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Starmer Says UK Won’t Rejoin EU Trade Bloc in His Lifetime
- Labour leader seeks to avoid Brexit on eve of general election
- Fears upsetting voters who rejected Labour at 2019 election
Keir Starmer
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Labour leader Keir Starmer said he doesn’t expect the UK to rejoin the European Union’s single market or customs union in his lifetime as he sought to avoid reopening the Brexit debate on the eve of a general election his party is expected to win.
“No, I don’t think that is going to happen,” Starmer, 61, told reporters on a campaign visit to South Wales on Wednesday, when asked if he sees any circumstances where the UK re-enters the EU trading blocs over the span of his life.