Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Keir Starmer may have solved Labour's Brexit conundrum | Andrew Marr | New Statesman" video.

  1. Yep, I doubt the EU would go for that, in fact the EU are trying to scrap that with Switzerland, it's highly unlikely they want to open up that can of worms with the UK. I think realistically, the UK has a few options, try and create closer relations with the EU as a third country, try and get a better free trade deal, try to get a Norway like deal or join the single market and/or custom union. As for rejoining the EU, that just isn't going to happen for at least 2 decades as there is little chance of the rest of the EU allowing us back in so soon after leaving, single market and custom union access is a far better bet if the UK wants to join the EU longer term, the reality is, you've got the Conservative Party that are still bitter about Brexit, then you've got the Labour Party that the leader is scared to death of saying anything positive about the EU, you put it all together from the EU side, would you let the UK back in? I'm English and even I would say no to the UK because we're a long way from being ready. But the truth is, the EU and many of its members will want to see a big shift from the public, the media and political parties in the UK in favour of the EU and what it's trying to achieve before there is any realistic chance of the UK rejoining and the only way I can see of fast tracking that is for Scotland or Northern Ireland to leave the UK and rejoin the EU, because of the situation of how they got pulled out, they likely could join much easier than what the UK could.
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  2. Did he solve it or could it be that public views on Brexit and the EU are changing against Brexit that Starmer is going with the wind of where the people are going, after all, he wants to win the next election, if he doesn't pipe up about Brexit in some way or another whiles public views are changing, it could go against Starmers election chances, even thought the Tories are a disaster zone. If true, this just suggest that Starmer is no different than the rest and is just saying to the public what he thinks they want to hear which makes him a lot less trustworthy, after all, at least with the hardcore Brexiteers in the Tory party, you knew what they stood for, with Starmer, I feel he's playing games in the middle and trying to figure out what to say, what policies to do to win the next election.
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