Sir Keir Starmer has ‘Surrender Squad’ ready to junk Brexit for closer EU ties, experts claim
SIR Keir Starmer has a “Surrender Squad” ready to junk Brexit for closer EU ties, it is claimed.
More than 100 civil servants will run a team set to abandon the freedoms of leaving the bloc.
It comes as the UK formally joined the Indo-Pacific economic trade pact over the weekend, a move made possible by regaining powers through Brexit.
PM Sir Keir has been discussing a “reset” with Brussels since he entered No 10 and will meet EU leaders in February.
In return, Eurocrats want freedom of movement for 18 to 30s with free health care, it is said.
Fishers would have to be guaranteed access to UK waters and the UK would have to abide by EU food and agriculture rules.
Ex-Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said a “Surrender Squad” in Whitehall was preparing for major renegotiation.
He said: “Unless we stop them, the reset will end with this country once again in the EU’s orbit gradually losing our ability to set our rules and make our own laws.”
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “In every negotiation, from trade union pay to the Chagos Islands, Keir Starmer has given away everything for nothing in return.”
Ex-PM Boris Johnson said: “It would be a huge mistake to drift back into the orbit of Brussels and sacrifice our economic independence.”
A government spokesman said resetting the relationship with the EU would strengthen cooperation, tackle trade barriers and “drive economic growth”.
He said: “There will be no return to the customs union, single market or freedom of movement.”