Starmer’s drive to rebind Britain to Brussels takes a major step forward at the EU-UK summit on May 19 as he prepares to sign a sweeping new “reset” deal with the EU. The Times reports that an EU-UK defence pact is set to be signed, opening the door for British firms to tap into the EU’s €150 billion defence fund. All because, as one EU diplomat ominously puts it, “the British are making the concessions they need to”…
As part of the deal, Starmer has rolled over on fishing rights. Instead of pushing back on EU access, he’s offered Brussels a multi-year arrangement, replacing annual negotiations and freezing quotas – opening the floodgates to a wave of EU boats with expanded access to British waters. Surrendering a core promise on fishing rights in a blatant betrayal of Brexiteers…
Meanwhile, Starmer is preparing to sign off on ‘dynamic alignment’ with EU standards on products including agrifood, while handing authority to the European Court of Justice over sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the new agreement. Effectively allowing Brussels to dictate the rules British businesses must follow – with the UK having zero control. Starmer’s rejoin-troopers march on…
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.”