A disgusting deal poisons Europe.

Peter Spiegel  of the British Financial Times wrote this on April 21.

'There has been no shortage of reasons for outrage over last month’s refugee return deal between the EU and Turkey that, for now, has slowed the influx of migrants into Greece to a trickle. The UN believes the expulsion of migrants arriving in Greece may be illegal under international law. Human Rights Watch yesterday found the deportations “riddled with abuse”. Others have been more upset about the sweeteners given to Ankara in exchange for its cooperation in the crackdown, including €6bn in new aid and the unfreezing of negotiations over Turkish membership in the EU – which nearly upended Cypriot reunification talks and has given Brexiteers a new tool to scare UK voters.

But there may not be an issue as politically sensitive as the EU concession to provide Turkish nationals visa-free travel in Europe as early as June. Yesterday Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU’s migration commissioner, said Brussels will issue a progress report on May 4 outlining how far Ankara has gone in meeting 72 benchmarks required before the short-term visits can be allowed. “No visa liberalisation can be offered if all benchmarks are not met,” he intoned at a midday news conference.

There is increasing nervousness in several EU capitals, including Paris and Rome, that Turkey may actually clear those hurdles – or, if they're close, the European Commission will give Ankara a pass and force national governments to decide what to do about the visa deal. That would be awkward for domestic politics in several EU countries; critics are already complaining that a refugee crisis that has caused an anti-immigrant backlash in some quarters because of the high number of Muslims arriving in Europe will have to be solved with a Turkey deal that will allow even more Muslims to travel to Europe. Some governments have begun looking at measures that would allow them to hedge their promise to Ankara, including safeguard clauses, extra conditions or watered down terms. But Ahmed Davutoglu this week made it clear: if there’s no visa-free travel deal, “no one can expect Turkey to adhere to its commitments."'

The EU's wretched lurch into inhuman forms of 'people management' on a truly epic scale is bad enough. Inevitably there is a recoil, and the horror touches and infects many aspects of mainstream political life back in the EU countries themselves. The UK is a prime example. The thought of a 'wave of Muslims' from Turkey (and, inevitably, from its refugee camps) rolling into Western Europe come June will become a major issue in the Brexit campaign. It will be argued that once these new Europeans are allowed to settle, through the Schengen rules, they will then pour into Britain in an unstoppable rush. It is hardly surprising that France's junior Le Pen is considering a visit to the UK to add her own brand of poison to the Brexit mix.

Of course, this is not an argument in favour of the pro-EU campaign (which mainly consists of the call to 'get behind big Capital' for fear of something worse.) But the racist stew is bubbling away at the centre of the British debate about the EU and a victory for Brexit will consolidate a new right wing in UK society that even the junior LePen might be proud of.

April's Peoples Assembly demonstration was a mighty success. Most importantly the mass turn out for the march shows that there is a new left consolidating in the UK which supports, but which is not entirely dependent on, the left leadership of the Labour Party. In current conditions that is as good as it gets. An independent, non-sectarian, mass, anti-war and anti-austerity movement is the critical factor in the future prospects of left politics in Britain, including in Scotland. Should a new right emerge out of Brexit there is now a mainstream counter to their progress both inside and outside Westminster.

And for those in the UK following Bernie's political revolution in the US - there are treats in store! HERE can be found the latest news of the tribulations of two of his supporters, that might effect future dietary choices for the better (or worse.)