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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator

Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer, David Lammy and Nick Thomas-Symonds sit opposite Maroš Šefčovič, Antonio Costa, Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas at a large table with the union and EU flags hanging nearby
Nick Thomas-Symonds, fourth from left, during a session of the EU-UK summit in May, in Lancaster House, London. Photograph: Jason Alden/EPA

Britain will not rejoin the EU in the foreseeable future, according to the minister who has piloted Keir Starmer’s recent reset of European relations.

Nick Thomas-Symonds said he could not see the country re-entering the bloc in his lifetime, despite the thaw in continental relations that he has helped bring about.

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