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    Labour voters want Starmer to ditch his Brexit red lines and rejoin single market

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    1. BobMonkhaus on

      Going to click his red shoes and it’ll magically happen. After much complicated negotiations and the majority backing of the EU, who benefit by us not coming back.

    2. jx45923950 on

      I can’t see it, sadly. Labour don’t want to change the voting system and with Farage Ltd in 2nd place in a lot of their seats (and the pro-Brexit Tories in others) , it would be very courageous to adopt such a policy under FPTP.

      If they have a more solid foundation after 2029 then it might become possible. But to get that they really need to sort out things – immigration and public services in particular.

    3. overgirthed-thirdeye on

      When Labour took a pro-2nd ref stance in 2017 they lost to Miss Conservative Charisma and then again to Mr Bombastic de Pfeffel Johnson. Labour’s mandate for change is based on a disdain for the Tories and not for wholesale support so I can see wanting to rush back to Europe cap-in-hand as a political risk that would see Labour voters disappointed come the next election.

      I say this as a remainer who sees having a Labour government as the UK’s best chance to rejoin.

    4. J__P on

      regulation without representation. skip over this pointless middle ground and just rejoin fully.

    5. AlienPandaren on

      If Farage thinks we should revisit electoral reform after having previously had a vote on changing the voting system in 2011 then revisiting our ties with the EU by 2029 sounds pretty fair to me

    6. Relative_Charge3848 on

      A discussion needs to be had and an argument won.

      He’s in a place to start doing that but he’ll need to carry the country with him and as such is more a second term thing I reckon

    7. Disastrous_Fruit1525 on

      So a majority of the minority who voted Labour want us to rejoin the single market. Not going to happen. Starmer is not going to do anything that will make him unpopular. He just doesn’t have it in him.

    8. MonitorPowerful5461 on

      There’s a massive source of free money, right there. In our current state we can’t afford to ignore it.

      Unfortunately, Labour can’t afford to go for it either. Too many Reform voters.

    9. ferrel_hadley on

      We are not getting back in in 5 years. Better spend that time getting better deals with Europe, keeping our legislation as if we were going to join and just waiting for the country to flip to a solid return so that when the public are very supportive its easy and quick and in the meantime it does not jam up the political discourse.

      We have had enough about Brexit for a life time. Lets just get on with running the country and let the generational turn over bring the argument till its a slam dunk.

    10. ParkedUpWithCoffee on

      This would consume too much political capital and dominate parliament and is far too soon to open this can of worms.

      Labour should focus on the house building reforms, infrastructure
      /energy grid reforms and keeping a lid on mass migration.

    11. Employ-Personal on

      Yeah, let’s ignore the referendum, which was won by a clear majority, and let the 30% of the voters who support Labour dictate the future. Remember, Corbin got 2m more votes that Sir Starmer and voter turnout reportedly at 60%, the lowest since 2001 when it dropped to 59.4%, and the second lowest since 1918 lowest turnout in a GE.

    12. SomeRedditorTosspot on

      Reform literally cumming at the thought of the Brexit pandoras box being reopened, and their chief single issue being reinstated as relevant.

      Second in 98 seats lol.

      This would get them first places for sure.

    13. KindPhill on

      Finally common sense prevails the sooner we can rejoin with a reasonable deal the better

    14. ExcessivelyBach on

      We should just have a mega re-referendum in 2028 or 2030. Proportional voting, EU/single market/customs union/FOM, Scottish independence, and massive house of Lords reform (that’ll be a new one)

    15. phillhb on

      Don’t threaten me with a good time!

      Labours’ second referendum stance didn’t make sense before because it was led by a Brexiteers isolationist, who only made that stance because it was opposed to the Tories. Now it would actually make sense

    16. MadKingOni on

      Can’t see this happening until Labour have seen benefits from policy change and therefore larger vote share

    17. IllustriousGerbil on

      I would rather they didn’t, I think he’s got the right idea bilateral mutual recognition deals and further down the line a 4 year work visa scheme with an annual cap on numbers so that people moving to the EU and coming to the UK are about the same.

      That would cover most the issues people have without giving up any of the things people wanted to leave the EU over.

    18. Yaarmehearty on

      I’m all for it but they need to concentrate on the manifesto and associated pledges first. Once that is done and hopefully things are on an upward trend then start thinking about the Europe question.

      Otherwise it will eat up all the time they have and they won’t get enough done to get re elected. Also it gives time for us to show the EU that we are not crazy and worth rejoining and gives time for us to see how the right wing rises pan out in the major EU powers.

    19. bars_and_plates on

      People really need to move forward. Rejoining the EU would be like getting a divorce and then remarrying your former wife. It’s never going to be the same and waking up every morning thinking of her is holding us back.