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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
National
Maybelyn B. Paden

Keir Starmer Labelled 'Slippery' As He Admits Labour Could Back Closer EU Alignment

Keir Starmer Labelled ‘Slippery’ As He Admits Labour Could Back Closer EU Alignment (Credit: Keir Starmer Instagram Account Photo)

Sir Keir Starmer has inadvertently handed his political opponents a gift on a silver platter. By finally admitting what many in Westminster have long suspected—that Labour could pursue closer alignment with the European Union—the Prime Minister has placed himself squarely in the crosshairs of one of Britain's most formidable political forces: Nigel Farage and his resurgent Reform movement.

For months, Starmer navigated the EU question with the grace of a tightrope walker, carefully dodging, ducking, and swerving around what many saw as an obvious truth.

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