No10 has, after a long lead-up, effectively scrapped Starmer’s red lines on EU rejoin. It says ‘nothing is off the table,’ including a pledge to rejoin the EU fully or moving back into the customs union or single market. Burnham said that he will set out options around November:
“So, I will take the opportunity around the summit to lay out to you, to lay out to the country, what I believe the different options are for Britain’s long-term relationship with our European partners.”
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”