Labour have unveiled their manifesto, most of which was reported on before its launch. However, one key detail in it reveals Labour’s true plans to create ever closer ties with the EU:
“Instead, Labour will work to improve the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the EU, by tearing down unnecessary barriers to trade. We will seek to negotiate a veterinary agreement to prevent unnecessary border checks and help tackle the cost of food; help our touring artists; and secure a mutual recognition agreement for professional qualifications to help open up markets for UK service exporters.”
Labour’s plan to strike a veterinary agreement with the EU is a recipe for disaster. The UK will be forced into ‘dynamic alignment’ with the EU’s draconian rules on animal health, food safety, and plants. Reducing the UK to mere rule-takers, shackled to EU regulations without any say. Worse still, it will stifle Britain’s ability to adopt cutting-edge technologies like cultivated meat, gene editing, and GMOs. Kiss goodbye to new trade deals with global partners…
Matthew Lesh, Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:
“This Labour manifesto commitment is a big deal for the future trajectory of UK-EU relations. It is difficult to imagine the UK getting a veterinary agreement with the EU without a commitment to ‘dynamic alignment’ with the EU’s regulations on animal health, food safety, and plants. This would turn the UK into a rule-taker, limiting our ability to embrace new technologies and sign trade deals. It would be handing significant powers back to the EU, with the UK expected to adopt rules and decisions without any input from Parliament.”
It’s no secret that the Shadow Cabinet is filled with die-hard Remainers. Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he wanted to reject the referendum result, while Starmer has long spoke of his desire to create closer ties with the bloc. This could be just the first step…
Business Secretary Peter Kyle told Times Radio that the government is considering banning X:
“Yes, of course. We gave these powers to Ofcom and not giving them the powers to Ofcom with the proviso that they will never be used. We gave very strident powers to Ofcom, which is our independent regulator, with very specific legal obligations to and the powers to use them in certain circumstances. So the law doesn’t allow for these sorts of powers to be used in certain circumstances.”