Sky News interrupted its usual proceedings to give an update on Wes Streeting as he made a speech today (May 16) which will strike fear into the hearts of any Brexit supporters. Announcing his intention to stand against current prime minister Keir Starmer in a Labour leadership contest, Streeting fumed that leaving the European Union was a “catastrophic mistake”.
Emboldened by rapturous applause, he went on to say: “The Vote Leave campaign deluded itself into thinking that the UK could forge a global free-trade Nirvana, as though we still had the East India Company at our disposal. They were totally blind to the zero sum world the extreme right and their fellow travellers were creating – a dog-eat-dog world of dictators and oligarchs, where middle powers going it alone is a fantasy.”
Streeting said Brexit left us “less wealthy, less powerful and less in control than at any point before the Industrial Revolution.”
He went on: “We can no longer afford to be silent about it. We must remake the argument. In 2026, the British people increasingly see that in a dangerous world, we must club together, both to rebuild our economy and trade, and improve our defence against the shared threats from Russian aggression and the retreat of America First.
“The biggest economic opportunity we have is on our doorstep. We need a new special relationship with the EU, because Britain’s future lies with Europe and one day, one day, back in the European Union.”
Sky interrupted its usual broadcast to air the news, with a breaking news strap on the screen reading: “Streeting: Labour risks being handmaidens to Farage.”
