Former Member of the European Parliament Andrew Duff’s analysis on the idea of reversing Brexit, published last week, makes a coherent and indeed compelling case for the UK rejoining the European Union.

It highlights the benefits to the UK from such a move and Mr Duff, a senior fellow at the European Policy Centre whose paper for this EU-funded organisation formed the basis of his analysis for the UK in a Changing Europe academic think-tank, is hopeful the EU would be amenable.

The analysis points out some simple truths. It highlights the futility of current efforts by the new Labour Government to tweak the post-Brexit arrangements with the EU, given Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out the UK rejoining the European single market or even the customs union.

Looking back at the whole Brexit folly and bringing matters up to date, Mr Duff observes that former Conservative prime minister David Cameron nearly a decade ago “sprang a referendum on UK membership, which he promptly lost”.

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Mr Duff adds: “After Cameron quit, four more Conservative prime ministers failed in their endeavour to ‘make Brexit work’ for the UK. Remarkably, however, the new Labour Prime Minister, who once campaigned for a second referendum, is still trying to accommodate Brexit.”

Sir Keir’s stance is indeed, from any rational perspective, utterly........

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