{"id":48435,"date":"2025-04-25T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48435\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:27:08","slug":"keir-starmer-warned-britons-will-never-forgive-brexit-surrender-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48435\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer warned Britons will never forgive Brexit surrender | Politics | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain will never forgive Sir Keir Starmer if his Government grants EU citizens a \u201cblanket right\u201d to come to this country, a former Brexit<\/a> minister has warned. The Prime Minister met with European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen yesterday amid reports the Government may back a youth visa deal with the EU as it seeks to reset relations with the bloc.<\/p>\n

Brussels is demanding the UK agrees to a youth mobility scheme and preparations are underway for a landmark summit on May 19. More than 60 Labour MPs have put their name to a letter calling for a \u201cnew and bespoke youth visa scheme for UK and EU citizens aged under 30\u201d. Former Brexit<\/a> minister David Jones warned the PM of the consequences of rolling back Brexit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cKeir Starmer<\/a>, the man who never accepted Brexit<\/a> and pressed for a second referendum, is at it again. Only days after he was happily considering giving away our fishery rights in exchange for a security pact with the EU, he now wants to loosen our control of our borders still further.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to the UK should be considered on a case-by-case basis. There should be no blanket right of entry. The British people will never forgive him if he surrenders on such a crucial issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warned: \u201cLabour Ministers should stop trying to unpick Brexit<\/a> by the back door, especially when its not in the national interest. Keir Starmer<\/a> continually said he\u2019d put party before country, but all he\u2019s done since getting in is exactly the opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems he\u2019s determined to usher in a period of unlimited migration \u2013 just as he\u2019s always wanted since campaigning energetically for a second referendum with free movement of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice<\/a> predicted a youth mobility scheme would be a \u201cbackdoor to free movement of people from the EU\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThis is not a government that can be trusted on Brexit<\/a>. We cannot forget that this cabinet actively opposed Brexit<\/a> and, in the case of Keir Starmer<\/a>, actively campaigned to overturn the democratic decision of more than 17 million people.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, German ambassador Miguel Berger described the benefits of a scheme which would allow young Britons to live and work in the EU and vice versa.<\/p>\n

He told the UK Trade and Business Commission: \u201cI think it is such a positive thing that we work for the possibility of young people having this experience and I always try to push back against the notion that this has anything to do with migration because the young people would come here, stay a certain time and then go home so it has nothing to do with migration into the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Ramanauskas of the Policy Exchange think tank warned against going down a \u201cslippery slope\u201d with the EU.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhile a mobility scheme similar to the one with Australia which is restricted to workers only could be acceptable, there is a danger that a scheme with the EU will go beyond this narrow focus and so would put the UK on a slippery slope. Any scheme which gives people access to benefits, student loans, or the right to remain in the country beyond a limited time period would be a betrayal of Brexit<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Keir described the European Commission president as his friend, saying: \u201cIn a world which seems increasingly unstable with an uncertain future, it is so good that we are working so closely together on so many issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms von der Leyen suggested talks with the PM could \u201cpave the way\u201d to the UK joining a European security programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain will never forgive Sir Keir Starmer if his Government grants EU citizens a \u201cblanket right\u201d to come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,5322,748,2000,26311,299,5187,1699,4884,4609,807,16,15,26310],"class_list":{"0":"post-48435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-brexit-news","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-eu-relations","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-european-union","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-international-relations","18":"tag-keir-starmer","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-youth-visa-scheme"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114396715053746705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435","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=48435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}