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Sir Keir Starmer can sell us out all he likes but EU wants us to beg – but history shows we NEVER will

The Sun

24-05-2025

Politics
The Sun

Sir Keir Starmer can sell us out all he likes but EU wants us to beg – but history shows we NEVER will

SIR KEIR STARMER, and every British Prime Minister who ever follows him, can have 'resets' with the European Union until the mad cows come home. They can sell out our fishermen. Tear down our borders. They can sign up for 'dynamic alignment' — meaning meekly accepting rules we take no part in making. But no matter how hard Keir and the PMs of the future strive to build bridges, I can see no way that this country will ever go back into the European Union. Because the EU wants the UK to come back on our knees. I am all for having the best possible relationship with our EU neighbours. And I wish that they felt the same way. But clearly, they don't. Because what really prevents the UK and the EU from ever having a mutually beneficial reset is that some of our neighbours still want to punish us for Brexit. You see it as soon as you land in an EU country, where your toxic British passport gets you herded into the dreaded All Other Passports line. And that would be fair enough if this happened when EU citizens arrive in the UK. But it doesn't. EU citizens are welcomed into the UK like old friends and pass through immigration in the same line as the locals. After Keir's reset with the EU, long-suffering, long-queueing British tourists have been promised faster passport queues in Europe. But, in-credibly, only if individual EU countries agree. So don't hold your breath. Starmer's reset with the EU is as thin as an After Eight mint. It says it all that even after Keir Starmer's new deal with the EU, you can still be treated like an undesirable alien when your family arrives for a holiday in France or Spain or Italy. Ever feel like you're not wanted? Keir Starmer makes HUGE concession as Brexit 'surrender' deal 'agreed' – with UK dragged back into shackles of Europe But then there has been an hysterically vindictive spirit abroad in Brussels ever since we voted to leave the European Union. It would be wrong to think that this is just pure spite. The routine punishment beatings are also to décourager les autres — to discourage the others, meaning any member state that contemplates bailing out of the European project. Most of the anti-British spite comes from France — or specifically from this French President, Emmanuel Macron. Bitterly estranged In this week's reset, it was Monsieur Macron who at the last moment demanded 'a hard link' between separate deals on fishing rights and defence, winning the right for French fishermen to fish in British waters for the next 12 years. What we get in return is, er, the right to protect the EU from Russia. Starmer leads a UK that is bitterly estranged from the EU but just another bunch of free-loading foreigners to the isolationist USA. If Keir, the arch Remainer, is naive to believe there is a way back into the European Union, then the Brexiteers were naive to think the UK could ever remain on good terms with the EU. 10 Did we think we could still be friends? Yes, we did. And today we find ourselves in a worst-of-both-worlds twilight zone. Neither really in the EU nor genuinely out. But there will always be an impenetrable barrier preventing any genuine reset between the UK and EU, a barricade built by the bile of Brussels. To paraphrase Taylor Swift, the UK and the EU are never ever, ever getting back together. Because the EU wants us to crawl. And the history of our nation suggests that the British just don't crawl. MORE good news for Reform voters. A study by Harvard and Southamp-ton universities suggests that the friends of Farage have more success on dating apps than Tory voters. 'While Reform voters had a below- average favourability on dating apps, they are four points more likely to enjoy success on the dating market than Conservative voters,' says Dr Alberto Lopez Ortega. It seems everybody loves a hard Brexit. How Cannes they forget Brigitte? THE Cannes Film Festival is tightening its red-carpet dress code because in recent years some stars have left little – and sometimes nothing – to the imagination. Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Irina Shayk, Leila Depina, Winnie Harlow, Nadia Lee Cohen, Cindy Kimberly, Julia Fox – the nipple-count has been higher at the festival than at the average nudist beach. 10 10 But now Cannes has decided it is reclaiming the red carpet for higher things. 'For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in other areas of the festival,' sniff the organisers. And what makes Cannes' prim new dress code comically ironic is that the most famous film festival in the world was put first on the map by a young French actress wearing not much. The trend to flaunt the flesh in the south of France began a lifetime ago with the 19-year-old Brigitte Bardot. BB arrived at the 6th Cannes Film Festival in April 1953 in a shocking new invention called a 'bikini', right. The world went wild. The organisers of Cannes seem to have forgotten their own history. Bardot's bikini-clad photo shoots in 1953 earned instant global fame for the festival. Back then, Bardot was years away from her breakout role in And God Created Woman. And this would also become a grand Cannes tradition. The young actress grabbing all the headlines at Cannes in 1953 did not even have a film out. Voters Trump Bruce BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN starts each show on his Land Of Hope And Dreams tour with a prepared statement about the President of the United States. 'The America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.' Sincere, passionate, heartfelt stuff. Springsteen's subject matter has always been the blue-collar America he comes from. People who saw their jobs disappear, their communities decline, their hope of a better tomorrow evaporate. Folk who felt ignored by the elite, despised by the establishment, discarded by their nation. Nobody has recorded the scars, traumas and travails of working-class Americans like Bruce. And ironically the majority of the 77.3million who voted for Trump were the same blue-collar Americans who fill Springsteen's songs. GREGGS is removing its self-service fridges to combat the shoplifting epidemic. In future, tasty favourites will be kept behind the counter. What a wretched sign of the times – lock up your sausage rolls! Miss is no hit DO you ever record something on TV that you never actually get around to watching? I missed the all-English Europa Cup Final between Spurs and Manchester United in Bilbao because I was watching Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall (great – but no Layla). SunSport's Dave Kidd told me what I had missed. 'A terrible match, between two terrible teams, settled by a terrible goal,' Dave reckoned. Insult to war heroes 10 A FLOTILLA of little ships marking the 85th anniversary of Dunkirk had to change course mid-English Channel to avoid a boat of illegal immigrants heading in the opposite direction. The little ships were remembering the decisive moment in this country's history when 338,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by some 850 privately owned small boats. After a marine alert, the flotilla was 'shoved out of the way' to create an exclusion zone of one nautical mile around the migrant boat. Luckily, no one was hurt. Perhaps even luckier is that this is not May 1940. MONDAY was the seventh anniversary of Harry and Meghan's wedding. I recall the joy among those crowds in Windsor. How happy the world was for this couple. How glad we were to have this beautiful bride joining our Royal Family. What a waste. AT 50, TV presenter Ben Shephard is on the cover of Men's Health – stripped, ripped, proudly displaying a body like a pro athlete half his age. Meanwhile, David Beckham poses in white Boss pants, at 50. And Pedro Pascal is the sex symbol of the small screen – at 50. Why are we seeing all these fiftysomething hunks? The male midlife crisis was traditionally marked by blokes pining for firm young flesh to stave off feelings of mortality. These days the desirable body they crave turns out to be their own. 10 ONCE in a generation, a TV presenter comes along who is a perfect fit for their show. The late, great Paul O'Grady was a perfect fit on For The Love Of Dogs. And Gary Lineker was a perfect fit for Match Of The Day. This Sunday, as the Premier League season reaches its conclusion, Lineker says goodbye after 26 years fronting MOTD.

