The Labor Party will completely distance itself from its divisions over Europe and will not seek major changes in the UK’s relationship with the European Union, Kerr Starmer He told the Guardian, pledging to shift Labor’s focus to “Britain in 2030” rather than the 2016 battles.
Evoke the slogan of Tony Blair’s election “Forward, Not Backward” Eve The vote on the post-Brexit trade deal, Starmer has said he wants to lead a party focused on the future – saying it is unlikely that Europe will even appear in his party’s election publications.
The the work A leader, who said the goal of his first year was to hear from voters about the party’s loss in the general election, said his party will now begin articulating its vision for the future the work Government. Starmer said 2021 would be the right time to define his vision and values as the future prime minister – with a focus on the economy and the NHS.
Referring to his angry springs, Dozens of them are expected to refuse to endorse the Conservative dealStarmer said he knew there were tough options, but said the vote on the deal would lead to some closures.
Johnson has often sought to describe Starmer as a “residual lawyer” and one of the most outspoken advocates of a second referendum under Jeremy Corbyn. But Starmer said he will now mark his image.
“I am determined to run for the next general election on our terms and not on anyone else’s terms,” he said. We left the European Union and the stay / leave argument is over. One of the reasons for voting on the deal was to allow this close. In our general election campaign in 2024, we will be a workers’ party looking to the future and a future workers government, not a government that looks behind us.
In his interview, Starmer also warned of the crisis facing the NHS and schools over the next month, saying the UK was “staring at a barrel” for the third lockdown in January.
Labor will try to amend the bill that will implement the trade deal from 11pm on December 31 – including additional safeguards on labor standards, the environment and support for business readiness, but none is likely to succeed. The Johnson agreement will likely pass easily with Labor support – although the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party and the Federal Democratic Party have said they will vote against the deal.
Starmer suggested that he had been convinced that the deal should be voted on for some time – and he defended his decision to announce the Labor position shortly after the deal was published.
“I was on my ears in detail Brixi He said. I have read all available about all of the negotiating positions and their details. We had a very, very good idea of what this deal would look like – we have endured four years of studying every turn along the way. ”
The Labor leader faced some criticism from his MPs for framing the vote as a choice between a deal and a non-agreement – when many would prefer to abstain from voting and thereby withhold any tacit support.
If you vote against it, you are voting without agreement. This is the inexplicable position of the SNP. As a result, if they succeed, there will be no deal. “
Starmer said that accepting the deal that was on the table means accepting that it will be the existing relationship if Labor enters government in 2024. “This is a difficult choice, I fully understand that.”
“We vote tomorrow in the mentality of the upcoming general election in 2024. If we get to government in 2024 – and I hope we do – we will inherit this deal. The public in Britain expects us to make this deal work.”
Starmer said he could not envision Europe or Brexit playing any role in the 2024 election campaign – or appearing in any election leaflets for Labor MPs – despite the opportunity to review the treaty in 2024, which the current deal provides.
“Very unlikely. The focus will be on Britain and Britain’s role in the world.” Will treaty renegotiation be central to the statement? No.
“If we are still arguing in 2024 about what happened in the past four years, then we face the wrong path as far as I am concerned.”
Starmer said there is an issue Labor will bring up in the coming months and years about ways to improve the UK’s relationship with the EU, including access to security data and the ability of artists and musicians to work across Europe. “But there will be no desire to renegotiate the entire treaty.”
Starmer plans to make 2021 a more active year for Labor policy presentation, but has been cautious about making any concrete promises about what will be in the next party statement.
He said, “We are still four years since the general elections.” “But my priority for the next year and central to our arguments in 2024 will be the economy.”
He is hesitant about exactly what this supply will be, but he said the primary focus will be on jobs and “how we support good work and good jobs … I don’t just mean wage, I mean dignity in jobs – and how we support the economy across different regions and countries.”
Starmer is likely to find that Boris Johnson is trying to fight on Labor terms with his own “upscaling” agenda as the neoconservatives in the Red Wall can signal the infrastructure and heavy investment in their seats. But Starmer said he believed the drive would be cosmetic. “The upscaling will turn out to be a version of David Cameron’s large community, which are words that don’t mean anything or achieve anything,” he said.
“There was no compromise when the government was fighting Andy Burnham in the Northwest. If the prime minister thinks building the odd thing in places all over Britain and sticking the Tory MP’s picture on it rises, he is mistakenly describing anything he is likely to achieve. “.
Starmer’s second focus – and most apparent – will be the fallout from the epidemic and its impact on the NHS. He said: “We are the country with the highest death toll from Covid in Europe, and also the deepest possible recession in any major economy.”
“It has only been weeks since this second lockdown and we are actually staring at the third shutdown pipe. Everyone understands that the government will make mistakes in trying to deal with the pandemic, but the government that repeats mistakes is really ineffective.”
Starmer said he knew he would need to continue facing his greatest challenge as a leader of the opposition – “supporting the government where it is necessary and criticizing and challenging where it is necessary.”
Once the pandemic restrictions start to ease, Starmer said he hopes to spend much of 2021 down the road. He said, “We are very determined to be out at least twice a week in various places across the UK, mainly to places where we have to win votes in places where we have lost.” “The sooner we can do it, the better. It’s really frustrating that we couldn’t do it the way we wanted it.”
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