of EU workers in the UK? What would a truly left-wing immigration policy look like? Is this policy possible within the EU?