Times

21-05-2025

Politics
Times

Times letters: Healthy dose of pragmatism in UK-EU reset

Write to letters@ Sir, The prime minister's reset is an important step in the right direction. If it goes well in practice further renegotiations will surely follow that work in the economic interests of both the UK and our European neighbours. So just for once it would be pleasing if the Tories and other opposition parties responded positively to a government initiative that acts in the best interests of the country at large, instead of reacting with kneejerk critical comments about 'betraying' the electorate ('Rapprochement', leading article, May 20). The only betrayal that took place in 2016, and subsequently, was the one perpetrated by Boris Johnson, who placed personal ambition and political capital above the interests of the British people. Kemi Badenoch would

What to know about UK's new Brexit ‘reset' deal with EU

CNN

20-05-2025

Politics
CNN

What to know about UK's new Brexit ‘reset' deal with EU

What to know about UK's new Brexit 'reset' deal with EU The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a landmark deal aimed at 'resetting' their post-Brexit relationship, but not everyone's thrilled. Is the deal a sign of Brexit regrets? CNN's Max Foster breaks it down. 00:50 - Source: CNN Vertical World News 16 videos What to know about UK's new Brexit 'reset' deal with EU The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a landmark deal aimed at 'resetting' their post-Brexit relationship, but not everyone's thrilled. Is the deal a sign of Brexit regrets? CNN's Max Foster breaks it down. 00:50 - Source: CNN Vice President Vance meets Pope Leo XIV On May 19, Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Here, Vance passed on a letter from President Donald Trump, inviting the pope to the White House. 00:35 - Source: CNN Israeli strikes hit last hospital in Gaza's north Israel launched intense air and ground campaigns that health officials say killed hundreds over the last few days and shuttered the last functioning hospital in the enclave's north. The Israeli military's ground operation in northern and southern Gaza comes as international mediators push for progress in ceasefire talks. 00:55 - Source: CNN Daylight shows extent of damage to Mexican Navy ship The Mexican Navy training ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday was moving in the 'wrong direction,' according to a senior city official. CNN's Gloria Pazmino, reports from the East River where daylight shows the extent of the damage. 01:10 - Source: CNN Watch Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square Pope Leo XIV called for a 'united Church' in his inauguration homily from St. Peter's Square where approximately 100,000 people had gathered at the start of the Mass, according to authorities. 00:55 - Source: CNN Here are the deals Trump signed during his Middle East trip CNN's Betsy Klein breaks down the deals that President Donald Trump has brokered during his three-day trip to the Middle East. 01:17 - Source: CNN Cat caught smuggling drugs into prison Officers at a prison in Costa Rica captured a cat with two packages of marijuana and cocaine attached to its body. According to the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice and Peace, the officers confiscated the drugs and handed over the cat to National Animal Health Service for health evaluation. 00:31 - Source: CNN Seoul's biggest fish market CNN Travel's Lilit Marcus tastes her way through the many rows of Seoul's Noryangjin Fish Market, famous for its hundreds of vendors and its wide variety of fresh fish and live seafood. 01:32 - Source: CNN Zelensky says Putin was 'afraid' for talks Neither Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or Russian President Vladimir Putin are attending peace talks in Istanbul after days of confusion. In a meeting in Albania, Zelensky said Putin was 'afraid' to come to Turkey for talks and that Russian delegation in Istanbul is of a 'very low level.' 00:38 - Source: CNN Baby orangutans rescued in Thailand A man suspected of trafficking two infant orangutans has been arrested in Thailand, according to local authorities. Police conducted the raid as the suspect was about to hand over the infant primates to a customer at a Bangkok gas station. 00:49 - Source: CNN Fareed points out Trump's 'strange double standard' CNN's Fareed Zakaria explains why he thinks President Donald Trump's new foreign policy doctrine has a 'strange double standard.' 01:04 - Source: CNN Kremlin gambles with Trump's wrath over Ukraine CNN's Nick Paton Walsh analyzes the power dynamics and explains how Russia is driving the schedule in these latest negotiations. 01:39 - Source: CNN What is femicide and what's behind the rise in incidents? Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of 23 year old Valeria Márquez - which was caught on video during a livestream - as a femicide. CNN's Max Foster speaks with Jillian Peterson, Executive Director of The Violence Prevention Project, about femicide and why it is on the rise. 01:29 - Source: CNN TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico Beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was shot dead during a TikTok livestream from her salon in Zapopan, Mexico. The case is being investigated as a suspected femicide, according to local authorities. Just days earlier, another woman – a mayoral candidate in the state of Veracruz – was also shot dead during a livestream, alongside three other people. 00:47 - Source: CNN Qatari PM defends offering plane to President Trump In an interview with CNN's Becky Anderson, Qatari Prime Minister and minister of foreign affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani downplayed the significance of the luxury jet gifted to President Donald Trump, saying it was a "very simple government to government dealing." 01:07 - Source: CNN Zelensky warns 'no time for playing games' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will head to Turkey and wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin for potential ceasefire talks; but he set some minimal goals for the meeting. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports. 01:26 - Source: CNN

