{"id":104591,"date":"2025-05-15T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/104591\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:58:09","slug":"starmer-is-learning-the-hard-way-that-the-eu-is-still-hellbent-on-taking-revenge-for-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/104591\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer is learning the hard way that the EU is still hellbent on taking revenge for Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU what?<\/p>\n

SIR Keir Starmer is learning the hard way what was blindingly obvious to most of us:<\/p>\n

The EU is inflexible, unreasonable \u2014 and still hellbent on taking revenge for the UK having the temerity to vote for Brexit<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/a><\/p>\n

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Starmer is learning the hard way that the EU is still hellbent on taking revenge for BrexitCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Remainiacs insist the EU is our \u201cfriend\u201d. If this were true, it could make the PM\u2019s so-called reset simple.<\/p>\n

A defence pact recognising our shared desire to stand by Ukraine<\/a> and protect Europe<\/a> from more Russian aggression. Plus the easing of vindictive checks on UK exports, in return for us voluntarily agreeing to maintain high food standards.<\/p>\n

Instead, Sir Keir is facing an ever-lengthening list of demands that would actively harm our national interest and mean the return of free movement in all but name.<\/p>\n

A ludicrously titled \u201cyouth\u201d mobility scheme<\/a> for anybody under 35\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009access to our fishing waters for ever\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009a slavish adherence to every petty EU rule\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009subservience to the European Court of Justice\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009cheaper tuition fees for EU students\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a list that would put an extortionist to shame, and make it near impossible to sign trade deals with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

But the EU thinks it is being the reasonable one in the current talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all unhappy with missing progress, especially on youth mobility,\u201d one anonymous diplomat sniffs to the in-house magazine for Eurocrats, the Financial Times.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir has two choices when he sits down at next week\u2019s reset summit:<\/p>\n

Tell the Europeans to get stuffed unless they are willing to treat us with even a basic level of respect and fairness.<\/p>\n

Or sell his country and the 17.4million people who voted for Brexit down the river.<\/p>\n

Rwandaful idea<\/p>\n

IN opposition, Labour dismissed the Tories\u2019 Rwanda scheme as a \u201cgimmick\u201d and scrapped it within hours of winning power.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But after an upsurge in support for Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform party, it\u2019s wake-up time. Once, Sir Keir thought tough immigration<\/a> rules were racist. Now they\u2019re all the rage.<\/p>\n

Following on from Monday\u2019s \u201cisland of strangers\u201d speech, the PM yesterday unveiled a plan to send failed asylum- seekers to \u201creturn hubs\u201d in the Balkans.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not of itself a bad idea. And it might provide at least some deterrent to migrants thinking of crossing the Channel by dinghy, en route to a taxpayer-funded hotel.<\/p>\n

But \u2014 and it\u2019s a big but \u2014 it will only target those who have exhausted the appeals process. And, with 80 per cent of claims ultimately granted by our shambolic system, there are plenty who will still fancy their chances.<\/p>\n

We look forward to the day Labour admits it was a giant mistake to scrap the much tougher Rwanda plan.<\/p>\n

And asks the government in Kigali if it still has room in its hotels.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EU what? SIR Keir Starmer is learning the hard way what was blindingly obvious to most of us:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,528,526,520,27133,118,16,18625,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-104591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-labour-party","16":"tag-section-newsopinion","17":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","18":"tag-sun-says","19":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-uk-immigration-crisis","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114514093895779967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}