There has beem much excited discussion in luvvie circles lately about new rapprochements with the EC. It all began when the UK rejoined the Horizon Science programme. We could get European collaborators on science projects -- no doubt very good -- but there were some suggestions that this would also lead to extra funding for science. This is the same old stuff we have had ever since the Referendum Campaign --any funds flowing to the UK from the EC must be 'European money'.
Nevertheless, BBC News announced excitedly that new possibilities were on the cards in the form of various special deals. Curtice, a confessed psephologist, also said that 2/3 of the British population now wanted some sort of new relationship with Europe ( I haven't looked that up yet).
No surprise then to find the GHraun getting all excited with this
Labour will seek major rewrite of Brexit deal, Keir Starmer pledges
Party leader says he will pursue a closer trading relationship with the EU and much better terms for the UK than Boris Johnson managed
Starmer apparently claimed he would seek:
a revised deal – on business, veterinary compliance, professional services, security, innovation, research and other areas. He ruled out rejoining the EU, the customs union and the single market.
But what has changed exactly to make the EU more conciliatory and offer better terms? Even el Graun thinks:
European appetite for renegotiating a deal that commenced in 2021 is uncertain.
Another reason for claims that the EC is seeking a new deal might be indicated by the proposal to address a major moral panic and electoral hot potato right here in the UK:
In Paris on Tuesday, Macron and Starmer are expected to discuss post-Brexit relations, as well as a potential returns agreement with the EU to stop people travelling across the Channel in dangerously small boats.
We don't know exactly what they want in exchange yet of course.
Meanwhile, same issue but lower down:
Labour will not say how many migrants it would accept in EU returns deal
Keir Starmer dismisses Tory claims of plan to oversee 100,000 extra arrivals as ‘complete garbage’
