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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Starmer must use the threat of Trump to repair the damage of Brexit, warns Lord Heseltine

A major Brexit rethink is needed on defence and security leading to a single European military command structure and defence of the continent’s borders, Lord Michael Heseltine has warned.

The former deputy prime minister believes the threat of Donald Trump’s administration has opened the doors for Sir Keir Starmer to have a much more profound repair of the damage of Brexit beyond the limited ambitions of his reset talks.

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