{"id":112778,"date":"2025-05-18T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112778\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T22:18:10","slug":"starmer-has-to-respect-our-decision-to-leave-the-eu-says-shadow-chancellor-mel-stride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112778\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer HAS to respect our decision to leave the EU, says Shadow Chancellor MEL STRIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MEL STRIDE, SHADOW CHANCELLOR <\/p>\n

Published: 18:11 EDT, 18 May 2025 | Updated: 18:13 EDT, 18 May 2025 <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s the day we are set to find out the details of Sir Keir Starmer<\/a>\u2019s \u2018reset\u2019 with the European Union<\/a>. If his previous attempts at trade deals are anything to go by, Britain will be worse off at the end of the day than we are right now. Because when Labour negotiates, Britain loses.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir is meeting European leaders with a simple choice: Defend and respect the UK\u2019s independence or begin unpicking Brexit<\/a>, step by step.<\/p>\n

Our great country voted to leave the European Union \u2013 a democratic decision that must be respected. A promise of a Britain where we could strike trade deals, forge our own way and be a rule maker, not a rule taker. Our prime minister should put the national interest first and uphold this.<\/p>\n

But the early signs of this EU reset are worrying. And under Starmer\u2019s leadership, the UK has slipped backwards on the global stage. The India<\/a> trade deal offered overseas workers tax breaks while British workers faced higher levies at home through Labour\u2019s reckless jobs tax. His talks with the US were rushed, and left us worse off than where we were in March.<\/p>\n

And if today is anything like his trip to Albania, where that country\u2019s PM stood next to him and told the media he wasn\u2019t interested in the plans Starmer had travelled there to announce, it will be a bad day for Britain.<\/p>\n

\"Keir <\/p>\n

Keir Starmer laughs with EU President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the sixth European Political Community summit on May 16 in Tirana, Albania<\/p>\n

This is not how a country like the UK should conduct itself on the international stage \u2013 but that\u2019s what happens when you enter government with no plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Britain needs growth and jobs, yet Starmer has piled record taxes on businesses and unemployment is rising as a result because businesses, not the state, are the engine of job creation.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s figures showed a 10 per cent increase in joblessness since Starmer took office. Job losses are more than just statistics \u2013 they are families struggling to make ends meet, food not being put on the table and people\u2019s livelihoods unfulfilled.<\/p>\n

If Starmer is serious about easing friction for travellers, a simple e-gates agreement should be agreed. Instead, his ministers are pursuing a youth mobility scheme that could be simply a return to free movement by the back door. Ever more low-skill, low-wage immigration is the last thing we need.<\/p>\n

And if so-called \u2018dynamic alignment\u2019 is Labour\u2019s plan, that means following EU rules without even having a say over what those rules are<\/a> \u2013 that would be a betrayal of the Brexit vote, pure and simple.<\/p>\n

We cannot afford to become a country that gives ground away quietly, piece by piece. But we have the world\u2019s worst negotiator in No 10. And countries around the world are queuing up to take advantage. Our Prime Minister must get a grip and, for once, stand up for Britain on the world stage.<\/p>\n

But if his record is anything to go by, none of us should hold our breath.<\/p>\n

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