'Labour arrogantly capitulates to EU' with Keir Starmer accused of another Brexit betrayal

By Conor Wilson, News Reporter

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has accused the PM of (Image: Getty)

Keir Starmer has been accused of “undermining Brexit” and the volition of the radical with his plans to prosecute an EU negotiator to reset Britain’s narration with the European Union.

The role, which comes with a whopping £200,000 per twelvemonth wage volition absorption connected leading discussions with the trading bloc arsenic the Prime Minister continues to fortify Britain’s narration with them.

Starmer has made nary concealed of his tendency to “reset” Britain’s narration with the EU and has made respective high-profile trips to EU countries and summits since his predetermination successful July.

But the program to prosecute an further bureaucrat has caused fury amongst elder figures successful the Conservative party who person blasted the absorption of question nether the caller Prime Minister.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel MP said: “Keir Starmer continues to undermine Brexit and our presumption arsenic a sovereign federation with his program to instrumentality the state backmost into the EU.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary has blasted Starmer's undermining of "Britain arsenic a sovereign state" (Image: Getty)

“The Conservative Party volition not basal by and let the volition of the British radical beryllium reversed portion Labour arrogantly capitulates to the EU.”

Labour says the caller attack volition tackle commercialized barriers, code people-smuggling, and heighten practice with allies to antagonistic threats specified arsenic Russian aggression.

Labour sources person dismissed the thought that the determination is an effort to reverse Brexit, with the Prime Minister stating connected the grounds that helium has nary plans to re-enter the customs national oregon azygous market.

A Labour root said: “There volition beryllium nary instrumentality to the EU, customs union, azygous marketplace oregon state of movement.”

In October, Keir Starmer pledged to “make Brexit work” astatine a gathering with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Starmer has met often with the EU and its leaders since being elected arsenic PM (Image: Getty)

But immoderate reset of relations with the EU is apt to necessitate Britain making concessions including the acceptance of migrants oregon immoderate signifier of state of movement.

Speaking astatine the clip Starmer said: “Better practice with the EU volition present the benefits the British radical merit – securing our borders, keeping america harmless and boosting economical growth.”

According to the Times, Ms von der Leyen volition privation the UK to hold to a caller asylum pact from 2026 which volition spot subordinate states resettle a acceptable fig of asylum seekers. It is believed that this fig could beryllium arsenic galore arsenic 30,000 per year.

It is besides believed that the EU volition propulsion the thought of a younker mobility scheme, thing it sees arsenic elemental to instrumentality and a motion of goodwill.

One EU authoritative told the Guardian: “The committee chiefly wants to spot if Starmer is consenting to prosecute connected the item of a younker mobility scheme. If helium shows a willingness to bash so, that could unlock a batch of different ‘low-hanging fruit’ specified arsenic a defence deal.”