'Keir Starmer’s Brexit betrayal is an attack on democracy,' says Keith Bays

Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and photo of Keith Bays

Keir Starmer 'is already seeking to rekindle his love affair with the European Union'

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Keith Bays

By Keith Bays


Published: 28/08/2024

- 18:26

Keith Bays is a senior planning producer for GB News

Sir Keir Starmer has been in office only 54 days and is already seeking to rekindle his love affair with the European Union.

The Prime Minister is visiting Germany and France this week to "turn a corner on Brexit and fix broken relationships" in what Mr Starmer is calling a "once in a generation opportunity to reset our relationship with Europe".


I have news for the Prime Minister, the British people have already reset the relationship with Europe on June 23rd, 2016, and voted emphatically to leave in a democratic vote, a vote the Machiavellian Starmer seems set on ignoring.

Many who voted to leave will be appalled at Starmer’s charm offensive with Germany and France and fear Sir Keir’s attempts at fostering closer ties will just be the beginning of Labour’s plans to tie the knot once again with the EU.

Behaviour of this kind from Sir Keir is akin to that of tyrants from the past such as Chairman Mao and is what can happen when a country like the UK transforms overnight into a one-party state like China.

With Labour’s supermajority in place for the next five years, expect this to be just the start of a longer courtship with Europe, potentially ending up with the Bloc calling the shots in this great country of ours once again.

However, there is reason for hope as the Prime Minister is making some rather big miscalculations.

Firstly, the fox that is Nigel Farage is now in the hen house, with a growing and more organized party he will prove to be a far bigger thorn in Starmer’s side than he realizes, I have long said that Mr Farage is one of the most consequential modern-day political figures that this country has seen and my feeling is that Nigel and his party will hold Starmer and his government to account for any acts of Brexit treachery, and prove to be kryptonite of sorts to Chairman Starmer.

Now the Prime Minister is also enjoying a period of limited scrutiny from the Conservative Party who are consumed with an ongoing leadership contest, when that ends, I expect a strong and robust opposition to take shape under a new leader that should challenge Starmer.

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If the Prime Minister comes up against a leader like Kemi Badenoch he will be in serious trouble - the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing is one of the best performers at the dispatch box I’ve seen since Margaret Thatcher and is more than capable of forensically dismantling any Brexit betrayals on the part of Starmer and his party.

And, most of all Starmer is underestimating the British people and dismissing their decision to leave the European Union.

When the British people voted to leave, they did not expect a sitting Prime Minister of any party to cosy up to the EU, start a love affair once more with the bloc and integrate that so much so that its tantamount to rejoining via the backdoor.

If Starmer and Labour commit any acts of Brexit treachery the people of this country will never forgive him.

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