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Is Starmer trying to have his Brexit cake and eat it?

5 July 2022

2:37 AM

5 July 2022

2:37 AM

There are three big questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘five point plan to make Brexit work’. First is whether it makes sense economically: will it help return the UK to growth? Second, will it impress the EU, and is there any chance that what Starmer wants will be agreed by EU leaders? Finally, does it make sense politically, will it reinforce support for the Labour party?

In an interview this afternoon, I probed Starmer on all this, and didn’t emerge much wiser.

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