Starmer’s “reset” with the EU is shaping up look like a one-sided sellout. True to form, Brussels is wasting no time exploiting the PM’s eagerness to cosy up to the bloc at Britain’s expense. According to a document obtained by the FT, the European Commission is advising member states to block the UK from gaining deeper access to EU electricity markets. So much for Starmer’s promises on energy security…
The document setting out policy positions on the upcoming “reset” of EU-UK relations states the EU’s “no cherry-picking” rule remains firmly in place when it comes to the UK and electricity trading:
“The UK’s decision not to rejoin the single market limits the possibilities for other options to be considered, sectoral participation in the EU energy market would not be in the union’s interest and would be contrary to the European Council guidelines.”
Using Starmer’s “reset” to give the UK the cold-shoulder…
As Starmer continues pandering to a bloc that clearly isn’t interested in fair play, his calls for greater “market access” and “trade across the North Sea” are setting off alarm bells for Brexiteers. Meanwhile, since the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement came into force, Britain has been exporting more electricity to the bloc than it imports. Labour’s “businesslike” relationship with the bloc is more give from the UK, and take from EU…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”