Starmer Confirms Plan to Reverse Brexit as UK Accepts EU Rules Under Labour Deal – Guido Fawkes

Starmer Confirms Plan to Reverse Brexit as UK Accepts EU Rules Under Labour Deal

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There is a major bat signal going up in Brexitland this morning as Labour’s full ‘trojan horse’ plan to re-enter the EU is revealed. As Bloomberg reported last night, the government plans to accept ‘dynamic alignment’ of regulations on some products including agrifood goods, and reportedly will accept EU rulings from the European Court of Justice on the sanitary and phytosanitary elements of its new deal with Brussels. All of which means that basically the EU will be setting rules for British businesses, but without the UK having any say…

It’s a real dog’s breakfast of a concession because it now means any Starmer deal will almost certainly make the UK an EU ‘rule taker’ again – rather than just tinkering with political language. This leaves the UK vulnerable to having to accept EU rules again in manufacturing – and importantly – services, which is where the British economy has a real competitive advantage over the EU…

Alarm bells were rung over the government’s Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, which set the stage for this pivot – its measures mean Labour ministers can accept EU rules through the back door, essentially undoing a large part of Brexit. The Tories recently set ‘five tests’ on Brexit – as Guido noted, a little cumbersome, and not a great negotiating signal to Brussels (Eurocrats only understand a hard ‘no’). Every believer in Brexit must now rule out accepting any Starmer agreement, sending a strong message to the EU that a future British government will rip up this surrender deal…