The truth about Keir Starmer's EU 'reset' |
As Keir Starmer found out with digital ID, what the public initially says it wants isn’t always what it turns out to want once the details become clear. A large majority in favour of digital ID turned into a significant majority against once people started to ask themselves: is this scheme really going to tackle illegal migration or is it just going to be another bureaucratic burden on our lives?
Might the same turn out to be true with Starmer’s ‘reset’ of relations between Britain and the EU? Notionally, there is strong support for the idea. A YouGov poll at the time of Starmer’s reset negotiations last May for example, found that 66 per cent of the population were in favour. The same poll found that 53 per cent agreed with going the whole hog and rejoining the EU. But many people are perhaps not yet aware of what it would mean in practice to harmonise regulations with the EU – as Starmer is proposing.........