Badenoch warns Burnham’s EU debate risks reviving Brexit-era paralysis
Kemi Badenoch accused Prime Minister Andy Burnham of risking a return to the political paralysis of the Brexit years by reopening debate over Britain’s relationship with the EU. The exchange at Prime Minister’s Questions exposed tensions within Labour over whether to discuss closer ties, including freedom of movement.
Burnham said the Government’s Brexit red lines, including no return to EU free movement, the single market or customs union, would remain for the current Parliament. He declined to rule out a future referendum, criticised the previous Brexit deal as harmful to growth and immigration control, and said he would seek better agreements with the EU at a Brussels summit on 20 November.
In short
- Badenoch says renewed Brexit debate risks political paralysis.
- Burnham says Labour’s Brexit red lines remain for this Parliament.
- He plans to seek improved EU agreements at a November summit.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Badenoch accuses Burnham of wanting to take Britain back to Brexit ‘paralysis’ as she exploits Labour splits over EU free movement”.