The speech British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gave to the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool last week may come to be seen as seminal. It charted where Burnham’s Britain may head. Yet, in a speech laden with audacious ideas on pension and voting reform and nationalization, Burnham went where his predecessor, Keir Starmer, feared to tread. He laid the ground for revoking Brexit and rejoining the EU.

It has been 10 years since the infamous referendum that saw 52 percent of UK voters opting to leave. It was another four until this exit was realized. Every step was fought over. It was the most polarizing issue in Britain in a generation, especially if you link it to immigration and culture wars. Starmer dodged the issue. He always sounded as if he did not like Brexit but that he would try to make it work for the country.

Burnham’s view was much sharper. “Brexit has done more harm than good,” he said last week. Ardent Brexiteers are struggling to make the case for it any longer. The prime minister was in tune with public sentiment.

At a UK-EU summit later this year, Burnham has pledged to outline Britain’s options. These will include, he later stated, staying with the status quo, joining a customs union or the........

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