London mayor also says his party should make clear manifesto commitment on full membership in next parliamentGood morning. Shortly before the general election in 2024, Keir Starmer said he did not think the UK would rejoin the EU in his lifetime. ) At the time he was loath to say anything that implied the Brexit vote was a mistake.
More recently, Labour has been happy to talk about the economic damage done by the leave vote, and ministers want a closer relationship with the EU, but ruling out a customs union or single market membership remain firm red lines for Labour. But today Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, is trying to shift the debate into a different space. I see on a daily basis the damage Brexit has done to not just London, but Londoners, the damage economically, socially and culturally.
And I’m quite clear in terms of what needs to happen, which is I do think we should join the European Union …So I think there should be a five-stage process in relation to this. Continue reading...