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Iindependent Readers react to Sir Keir Starmer’s plans Make Brexit the dividing line for the next election Their assessment is blunt: Brexit has failed – but Labor still looks unsure how to face it.
Many say the damage of leaving the EU is now too big to ignore, pointing to rising costs for businesses, weaker economic growth and Britain’s loss of influence on the world stage.
Labour’s caution has repeatedly been frustrating. Some readers backed Starmer’s go-slow approach, arguing that a clear failure of Brexit would allow the EU to build closer ties over time.
Others are more impatient, urging Labor to set out how it won the referendum on false promises and to make a clearer, more confident case for a closer alliance – particularly on trade, defense and security, as the US has become a less reliable ally.
However, not everyone agrees. The minority has been vocal in warning that reopening the Brexit debate could be politically risky, giving Nigel Farage new ammunition and alienating voters who still believe the 2016 vote must be respected.
Others question whether the EU will want Britain back given the ongoing political unrest and the rise of reforms.
Overall, readers saw Brexit as an open wound in British politics and warned how Labor dealt with the issue could determine the next election.
This is what you have to say:
The EU has no reason to condone the UK
The UK is shooting itself in the foot and the EU will not be encouraged to grant any of the UK’s “wishes” – but at a cost – unless one of the main perpetrators of Brexit gets into what will happen in Number 10.
Recent events in world politics and the UK’s “go it alone” attitude, rather than aligning with most European countries, have not exactly encouraged those EU countries who are certainly not prepared to encourage closer ties with the UK until it gains trust. Who can blame them?
The impact of Brexit on the EU has been largely absorbed and you never hear anyone mention it. However, there are strong opinions against any idea of Britain rejoining.
In today’s turbulent world, Europe needs to become a unified bloc to deal with external threats, and more and more people are beginning to accept the need for Europe to be able to defend itself. Britain’s belief that a “special relationship” with the United States would protect it in a pinch has always been empty talk – even more so now.
Chaos within the Labor Party is the real problem
Starmer is right to make Brexit a key issue because the UK is now suffering the catastrophic consequences, no matter how hard the Conservatives and reformists try to hammer us down.
But the biggest problem is Labour’s ongoing and mind-boggling internal strife. Badenock is in trouble, Farage is in trouble, why talk nonsense about Burnham?
It’s as if Labor simply don’t want to be in government, preferring to fight each other, while voters are hungry for solutions after 14 years of chaos from the Tories. I’m desperate.
Starmer will cost Labor election
With Starmer as Labor leader, Labor will suffer a crushing defeat at the next election.
The party leadership appears to rather see Labor burned than to change its rightward course and return to progressive politics.
Let Brexit fail
Reconnecting with the EU, whether by applying to rejoin or negotiating closer ties, is crucial. I have always thought that Starmer’s strategy might be to give Brexit time to fail and then quietly start to get the UK back into the EU.
Ideally, I would like to see rejoining – or at least rejoining the single market or customs union – in the next election manifesto, but that may be premature. The public needs to be thoroughly fed up with Brexit before he takes any action, as anything that might inspire support will help with reform.
The security situation could be an opportunity in this regard, because I think most people, even those who voted to leave the EU, see the value in security, defense and political ties, even if they remain skeptical about economic ties.
kick off
Brexit has proven to be a costly mistake – a project sold to unsuspecting voters on the basis of layers of lies.
All polls now show that the vast majority of people think Brexit was a mistake and want closer ties with the EU.
This is the broadest political, economic and social opening goal of this generation.
A win-win situation for trade and defense
Given the egregious behavior of the U.S. government, joining a customs union and agreeing on a joint military strategy with the EU for the sake of commercial interests and cost of living would undoubtedly be a win-win situation.
And all voters now understand that Brexit is a failure and they need to choose to vote for a party that is seen as developing closer ties again.
la la land
I fear Starmer would join La La Land if he thought it would solve the country’s economic problems or Labour’s poll numbers. You’re either in or you’re out, you don’t get something for nothing from the EU – otherwise you don’t understand the EU.
A vote based on lies is not democratic
If Starmer wants to fight the British reformists on Brexit, then he needs to stop being timid and talk only about rejoining the customs union and explain that Brexit was never a democratic vote because it was based on a ridiculous, made-up, made-up fairy tale.
The public has been lied to – about sovereignty, affordable food, stronger trade deals, £350m a week for the NHS, better jobs and higher wages – and told that “complainers” are exaggerating.
We are not. They are. A vote based on lies is not democratic.
As Trump alienates America from Europe, including the UK, on defense and economics, we need the closest possible relationship with Europe. Trump will hate it. Farage will hate it. Putin will hate it. That’s exactly why we need it.
An election based on another EU referendum – this time based on facts – would give Starmer huge leverage.
too little, too late
Starmer, you’re taking too long and you’re not doing enough.
But maybe, just maybe, you will finally realize that your potential salvation lies in committing to another referendum to rejoin a superior EU.
I won’t hold my breath.
Reopening Brexit could backfire
Labor is grasping at straws.
If Labor reopens the Brexit debate, it will fail. The arguments and figures against scrapping Brexit are formidable, and Labor is unlikely to prevail against them, especially given its poor performance in government and general lack of direction.
Trying to relook at Brexit will only make Nigel Farage stronger.
The referendum must be respected
I don’t care what Labor supporters think, but rejoining the EU is not allowed. This is a national referendum and must be respected.
If the UK leaves the European Court of Human Rights and ultimately stops taking orders from European judges, then – and only then – will the UK be able to make its own laws without interference. Then the UK might have a chance of a proper Brexit, rather than the rubbish it is now.
Some comments in this article have been edited for brevity and clarity.
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