When Labour came to power, it assured us that Brexit was safe. It never promised, however, to refrain from efforts to sabotage Britain’s departure from the European Union. Leaked plans revealing that EU single market rules could be imposed on Britain without a full vote in Parliament expose Keir Starmer’s true colours.

Jars of marmalade could have to be sold as ‘citrus marmalade’ under the government’s planned EU food deal

Jars of marmalade could have to be sold as ‘citrus marmalade’ under the government’s planned EU food deal

The Prime Minister’s so-called EU reset involves a series of agreements to align ourselves once more with EU rules covering large swathes of our commercial life. One example is food standards and labelling: we saw an early result of that over Easter, as it emerged that jars of marmalade could have to be sold as ‘citrus marmalade’ under the government’s planned EU food deal. The response from a UK government spokesperson that British marmalade was ‘not changing’ was far from reassuring.

The madness doesn’t stop there: the government has in its sights Euro-agreements on cars, robotics, climate technology and much more. But there’s one problem: whenever we agree on new rules, as often as not the necessary legal changes have to get........

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