Burnham suggests UK could eventually rejoin the EU

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 04:48 · Archive

Andy Burnham has said Brexit has done 'more harm than good' and suggested the UK could rejoin the European Union.

Andy Burnham stated at the Labour party annual conference that Brexit had done 'more harm than good', in remarks the Daily Mail said were applauded by party members. The Guardian reports that Burnham's comments signal a shift in position on Brexit and raise the question of whether Europe would accept British re-entry if the UK sought it in future.

The Guardian notes that the broader question facing Burnham is not whether Brexit has harmed Britain, but whether the rapidly changing European landscape would keep the door open for potential British return. The Daily Mail reports that Burnham's statement that the UK 'could go all the way' to rejoining Europe received support from the party conference.

How it is being reported

• The euro's in freefall. France is going bust - fast. What a time for Andy Burnham to plot to rejoin the EU: ALEX BRUMMERAndy Burnham's pledge at the Labour conference that the UK 'could go all the way' to rejoining Europe was lustily applauded by the party faithful.Daily Mail · 8 Oct, 04:17
• Could the UK really rejoin the EU?The big question facing Andy Burnham is not whether Brexit has harmed Britain, but if a rapidly changing Europe will keep the door open if the UK decides it wants back in • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It was lobbed into the national conversation without fanfare or warning, almost a footnote in the UK prime minister’s first speech as leader to his governing Labour party’s annual conference. But Andy Burnham has kicked off a quiet U-turn on Brexit. By stating bluntly that the decision to leave Europe’s core political community had done “more harm than good”…Guardian World · 7 Oct, 15:45

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