A nasty little piece by Mujtaba Rahman which contains the unstated assumption that the UK’s political direction and relations with the EU, are fixed and desirable. The other side of the coin is that the EU is about to change up; missing the boat would leave the UK isolated and poorer. The UK shouldn’t apply to rejoin until its ready to be a good citizen and sees the EU as more than a trade club.
Rahman says,
The EU of 2026 is an organisation built increasingly on common borrowing, an assertive joint industrial policy and a growing role in security and defence
I ask who wouldn’t want that. The changing nature of the world’s international relations means we need reliable friends.
Let’s see what changes Burnham makes to the Labour Party, or what space he gives to its eu-phile majority.