The Conservatives claimed a Labor government could “put Brexit in danger” in statements and opinion pieces published on the eighth anniversary of the EU referendum.
Rishi Sunak made a series of statements about the rival Sir Keir Starmer and your intentions Work entering government – claiming it would “recommit us to the free movement of EU citizens, welcoming thousands more illegal migrants and re-linking our companies to the Brussels bureaucracy”.
“Keir Starmer never believed we could succeed as a sovereign country and tried to reverse the outcome time and time again,” he said. “Now he has committed to continuing to fight the EU for years and abandoning all our hard-won freedoms, such as the ability to strike more trade deals and cut more bureaucracy.
“Make no mistake, Brexit would be in danger under the Labor Party.”
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Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch stated that Starmer and Labor “never believed in Britain’s ability to chart its own path”.
“Instead of seizing opportunities, Starmer wants to renegotiate the Brexit deal, taking us back to square one of being a rule-taker from Brussels,” he added.
“Only the Conservatives will continue to take the bold steps needed to build a secure and independent future for our country.”
What did Labor say about Brexit and the EU?
Sir Keir last month told Sky News he plans to seek “a better [Brexit] agreement than the one we have” if he is elected in next month’s general election.
“I don’t think many people look at this deal and think it’s working very well,” he said of current trade agreements. “We were promised a ready-to-bake deal and we got something that was, frankly, incomplete.”
“We need a better Brexit deal”
The Labor manifesto makes a mention of Brexit. It says: “With the Labor Party, Britain will remain outside the EU. But to seize the opportunities that lie ahead, we have to make Brexit work.”
“We will restart the relationship and seek to deepen ties with our European friends, neighbors and allies”, he continues. “This does not mean reopening the divisions of the past.
“There will be no return to the single market, the customs union or freedom of movement.
“Instead, the Labor Party will work to improve the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the EU by breaking down unnecessary barriers to trade.”
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Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior James Smartly claimed that the Labor Party will “open the door to 100,000 illegal migrants” in an article for the Sunday Telegraph – which a Labor Party spokesperson has previously labeled “desperate lies from a party that has utterly failed to control our borders or manage of the asylum system”.
And at The Times, secretary rising to the next level Michael Gove said in a new interview: “I think one of the biggest question marks over the Labor Party is what they would do in terms of relations with the EU, because it is on record that Starmer did everything he could to frustrate a Brexit deal and to secure a second referendum.
“I was in the room with him when we were trying to negotiate a deal between Labor and the Conservatives under Theresa [May] to secure a Brexit deal.”
About that, while research continues to predict Labor is heading towards a comfortable majority, the national campaign coordinator reminded the public: “Change will only happen if you vote for it.”
The Labor Party’s national campaign coordinator, Pat McFadden, wrote in the Observer: “There is a danger that the debate in this election will be consumed by polls and, specifically, by the idea that the outcome is somehow pre-determined… By no means will this election be a done deal.
“Headlines about MRP poll numbers disguise an enormous level of uncertainty.”
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