EXPOSED: Keir Starmer rushing through winner-takes-all EU deal that hands Brussels control over WHOLE of UK

The UK has agreed to dynamically align on a wide range of areas, from sanitary and phytosanitary to food safety and general consumer protection rules applicable to the production, distribution and consumption of agri-food products, the regulation of live animals and pesticides, the rules on organics, as well as marketing standards applicable to certain sectors or products.

Dynamic alignment means having a single rulebook on the agreed-upon areas of law within the scope of the agreement.

Critics of the mooted deal have branded it a Brexit betrayal, warning that it prevents Britain from unleashing the economic benefits of leaving the bloc.

Now, the Stand for Our Sovereignty campaign, with support from Facts4EU, has exposed the lopsidedness of the deal, which grants EU unfettered access to its biggest export market while handing over control of Britain's imports outside of the bloc in exchange for next to no benefits.

The grassroots-led initiative concludes that Starmer is unnecessarily capitulating to the EU from a position of power.

The claim that the deal is needed to ease post-Brexit bottlenecks is not borne out by the data, the report shows.

For example, the UK is the EU's number one market for agri-food worldwide, and British agri-food exports are worth £45.7billion.

As the report points out, Brexit has scarcely disrupted Britain's EU supply chains since Brexit (see first charts below) and vice versa. In fact, the EU's agri-food exports to the UK have risen since 2020.

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With the agreement, the UK will also fall back under EU law and be judged by a foreign court without representation, the report warns.

Furthermore, it will force all products from around the world to comply with EU law, not only those from the EU.

The UK will no longer be able to import what it wants. Only products acceptable to the EU may be imported. As the report explains, this has "major implications" for the UK’s trade deals.

The US and Australia trade deals, for example, could be removed from the agreement as the UK looks to prioritise imports from the EU.

"In effect, the EU will decide what we can eat," the report warns.

The Stand for Our Sovereignty refers GB News to a direct quote from the EU: "Both agreements should ensure uniform interpretation and application of Union law on the basis of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union; in particular, the interpretation given to the applicable rules within the Union should also apply in the context of the relations between the Parties."

It goes on to refer to the possibility of carving out exceptions but makes it clear that “only animals, plants and goods which comply with Union law can enter the Union”.

The report also outlines how the UK would be subject to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), with no opportunity to defend itself if the UK violates the terms of the agreement.

The Brussels court could impose hefty penalties in any other areas of the UK-EU relationships, such as slapping large tariffs on UK goods if they fall foul of the agreement, the report warns.

Farmers will be controlled by EU under the new agreement, warns the report.

Under the EU’s ‘precautionary principle’, which it applies to everything, British farmers will "almost inevitably" be held back from using the latest techniques, thereby reducing competitiveness and growth, the Stand for Our Sovereignty warns.

The campaign cites a direct quote from the EU, which states that it will regulate the "health of plants; especially the freedom from pests" and "the regulations of live animals and pesticides".

Commenting on the report, the Rt Hon Sir John Redwood said: "The EU reset is game, set and match for the EU. The UK does not win a single point. We have to accept their laws, import more of their food, damage our farms, and pay them for the humiliation.

"The EU reset texts reveal one of the worst deals in history. We have to submit to their laws and courts. We have to change our laws every time they tell us. We have to pay them money so they can export more to us. They will control what we eat, how we farm and how we trade."

Former member of the UK's Trade and Agriculture Commission, Catherine McBride OBE, said: "Our Government wants to be reliant on food imported from the EU, is happy to abandon our new trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the CPTPP, and despite the UK's massive borrowing, is willing to add to that by giving the EU a blank check to control our food supply instead of employing UK citizens to operate customs."

The abandoned trade deals may not matter as the agreement will mean all products across the globe will have to comply with EU law - effectively meaning the EU dictates what the UK imports and eats.

GB News approached No10 for comment.