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<\/p>\nStarmer, the man of the second referendum who always hated Brexit, is now trying to rejoin by stealth. This time, the Labour government is seeking to restore regulatory alignment with the EU, while accepting subservience to the highly political European Court of Justice. <\/p>\n
In doing so, it appears to be continuing the UK’s role as the main subsidy power for European farmers.<\/p>\n
Accepting the jurisdiction of the ECJ would mean that we are, in effect, going back inside the EU \u2014 or perhaps worse: handing rule-making powers to foreign judges and raising prices for UK consumers. <\/p>\n
This was one of the Conservative government\u2019s red lines during Brexit negotiations \u2014 that it would never accept ECJ jurisdiction. Although, it must be said, Rishi Sunak then sold out Northern Ireland in the Windsor Framework.<\/p>\n
Jacob Rees Mogg <\/p>\n
GB NEWS <\/p>\n
This revelation comes as proposals are being discussed ahead of the first UK\u2013EU summit, set to take place in London this May, aimed at defining a new future for our post-Brexit relationship. <\/p>\n
The move suggests an effort by the government to surrender our regulatory freedoms \u2014 along with our fish \u2014 to the EU, even though this could have a detrimental effect on trade negotiations with the United States.<\/p>\n
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS <\/strong><\/p>\n Any shift toward regulatory alignment would damage Britain’s ability to secure trade deals with nations that do not follow EU processes, including the U.S. Put simply, when it comes to regulation, the U.S. uses outcome standards \u201cis the product safe?\u201d while the EU relies on process standards \u201cHas the method of production been followed, and has the paperwork been completed?\u201d<\/p>\n Both systems aim for similar food safety outcomes, yet Starmer insists that Britain doesn\u2019t need to choose between its special relationships with the U.S. and the EU. <\/p>\n But if that\u2019s true, why should we be following EU food regulations when we\u2019re their biggest customer? <\/p>\n They sell us more than three times what we export to them. Why are we subsidising French, Irish, and Dutch farmers \u2014 at the cost of you, ladies and gentlemen, the British consumer?<\/p>\n During the election campaign, Labour said it wouldn\u2019t try to reverse Brexit but now, it seems, that\u2019s exactly what the government is doing. <\/p>\n Reattaching the shackles to the body politic will only make British consumers poorer and British businesses more burdened with red tape. <\/p>\n For example, we would not have been able to pass emergency legislation to save British Steel as swiftly as we did \u2014 it would have required EU state aid approval.<\/p>\n Labour said it wouldn\u2019t try to reverse Brexit but now, it seems, that\u2019s exactly what the government is doing<\/p>\n GETTY <\/p>\n It\u2019s worth reminding ourselves of the absurdity of this dynamic. <\/p>\n French President Emmanuel Macron even suggested that a UK\u2013France defence partnership for Ukraine might not happen unless France gains increased access to British fishing waters. <\/p>\n Little Emmanuel would rather risk the Russian bear than be sensible about fish.<\/p>\n The EU has always wanted the UK to be one of its colonies, subject to its rules. We must not fall for its wiles. <\/p>\n Instead, we should push ahead with British freedoms: saving steel, welcoming AI, cutting tariffs, and signing free trade deals \u2014 all of which the EU continues to restrict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starmer, the man of the second referendum who always hated Brexit, is now trying to rejoin by stealth.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,2451,12,391,285,6226,16,3106,15,6225],"class_list":{"0":"post-23468","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-jacob-rees-mogg","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-opinion","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-presenters","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-uk-politics","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-video-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114345007194163328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468","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=23468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Keir](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744766233_701_keir-starmer.jpg\")