Talks on UK rejoining EU could start in 10 years’ time, says Peter Mandelson

Mandelson’s remarks are in contrast to the PM’s prediction that the UK would not rejoin the EU, or the single market or customs union, in his lifetime. Photograph: Michael Bowles/Shutterstock

Peter Mandelson has suggested the UK could start talks on rejoining the EU in 10 years’ time, much earlier than Keir Starmer believes.

Lord Mandelson told an audience in Edinburgh the “truth is that [reversing Brexit] could be a conversation which starts in 10 years’ time”, but only if EU member states were willing to consider it.