Labour and Europe: EMiS webinar

Opinion polls are pointing to a majority Labour government emerging from the next UK general election in 2024/5 – and a surge in both support for rejoining the EU and regret over Brexit.

Brexit is widely seen as a root cause of the UK’s current economic ills – and likely to blight its performance in future despite what ministers in the Sunak government say. But Labour under Keir Starmer is dead-set against reversing Brexit or even rejoining the EU single market/customs union.

To examine why and what Starmer and David Lammy, shadow foreign secretary, mean by “fixing the UK’s tarnished relationship with the EU”, we’re joined by:

• Dianne (Baroness) Hayter, former shadow deputy leader in the House of Lords and co-editor of the Forgotten Tribe, a recent book on the UK’s MEPs;
• Ian Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South and shadow Scottish Secretary;
• Denis MacShane, former Labour Minister for Europe and author of Brexiternity: the Uncertain Fate of Britain.

The event will be moderated by Mark Lazarowicz, ex-EMiS chair and former Labour MP for Edinburgh North & Leith. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

The event will be recorded, you can catch up later here.