According to the minister for Europe, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the UK must be “ruthlessly pragmatic” in its Brexit reset talks with the European Union.
Oxymoron or not, Sir Keir Starmer has proved himself in his leadership of the Labour Party to be the very epitome of ruthless pragmatism – and now, in his increasingly close relations with his European counterparts, he is making steady (if slow) progress in forging a genuinely new relationship with Europe.
