Starmer wants closer ties with the EU

For the Guardian, the reset in relations with the EU announced by Starmer doesn’t go far enough:

“Downing Street has become more confident in making a pro-European argument, not least because Nigel Farage and other prominent Eurosceptics look squeamish when defending a pet project that conspicuously failed. But Downing Street also refuses to consider reintegration with the single market to any degree that would require restored free movement of labour. That red line, drawn for fear of provoking opposition to higher immigration, curtails the ambition and the potential economic value of Sir Keir’s programme.”