{"id":690752,"date":"2026-01-12T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/690752\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:21:16","slug":"starmer-and-europe-need-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/690752\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer and Europe need each other &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\">This article first appeared as part of the Daily Sensemaker newsletter \u2013 one story a day to make sense of the world. To receive it in your inbox, featuring content exclusive to the newsletter, <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.co.uk\/newsletters\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Anchor font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _cur-pointer _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-18 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500576 _col-c-orange_6048 _textDecorationColor-c-orange_6048 _td-underline _textDecorationStyle-solid\" style=\"font-weight:var(--f-weight-300)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for free here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\">Keir Starmer wants an update to last year\u2019s EU-UK reset that would not take Britain into a new customs union but could, in parts of the economy, start to resemble the EU single market.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">So what?<\/b> His career depends on the distinction and\u00a0the future of the country may do too. A strengthened EU-UK relationship has become Britain\u2019s last best hope for growth, as an essential corollary to its increasingly fraught relationship with the US. So, after a week of all-consuming international fireworks, the PM is trying to focus on the closest thing he has to a big project for 2026: a bill to redefine EU relations and in the process<\/p>\n<ul class=\"_dsp-flex _items-stretch _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-column _pt-t-space-10\">\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">deliver meaningful economic expansion;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">outflank pro-Europeans like Wes Streeting who want his job; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">bring the phrase \u201cdynamic alignment\u201d into common English usage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">He sees you, Wes.<\/b> The new Labour contest to demonstrate creative thinking on fixing Brexit follows a campaign and 18 months in power in which loose talk on Europe was taboo. It was triggered by Streeting\u2019s nod in an <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.co.uk\/news\/national\/article\/im-diplomatically-ducking-the-question-this-is-not-a-pitch-or-a-job-application\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Anchor font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _cur-pointer _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-18 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500576 _col-c-orange_6048 _textDecorationColor-c-orange_6048 _td-underline _textDecorationStyle-solid\" style=\"font-weight:var(--f-weight-300)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Observer interview<\/a> last month to Brexit\u2019s \u201cmassive economic hit\u201d to the UK economy. Streeting came close to calling for a new customs union as the solution.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">And he raises you.<\/b> Starmer\u2019s response \u2013 after a walk round Chequers with his Europe minister, Nick Thomas-Symonds, and a contemplative Christmas \u2013 has been to tell the BBC he wants closer alignment with the EU on a sector-by-sector, \u201cissue-by-issue\u201d, basis.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">So,<\/b> not<b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\"> a customs union?<\/b> Correct. Downing Street outriders say even a bespoke customs union would jeopardise post-Brexit trade deals with India and the US, whereas, as one put it yesterday, \u201cdynamic alignment gives you more bang for your euro\u201d.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">How it works.<\/b> Dynamic alignment on the Swiss model would require the UK to automatically accept new EU laws and regulations in agreed sectors and make multibillion-pound financial contributions to the single market. In principle it delivers radically smoother trade and ends the need for political squabbling each time a new regulation is adopted.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">What\u2019s next.<\/b> Agrifoods, electricity and emissions trading are already on the list for alignment, but without a longer list that would only deliver an estimated 0.4% (\u00a39bn a year) boost to GDP by 2040. Obstacles include<\/p>\n<ul class=\"_dsp-flex _items-stretch _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-column _pt-t-space-10\">\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">Starmer\u2019s caution, fuelled by lingering fear of abandonment by Labour \u201cleavers\u201d and a newer fear of angering Donald Trump, who loathes the EU;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">Europe\u2019s reluctance to re-engage with a UK it knows could soon be run by Nigel Farage, who yesterday confirmed he would tear up any deals reached by Starmer and refuse to pay compensation;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">free movement of people, which remains a red line for Starmer but which Switzerland has had to accept, albeit with an emergency brake, as part of its dynamic alignment deal; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"_dsp-flex _flexBasis-auto _bxs-border-box _pos-relative _minH-0px _minW-0px _shrink-0 _flexDirection-row _pb-t-space-8 _items-flex-start _gap-t-space-5\">\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _shrink-0 _minW-t-space-18\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _grow-1 _shrink-1 _flexBasis-auto _fwr-wrap\">cost, because the \u00a3570m the EU extracted from London for a year\u2019s membership of the Erasmus student exchange programme suggests dynamic alignment won\u2019t come cheap.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">Obstacles, schmobstacles.<\/b> Starmer\u2019s allies and pro-Europeans generally say the stakes are too high to do the reset by halves. One source close to the PM says that the first step, before any alignment bill comes to parliament, has to be a youth mobility scheme that lets up to 100,000 young Europeans live and work in the UK (and vice versa) for limited periods \u2013 and, more importantly, that builds trust in Brussels where the idea is popular.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">Step two<\/b> is to acknowledge that the rewards of alignment, including an estimated 22% uptick in UK-EU agrifoods exports alone, should outweigh any political cost.<\/p>\n<p>NewslettersChoose the newsletters you want to receive<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-_xl_block _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _dsp-none _text-left _shrink-1\">Clear, calm analysis on the stories driving the day\u2019s news.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-_xl_block _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _dsp-none _text-left _shrink-1\">The very best of our journalism, reviews and ideas \u2013 curated each day.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-_xl_block _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal _dsp-none _text-left _shrink-1\">A dispatch from The Observer\u2019s kitchen table \u2013 from Nigel Slater\u2019s recipes to interviews, features and hot tips.<\/p>\n<p><a role=\"link\" tabindex=\"0\" data-disable-theme=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.co.uk\/newsletters\" class=\"is_Anchor font_body _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-t-space-8 _mr-0px _mb-t-space-16 _ml-0px _fs-f-size-true _col-c-grey_600 _dsp-inline-flex _items-center _cur-pointer _self-flex-start is_ButtonUnderlined \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonDoric _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-4048 _fs-f-size-14 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500599 _col-c-black _select-auto _ws-normal _borderBottomColor-c-seville_p930930286 _borderBottomWidth-1px _pb-16px _borderBottomStyle-solid\">For information about how The Observer protects your data, read our <a role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Privacy Policy Link\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.co.uk\/policy\/privacy\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Anchor font_body _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _fs-f-size-true _cur-pointer _col-c-orange_6048 _textDecorationColor-c-orange_6048 _td-underline _textDecorationStyle-solid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">Step three<\/b> is to seize the moment. Nick Harvey, CEO of the European Movement, insists there\u2019s an opportunity for a big alignment bill covering multiple sectors without the usual complaints of British cherry-picking, provided nothing is announced unilaterally and Thomas-Symonds devotes sufficient time to pitch-rolling in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\"><b class=\"font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _ws-pre-wrap _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _col-inherit _ff-f-family _fw-700\">What\u2019s more\u2026<\/b> Geopolitics demands nothing less, for as long as Greenland is threatened by the US, Nato is adrift and European solidarity is at a premium.<\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"is_Paragraph font_caslonIonic _dsp-inline _bxs-border-box _ww-break-word _mt-0px _mr-0px _mb-0px _ml-0px _ff-f-family _fw-f-weight-3048 _fs-f-size-18 _lh-f-lineHeigh3500605 _col-c-grey_600 _select-auto _ws-normal\">Photograph by Antoine Gyori\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article first appeared as part of the Daily Sensemaker newsletter \u2013 one story a day to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,522,807,285],"class_list":{"0":"post-690752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-european-union","12":"tag-international","13":"tag-keir-starmer","14":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115881396418907782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690752","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=690752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}