RISHI: STARMER WILL UNPICK BREXIT AND REJOIN EU BY BACK DOOR

PM: ‘If he gets the keys to No 10, Starmer will stick Britain in reverse gear...back into the EU'

- Sam Lister

LABOUR wants to "unpick" Brexit and drag Britain back into the EU, the PM warned.

On the eighth anniversary of the historic vote to leave, Rishi Sunak warned a big Labour majority would allow Sir Keir Starmer to “fulfil his ambitions” to be part of the bloc again.

Economists yesterday urged the Labour leader to rejoin the single market and customs union if he wins power next week.

The Prime Minister said that those calls give his opponent – who led the charge to reverse the Leave vote with a second referendum – the cover he needs to betray Brexit.

Mr Sunak said that he “proudly” voted for Brexit. He told the Daily Express: “Starmer didn’t just oppose Brexit.

“He voted to block it 48 times in Parliament and energetically campaigned for a second referendum with free movement of people.

“Unsurprisingly, we now know Starmer’s team think his plans for growth are doomed unless he takes Britain back into the EU’s single market and customs union. It can only mean one thing: if he gets the keys to No 10, Starmer will stick Britain into reverse gear.

“Starmer now has the perfect excuse to rejoin the EU by the back door. All he needs is unchecked power in No 10 and he will have the opportunity and the means to fulfil his ambitions.”

Sir Keir and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves have faced claims they have not shown how they will deliver their manifesto pledge of securing the highest sustained economic growth of any G7 country.