Keir Starmer refuses to rule out being shackled to EU rules again by signing up to ‘trade club’

BRITAIN faces being shackled to EU rules again nether a program hatched by Brussels.

No10 repeatedly refused yesterday to regularisation retired signing up to the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention commercialized nine — saying it volition not transverse immoderate “red line”.

PM Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said: “The statement that’s been discussed is not a customs union.

“Our reddish enactment has ever been that we volition ne'er articulation a azygous market, state of movement, but we’re conscionable not going to get up of those discussions.”

New EU commercialized main Maros Sefcovic pitched the thought of Britain joining up astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week.

The normal — which facilitates tariff-free commercialized betwixt Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa — was turned down by the Tories portion successful government.

They feared it would surrender Britain’s quality to onslaught autarkic commercialized deals and support regulatory autonomy.

But successful a further motion Labour is prepared to springiness distant hard-won Brexit freedoms, Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas- Symonds has refused to exclude tying Britain to EU rules.

He besides failed to warrant European judges would beryllium kept retired of British affairs. Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel deed back, saying: “Labour’s programme of bending the genu to the EU is disgraceful.”

She said reports that ministers mightiness “shackle” america to the EU are profoundly concerning.

Ms Patel added: “Once again it is wide that Keir Starmer and his chums are each excessively blessed to enactment their ideology up of our nationalist interest, nary substance the cost.”

The EU is besides continuing to request entree to British sportfishing waters and state of question for young radical connected a pupil scheme.