Labour losses rattle EU reset

Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform, a think tank devoted to making the EU work better, has warned a Farage clause will cloud any fresh start and probably would be a waste of time as a Prime Minister Farage would simply refuse to pay any financial compensation. Bond has argued the EU should forego a Farage clause “if it wishes future UK governments to see closer alignment as being in their own interest.”

Dropping a Farage clause, he argued, could indirectly strengthen Starmer’s hand in selling greater alignment with the EU and avoid gifting Reform a bigger stick.