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Times
22-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Keir Starmer's done no better with the EU than Theresa May
After all that, there was very little in it. Sir Keir Starmer called his agreement with the EU a 'landmark deal', which is true in the sense that the tree stump in the Sycamore Gap is a sort of landmark, for those who know what used to be there. In this case, what used to be there was a cherry tree, on which many a prime minister has eyed the forbidden fruit of EU market access and been rebuffed. Starmer, so far, is no different. In all, the much-hyped 'agreement' published on Monday contains nothing that was not already on offer from at least 2018 onwards, when Theresa May concocted the doomed 'Chequers plan'. The EU had unceremoniously knocked back her attempt to negotiate deals
Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Starmer's done no better with the EU than May
After all that, there was very little in it. Sir Keir Starmer called his agreement with the EU a 'landmark deal', which is true in the sense that the tree stump in the Sycamore Gap is a sort of landmark, for those who know what used to be there. In this case, what used to be there was a cherry tree, on which many a prime minister has eyed the forbidden fruit of EU market access and been rebuffed. Starmer, so far, is no different. In all, the much-hyped 'agreement' published on Monday contains nothing that was not already on offer from at least 2018 onwards, when Theresa May concocted the doomed 'Chequers plan'. The EU had unceremoniously knocked back her attempt to negotiate deals