UK-EU reset live: Starmer insists post-Brexit deal will be ‘good for our borders' ahead of crunch summit

The Independent

18-05-2025

Politics
The Independent

UK-EU reset live: Starmer insists post-Brexit deal will be ‘good for our borders' ahead of crunch summit

Sir Keir Starmer 's government has been urged to be 'bold in its offer to the EU ' in order to 'maximise benefits' from his reset plans, as MPs criticised his 'secretive' approach. As the prime minister prepares to host the first UK-EU summit on Monday, where he hopes to make significant progress on a deal, a cross-party group of MPs warned that his efforts were being hampered by a 'perceived absence of a strategic vision'. In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said the lack of a 'compelling political narrative' had left those outside Westminster unclear about British policy and unconvinced of the 'strategic importance' of making the reset a success. Urging the government to be bolder, committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry said: 'We should be clear about what it is that we want and act with a little less caution and a lot more confidence. If we do this, there is every reason to believe the EU will respond positively.' Britons to whizz through EU passport queues, minister suggests Mr Thomas-Symonds, who is in charge of Britain's post-Brexit reset with Brussels, has suggested Britons will be able to whizz through EU queues on holiday as part of the reset deal. In a boost to travellers, the Europe minister confirmed he has been pushing his EU counterpart to allow UK arrivals in the bloc to use its passport lanes. He stopped short of confirming it has been agreed, cautioning that 'nothing is agreed until everything is'. But he told Sky News: 'We want British people who are going on holiday to be able to go and enjoy their holiday and not be stuck in queues.' Sam Rkaina18 May 2025 09:10 Brexit status quo 'isn't working for British people', Europe minister says The Brexit status quo 'isn't working for the British people', Sir Keir Starmer's Europe minister has said. Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News the government is 'pushing everything to the limit and negotiating very hard' to reset Britain's trading relationship with Europe. 'That's exactly what the British people would expect of us,' Mr Thomas-Symonds said. But, amid last-minute wrangling with the EU over thorny issues such as fishing and tuition fees, he warned that 'nobody can guarantee' a deal will get over the line. He added: 'We want to emerge with a deal that we can say makes our borders more secure, is good for jobs and growth and is bringing people's household bills down. 'That is what is in our national interest, and that's what we'll continue to do over these final few hours.' Sam Rkaina18 May 2025 09:02 Starmer will negotiate 'in the national interest', government insists With Tory leader Kemi Badenoch expressing concern about the nature of the talks, claiming that 'whenever Labour negotiates Britain loses', a UK government spokesperson insisted that Sir Keir would 'negotiate in the national interest'. The spokesperson said: 'No final agreement has been made. We are not providing a running commentary on our discussions with the EU; these are ongoing and cover a wide range of issues. 'We have been clear that we will always act in the national interest to secure the best outcomes for the UK.' Andy Gregory18 May 2025 07:00 Any deal with EU not a 'one off', says Rachel Reeves Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that any deal secured on Monday would not be a 'one off' but a 'step towards' closer partnership with Europe in further areas. In an interview on Friday, the chancellor insisted that the government would stick to its 'red lines' but suggested that an agreement on Monday could herald deeper cooperation with the EU. 'We think that because of the trust we built, we can get a better deal. The European Union have understood from the beginning those red lines,' Ms Reeves told The Guardian. 'I am ambitious for our future. This isn't a one-off. There will be things that we achieve, some concrete outcomes on Monday, but there will also be a step towards where we want to go next between our countries. 'And I see that as a journey, not that what happens on Monday is the end; there will be future areas where we can do more.' 18 May 2025 06:00 Starmer told to be more ambitious with EU reset to tackle Brexit 'suffering' The Labour chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee has urged Keir Starmer to be 'courageous' in resetting his relationship with Europe to tackle the 'suffering' caused by Brexit. In an interview with The Independent, Dame Emily Thornberry said: 'We should be going further than the government currently seems to have the ambition for doing.' She warned there was a 'compelling case... of the amount that the country is suffering as a result of having put trade barriers between Europe and Britain, (which) means that our growth has been severely compromised'. To tackle the problem and tear down some of the barriers, such as the need to check goods coming into the country meet certain standards, she said ministers should be more relaxed about the issue. 