It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald #Trump: he is pushing #Britain closer to the #EU

If there were a referendum tomorrow, 63% of Britons would vote to rejoin the EU, according to recent YouGov polling. Since #rejoin would probably win an even bigger landslide in many of the urban seats up for election in May, a cynic might say #Starmer had his reasons for suddenly warming to Brussels and cooling on Washington.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/03/donald-trump-silver-lining-uk-eu-closer?

An interesting bit of analyse by Sir John Curtice
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"Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjn1d74jlo

#Labour #Brexit #Rejoin #Opinion

Long before the last election I did state on occasion that with regard to his red lines on the EU that I thought Sir Starmer may be painting himself in a corner that he would find difficult to leave while retaining any credibility in the policy area - think we're reaching that point and paint isn't dry

"Northern mayors are ramping up pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to forge closer ties with the European Union (EU) – including rejoining the customs union"
https://inews.co.uk/news/labour-mayors-starmer-turn-customs-union-4292069

#Rejoin #Brexit