Brexit fears as Keir Starmer refuses to rule out rejoining EU 5 occasions | Politics | News | EUROtoday

Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to rule out the UK rejoining the EU in his lifetime. The Prime Minister, who backed Remain throughout the 2016 Brexit marketing campaign, made the pledge within the run-up to final yr’s normal election.

But in an interview with The Observer, he did not make the identical dedication once more when requested 5 occasions. He instructed the newspaper: “We’ve stopped having the discussion about whether we should go backwards and pick over Brexit.”

It comes as Sir Keir is pursuing nearer ties with Brussels as a part of his Brexit “reset”.

But there are ongoing fears from Brexiteers that Labour is unpicking Britain’s exit from the bloc.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy final week refused seven occasions to rule out reversing Brexit.

The arch-Remainer instructed The News Agents podcast: “It’s self-evident that leaving the EU badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction.

“Untruths have been being peddled by people who thought exiting the EU could be a superb factor.”

He additionally recommended that rejoining the customs union would increase financial development.

Mr Lammy stated: “That is not currently our policy. That’s not currently where we are.

“But you can see countries like Turkey with a customs union seemingly benefiting and seeing growth in their economy, and again, that’s self-evident.”

But Cabinet minister Pat McFadden at the moment denied that Britain would rejoin the customs union.

He instructed Sky News’s Trevor Phillips on Sunday: “Well, we’ve just conducted three trade deals this year, and that’s a pretty big difficulty if you’re going to join a customs union.”

Pressed whether or not the Deputy Prime Minister was improper in his remarks, the Work and Pensions Secretary stated: “I think the prime minister has made that pretty clear in terms of the grand architecture of EU. By grand architecture, I mean the single market and the customs union.”