Keir Starmer was in Brussels yesterday on a charm offensive, as the government tries to reset the UK’s fractious post-Brexit relationship with its neighbours across the Channel. “We’re putting our relationship with Europe on a more solid, stable footing. That’s what British people want,” he told reporters last night.
The prime minister won the hearts of many Labour members in 2018 by insisting that a referendum to reverse Brexit must be kept on the table. But by the time Starmer won the leadership four years ago, Boris Johnson had won a crushing general election victory promising to “get Brexit done”. Starmer insisted the subject was now closed.
