Around 10 years ago, the United Kingdom exited the European Union, a decision that would hit its economy and immigration control harder than it expected.
As Britain continues to recover from the hits caused by Brexit, new prime minister Andy Burnham has said that it was time to rethink ties between the UK and the EU.
The UK PM’s remarks come ahead of a UK-EU Summit set for November 20 in Brussels. Speaking in an interview on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain,” the Labour leader said there is a need to be honest with the people, especially due to the impact UK’s exit from the EU has caused.
“I don’t think things have worked out as people said they would,” said Burnham, adding that the 2016 decision is unlikely to be changed or challenged during his term in Parliament. Burnham said that he would be open to an “honest discussion” on ties between Britain and the regional bloc While adding that he does not seek to re-run the 2016 referendum or move away from the Labour Party’s pledge not to join the EU single market and customs union. “We need to take some practical steps to make the arrangement work better,” Burnham said, adding that Brexit “has weakened our economy. But, at the same time, it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult [as now],” Burnham told the English paper. I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things,” he said, adding that he does not see himself “recommending anything that would involve joining the euro or Schengen.”
The key agendas of the summit are to boost economic growth between the two partners and to tackle illegal immigration into the UK. “Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it, and I spoke about them in my previous time in parliament. “Revolving-door migration, where people would come and then go back, is different.
The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then?
