Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
      • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
        21·
        6 months ago

        He just needs to keep his yap shut for one more day and he can start fixing things. And our absence in the EU is something that needs to be fixed.

        • DessertStorms
          29·
          6 months ago

          and he can start fixing things

          Lol, he has given absolutely no indication in his political career of any intention to fix anything (that matters to you and me, rather than capitalists and the rest of the establishment he represents, that is).

          You want him to be quiet, but he keeps telling you over and over and over and over again who he really is, why won’t you listen???

          • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
            6·
            6 months ago

            Honestly I’d settle for a slight deceleration in things getting worse. Starmer wants to restore hope and faith in politics. He’s got his work cut out for him.

      • DrCake@lemmy.world
        14·
        6 months ago

        He can agree with the referendum and say we won’t join whilst he’s leader. But to say lifetime is a long fucking time

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 months ago

          Basically this. If it’s a Ming vase strategy that’s one thing, but this is overcommitting to the bit, if so.

        • frazorth@feddit.uk
          3·
          6 months ago

          Because you’ll also need to convince the other members of the EU that we aren’t going to come in, shit in the corner and then fuck off again?

          Yes it’s a long time, but we have burnt so many fucking bridges.

          • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            6 months ago

            I don’t credit that one bit. Going back is an increasingly popular view, and then there’s the whole Russian interference angle; it was a bad idea with a fumbled execution. Why commit, because it’s gone so well for us?

      • DessertStorms
        7·
        6 months ago

        At least pretend to want what’s best for the country, if he expects to be given the reigns to it?

        We had the mountain of evidence of how bad it would be before it happened, now we’ve been at it for a couple of years and every single negative prediction has come true. Saying he not only won’t try to mend the situation himself, but that no one will/should in his lifetime (I assume he gives himself at least another 25-30 years), is telling you he doesn’t give a fuck about the wellbeing of the country nor its people, only about those in power who are loving being able to abuse us more as citizens without the EU and their damn human rights looking over their shoulder…

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
    23·
    6 months ago

    in my lifetime.

    What a fucking arsehole. I’m 53, so the UK joined with a 74% yes vote. And left again on a fucking close vote. Within my lifetime.

    Based on that history, what the fuck right does anyone have to predict that far in the future. It is just arrogance. And has 0 relation to democracy.

  • Zip2@feddit.uk
    18·
    6 months ago

    Try harder Starmer. We’re only voting you in because a lot of the other parties are full of bastards, do something worthwhile!

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netMEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    Average life expectancy for a 61 year-old man is 85, in which case we won’t rejoin till 2048 at the earliest.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Keir Starmer has insisted the UK will not rejoin either the EU, the single market or the customs union within his lifetime, in his firmest pledge yet that Labour will not seek much closer relations with Europe for as long as he is prime minister.

    Some have suggested this reluctance to talk about the issue masked a desire to pursue re-entry to the customs union or single market during a second Labour term, something other senior figures in the party have failed to rule out.

    Starmer spent his final day on the campaign trail travelling around the UK, starting with a stop in south Wales attended by dozens of Labour activists and candidates.

    Starmer’s first days in office are likely to be spent battling various crises – including one in Britain’s full-up prisons, which the Institute for Government suggested on Wednesday could be alleviated by cutting average sentences.

    Starmer suggested on Wednesday he was open to such an idea, saying: “In terms of the specific things that we will do, we’ll have to wait and see what that is, but I can’t stand here and pretend to you or everybody else that we can build a prison in 24 hours after the election result is called.

    As well as the immediate crises with which he will be grappling, Starmer has also begun to talk about the long-term challenges facing a Labour government, including taking on the threat of rightwing populism.

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