{"id":116812,"date":"2025-05-20T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116812\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:23:13","slug":"how-pro-brexit-media-responded-to-starmers-uk-eu-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116812\/","title":{"rendered":"How pro-Brexit media responded to Starmer\u2019s UK-EU reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> has secured a landmark deal between Britain and the European Union<\/a> in a move that has dominated headlines across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n

Following a last-minute breakthrough<\/a> in reset talks, the prime minister<\/a> \u2013 who has made the Brexit<\/a> reset a centrepiece of his administration \u2013 hailed Monday\u2019s summit as marking a \u201cnew era\u201d of relations with the bloc.<\/p>\n

While Sir Keir declared that Britain was \u201cback on the world stage\u201d with his \u201cwin-win\u201d deal, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made it clear that they would scrap it if they were to win power at the next election.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The prime minister met with EU leaders on Monday (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Ms Badenoch warned the agreement makes the UK \u201ca rule taker\u201d, while the former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader branded it an \u201cabject surrender\u201d and \u201cthe end of the fishing industry\u201d.<\/p>\n

Especially thorny issues included fishing rights, which negotiators only solved in the early hours of the morning, while talks surrounding a youth mobility scheme appear to have ended in a deadlock.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly for the Brexit debate, Tuesday\u2019s front pages highlighted the stark political divides, with the Daily Mail echoing Mr Farage\u2019s remarks with the headline \u201cStarmer\u2019s surrender\u201d and the Guardian leading with the prime minister\u2019s declaration of success.<\/p>\n

The Independent takes a look at how the more pro-Brexit media covered the deal.<\/p>\n

Daily Mail<\/strong>\"The<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail, which was known to be among the most pro-Leave media, unsurprisingly blasted Mr Starmer and his deal with the headline \u2018Starmer\u2019s surrender\u2019<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail, which was known to be among the most pro-Leave media, unsurprisingly blasted Mr Starmer and his deal with the headline \u201cStarmer\u2019s surrender\u201d.<\/p>\n

Leading with the backlash, the paper reported the prime minister has been \u201caccused of a great Brexit betrayal\u201d, suggesting the agreement gives Brussels control over British fish, laws and money.<\/p>\n

Daily Express<\/strong>\"The<\/p>\n

The Daily Express led with a similar headline to the Mail, citing a quote that Sir Keir\u2019s agreement is an \u2018abject surrender\u2019 and condemning it as a \u2018betrayal of Brexit Britain\u2019<\/p>\n

The Daily Express led with a similar headline to the Mail, citing a quote that Sir Keir\u2019s agreement is an \u201cabject surrender\u201d and condemning it as a \u201cbetrayal of Brexit Britain\u201d.<\/p>\n

The paper included critics\u2019 warnings that the deal means Britain is in a \u201cnew era of Brussels rule\u201d, echoing Sir Keir\u2019s \u201cnew era\u201d remarks.<\/p>\n

Daily Star<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

The Daily Star similarly led on criticism of the deal, with the headline: \u201cPM\u2019s in a tight spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper features quotes from pro-Leave former prime minister Boris Johnson who called Sir Keir an \u201corange ball-chewing Brussels gimp\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Sun<\/strong>\"The<\/p>\n

The Sun also headlines on backlash against the agreement, focusing on fishing rights<\/p>\n

The Sun also headlines on backlash against the agreement, focusing on fishing rights.<\/p>\n

The newspaper\u2019s front page states: \u201cDone up like a kipper.\u201d It reported that Britain was ambushed by a last-minute demand by what it called \u201c12 more years of French and Spanish trawlers plundering our waters\u201d.<\/p>\n

The paper also writes that Sir Keir agreed to \u201ctake rules from Brussels\u201d among a list of criticisms of the deal.<\/p>\n

Daily Telegraph<\/strong>\"The<\/p>\n

The Daily Telegraph described the deal as an official \u2018kiss goodbye to Brexit\u2019<\/p>\n

The Daily Telegraph described the deal as an official \u201ckiss goodbye to Brexit\u201d.<\/p>\n

The paper reported on critics accusations the prime minister is trying to drag Britain back into the bloc.<\/p>\n

Matt\u2019s cartoon, meanwhile, showed fisherman on a British-flagged vessel with the line: \u201cWe took back control, but they took back all the mackerel, sole and haddock.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer has secured a landmark deal between Britain and the European Union in a move that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,35068,52469,2000,299,5187,1699,34391,4884,807,1198,12184,50069,52468,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-116812","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-daily-mail","11":"tag-daily-star","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-european-union","16":"tag-fishing-rights","17":"tag-great-britain","18":"tag-keir-starmer","19":"tag-kemi-badenoch","20":"tag-prime-minister","21":"tag-sir-keir","22":"tag-the-prime-minister","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114539672817436936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116812","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=116812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}