Starmer attacks Farage over ‘botched’ Brexit as he signals talks on EU defence pact

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-reform-starmer-farage-brexit-b2911818.html

Posted by coffeewalnut08

14 Comments

  1. As much as people may be disillusioned and disappointed over Brexit, Farage wasn’t in government or any place of legal authority to have a say in Brexit negotiations.

    Also, Starmer whipped Labour MPs to vote overwhelmingly in favour of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal that took the UK out of the EU, so its a bit much for him to call Brexit ‘botched’ when he pushed his own party to vote in favour of it after he got elected as Labour Leader.

    EDIT: So many people downvoting and replying with impassionate responses, but are failing to answer the two key facts: 1. Farage was not involved in the Brexit negotiations and 2. Farage did not vote through Johnson’s Brexit deal in Parliament, Starmer did.

  2. Upbeat_Ice1921 on

    If Starmer wants to moan about a botched Brexit he should be moaning about May and Johnson, not the man whose never been in a position of authority to enact any policy relating to Brexit.

  3. This man just means and has not got any other strategic moves! It’s either going back the old ways or just moan moan moan

  4. Starmer should just challenge Farage and say that if Labour win again they will attempt to rejoin the EU.

    Its a very clear battle line he can draw.

  5. Nurgleschampion on

    Has the red Tory found some balls? Treat the frog faced cretin how he deserves to be treated!

  6. Farage? Farage didn’t negotiate the Brexit deal, nor did he vote in favour of the Benn act which effectively gimped Brexit.

  7. Remember, Farage deliverwd nothing associated with Brexit. Not a single decision was made by him about the process. Starmer, however, and many, many more still sat in parliament making life worse for the populace with stagnated policy decisions and u turns….They failed, and they still are failing. Its a hard pill to swallow.

  8. If he’s going to put us back in I would rather he just did it now, whole hog rather than bit at a time and take ten years to admit that’s what the plan was.

  9. Labour should make the next election about re-joining the EU. Let Farage defend the mess that is Brexit and his part in it.

  10. What can we tangibly do to get labour to run the next election on rejoining the EU. I’m not naive enough to think we can start a movement but seriously what can little old us do? 

  11. He shouldn’t use the term “botched Brexit”, because this term implies that the problem isn’t the policy itself (which it is), but simply the way it was implemented, which plays into Reform’s narrative.

    “Botched Brexit” is redundant. It’s a tautology.