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Freedom of Movement
Sir Keir Starmer said to be prepared to relax Freedom of Movement rules with the EU.The Brexiteer are Fuming. Good. Is this stage one of the beginning of rejoining the EU. Hope so.
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Though Consertive Prime Minister Edward Heath joined us into the European club without consulting the electorate, that would not be possible now. Starmer cannot just join us up again. It is not going to happen - he has aleady said so.
What he has said is that he wants better rlations with the EU without joining its institutions again.
I suspect he will commission in a few years a review of leaving the EU and ask for recommendations.
// Britain could very well rejoin the EU. Under a Labour Govt. //
Any Government could rejoin us to the EU but it is unlikely to be this one without a referendum.
A future Labour Government might put in their manifesto, and if elected, follow through with that. But that will be in 5 or 10 years at the earliest.
Starmer, who has always been vague about how much he’ll reduce immigration, faces a dilemma. He quickly scrapped the Rwanda scheme, which might have deterred illegal immigration, while introducing new measures, such as reuniting Afghan families, that could lead to chain migration.
The biggest potential issue is Starmer’s willingness to restore a form of free movement with the EU, contradicting his promise not to. A proposed youth mobility scheme would allow EU nationals under 30 to live and work in the UK for up to three years, with reciprocal rights for young Brits in the EU. However, given the high youth unemployment in countries like Spain and Italy, this could attract large numbers of young Europeans to the UK, potentially overwhelming the system.
If this happens, Starmer risks repeating Tony Blair’s miscalculations during the A8 and A2 EU enlargements, which underestimated the number of arrivals. The consequences could be severe: higher rents and house prices, lower wages in low-skilled jobs, and a deepening public sense of betrayal. Certainly no cause for any "whoo hoo".
gromit: // Britain could very well rejoin the EU. Under a Labour Govt. //Any Government could rejoin us to the EU but it is unlikely to be this one without a referendum.
A future Labour Government might put in their manifesto, and if elected, follow through with that. But that will be in 5 or 10 years at the earliest.
They'll be out in 5 years, have you seen the disaster in only 7 weeks? the country would be a basket case after 5 years at that rate!
