UK return to EU: Nigel Farage blasts Labour’s ‘statement of intent’ to re-join

Hillary Benn has been returned to the front benches as shadow Northern Ireland secretary while Liz Kendall, Steve Reed and Ellie Reeves have returned.

Deputy Chair of the Conservatives Lee Anderson, who left the Labour Party over Brexit warned: “It looks like Labour are gearing up for a quick return into the EU.

"Be in No doubt this is a clear statement of intent to rejoin the EU at the earliest opportunity.”

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Nigel Farage appeared on the Dan Wootton show to discuss the appointments

He said: “Well, Starmer's reshuffle is, of course, Blairite. It's globalist. It's pro EU. All of that's entirely true.

“They would of course in government, which now looks I think inevitable, take us much closer to the single market, would align with the EU rules and of course they'll find that very easy to do because we haven't diverged.

“But are they going to take us back into European Union membership? I don't think so. If they did, they'd be a one term Labour government because those splits would re-emerge.

"You know, I mean here's the funny thing. In all the years that the insurgency, the UKIP insurgency, everyone thought Farage will damage the Conservatives.

"Ultimately, I damaged the Labour Party far more than the Conservatives because of that traditional patriotic Tommy Atkins as I call it, working class based.

"And they would be literally mad to either take us back into the EU or try and force a referendum upon us. So no, we're going to finish up with Brino.

Farage explained that Remainers are not just a Labour problem, he added: “The vast majority of the Tory cabinet were Remainers.

"They never actually believed in Brexit. They were just forced into it. And and that's really been the great problem ever since 2016, is that the people told Parliament you're wrong and Parliament kind of just never really accepted it.

And that's why we, you know, we've not made a better job of it on the world stage. Brexit is a huge success.

"You know, our standing in the world, our diplomatic ability, We can sign up Trans Pacific Partnership deals, we can do orcas deals, we can take the lead on Ukraine and you can agree or disagree with those positions. We've done those things very decisively, very clearly the vaccine rollout etcetera.

"But when it comes to people watching this programme running their own businesses, they would say Brexit made no difference because we just haven't diverged or moved away.

"So you know, the truth of it is we're not in a good place. There are many people out there who are disenchanted the way Brexit's been delivered.

"They say ohh God, it's failed me. It's not delivered on immigration and other issues and what I wanted”