'I would like us to be much more relaxed about goods having the same sort of regulation… if we just agree the same kind of standards, not just for food, but generally, I think that would make life much easier.' Our Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports: Starmer told to be more ambitious with EU reset to tackle 'suffering' of Brexit Labour prime minister, set for 11th-hour Brexit reset talks with Macron and Ursula von der Leyen to secure crucial deal, faces calls to be more ambitious Andy Gregory18 May 2025 05:00 Starmer accused of shutting foreign press out of Monday's summit Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of shutting European news outlets out of his much-hyped EU-UK summit on Monday. With the prime minister set to unveil his post-Brexit reset plans alongside Brussels leaders, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) has said 'almost every European news outlet' with a foreign correspondent in London has been denied access to the summit. In a letter sent to Downing Street the FPA, which represents foreign journalists based in the UK, said: 'Sir Keir Starmer, you state that you want a reset with the EU. You organise a summit between the UK and the EU to restart the relationship. 'Yet you deny accreditation to almost every European news outlet who has a foreign correspondent in London, leaving out the biggest news agencies, the most important papers, the most trusted broadcasters.' Andy Gregory18 May 2025 04:00 Starmer vows closer EU ties will be good for jobs and living standards Sir Keir Starmer has said that closer ties with the EU will be good for the UK's jobs, bills and borders ahead of a London summit on Monday at which he could announce a deal with the bloc. The prime minister said: 'In this time of great uncertainty and volatility, the UK will not respond by turning inwards but by proudly taking our place on the world stage – strengthening our alliances and closing deals in the interests of British people. 'First India, then the United States – in the last two weeks alone that's jobs saved, faster growth and wages rising. More money in the pockets of British working people, achieved through striking deals not striking poses. 'Tomorrow, we take another step forwards, with yet more benefits for the United Kingdom as the result of a strengthened partnership with the European Union. It will be good for our jobs, good for our bills and good for our borders. 'That's what the British people voted for last year, and it's what my government will deliver.' Andy Gregory18 May 2025 03:00 Starmer gives new hope for EU youth mobility scheme Sir Keir Starmer has defended his planned youth mobility scheme with the EU, insisting it does not cross Labour's red line on freedom of movement and will be good for 'working people'. Ahead of its announcement at the UK-EU summit in London on Monday, he said a youth mobility deal is 'not freedom of movement'. The deal, a key part of the prime minister's post-Brexit reset of relations with Brussels – as reported by The Independent on Wednesday – will be a 'really significant moment', Sir Keir added. Our political correspondent Archie Mitchell reports: Starmer gives new hope for EU youth mobility scheme ahead of Brexit reset Sir Keir Starmer has suggested youth mobility would not break Labour's red lines, ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday Andy Gregory18 May 2025 02:00 What have been sticking points in talks with EU? In a last-minute row in the talks with the EU, it was reported on Friday that EU member states were demanding that EU students should pay lower British tuition fee rates for universities, which could cost the UK an estimated £1bn. French president Emmanuel Macron was also leading a charge for demands that EU fishermen can fish in British waters as part of a deal to allow trade barriers to be removed. Added to that, there were criticisms that there is a lack of ambition in a proposed youth mobility scheme for 18 to 30-year-olds, with claims the UK cap on the number of people who could come here are too low for the liking of EU member states. The youth mobility scheme was reported by The Independent on Wednesday to be a key part of Sir Keir's reset plans, with a senior government source saying the strategy 'driven' by the PM would anger 'the two extremities' of the Brexit debate but 'most will see it as a good deal'. Andy Gregory18 May 2025 01:30 Watch: Starmer meets von der Leyen in Albania in 11th hour Brexit reset talks

UK politics live: Starmer urged to be ‘bold' in Brexit reset talks ahead of crunch meeting

The Independent

17-05-2025

Business
The Independent

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Sir Keir Starmer can sell us out all he likes but EU wants us to beg – but history shows we NEVER will

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