That referendum will take place as soon as possible โ and no later than six months from a Labour government taking office. And Britain remains firmly and safely out of the clutches of the EU panjandrums.
We must beware the Brexit reset, beware the reversal of democracy, and beware the betrayal of the But both Badenoch and Braverman completely missed the point. The most significant sound emanating from those Brussels corridors was that of the German shepherd dog that refused to bark. There was no significant announcement. Not an iota of movement from the UK on free travel. Or a single market. Or a customs union. Of course it remains important but within a long list of important things.
And it involves putting as much clear red water between himself and Brussels as possible. Then as soon as he was elected Labour leader, both commitments were quickly and quietly junked. As was the pledge of a second referendum. Despite all the doom-laden warnings from the Tories, Starmer has no intention of starting to dig around what he and his senior aides regard as the half-buried UXB that is Brexit. We want them to own it. The guilty men โ and woman โ who let down the 52 per cent who backed Leave are not sitting on the Labour benches.
According to No 10 insiders, their internal polling shows that despite growing cynicism, there is no great public appetite to re-fight the Brexit wars. But Labour strategists are unconcerned. Opinion polls back this thesis.
A YouGov survey last month showed 55 per cent of those questioned believed it was wrong to exit the EU, while only 11 per cent saw Brexit as a success.
