Labour voters want PM to ditch his Brexit 'red lines'

New polling shows that the vast majority of voters who went to the polls to vote for a Keir Starmer government want Labour to drop its Brexit red lines” and reverse the Tory legacy on Europe.

- DAVID MADDOX

Asked about whether Labour should reconsider its stance on the single market, customs union and freedom of movement in order to gain economic benefit, 71 per cent thought they should. Just 14 per cent thought they should not alter their Brexit red line stance, with only 2 per cent saying “definitely not”.

The polling, commissioned by the pro-EU European Movement, aims to put pressure on the PM to have a dramatic rethink of Labour’s foreign policy. During the election, Sir Keir Starmer was criticised for not mentioning Brexit.

But he told The Independent: “We are not reopening the wounds, but we do want a better deal. I think the deal we've got isn’t good enough, and your cheese exporters from Somerset or wherever will tell you that as will others who are either importing or exporting. So we can do better than that, but it doesn’t involve going back to the single market or the customs union.”