Is UK PM May Dodging the Brexit Question? | Mass Strikes Across India

The UK Parliament is back in session after the summer recess, but is the Prime Minister dodging the issue of Brexit? And, the ‘All India’ strike, organised by 10 trade unions, saw around 150-180 million people shut down several key economic sectors protesting against a “pro-corporate anti-labour” government.

Today’s main stories:  In the wake of protests from pro-Brexit campaigners arguing that the UK Government should invoke article fifty, Prime Minister Theresa May faced mounting accusations of dodging the issue at the first PMQs after the summer recess.  We discuss the fine line between the referendum result and subsequent opinion polling with Psephologist professor John Curtis.

Friday the second of September saw Indian workers strike in what was quite possibly one of the largest co-ordinated labour strikes in India, and potentially the world. We talk with Vijay Prashad, Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, Connecticut.

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