"It was the moment which, perhaps more than any, entrenched Sir Keir Starmer's position as a future leader of the Labour Party. Defying his leader, Jeremy Corbyn, as well as the autocue, the then shadow Brexit secretary sent the 2018 Labour conference into raptures when he called for a second EU referendum with Britain remaining in the bloc as an option on the ballot paper."
""We must confront the reality that the botched Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy," the prime minister wrote in The Guardian. "One element of our economic renewal will be continuing to move towards a closer trading relationship with the EU." In a speech that morning, he warmed to the theme: "We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU.""
Keir Starmer rose to prominence after calling for a second EU referendum in 2018 while defying Labour leadership and the autocue. Labour later backed a second referendum but the Conservatives won the 2019 election and Britain left the EU. Starmer became Labour leader and largely stopped discussing Brexit, accepting the post‑Brexit tramlines outside the single market and customs union while seeking limited resets. The government secured a new EU‑UK deal in May. Recently Starmer publicly acknowledged that the Brexit deal harmed the economy and repeatedly said he wants to move toward a closer trading relationship with the EU.
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