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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

The UK’s only obstacle to rejoining the bloc may be the EU itself

When Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney decided to put a series of Brexit red lines into the 2024 Labour election manifesto, many believed that the substantive debate on Britain’s involvement in the European Union had ended.

Essentially, it meant any so-called “Brexit resets” were to be limited to rather timid tweaks – if of mutual interest – to the dreadful deal that Boris Johnson had secured.

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