Wes Streeting’s Brexit play may be clever gamesmanship – but it has nothing to do with Europe | Anand Menon
Ten years after the referendum, its role as domestic football is still the order of the day – and the ex-health secretary is happy to use it in his leadership bid Anand Menon is director of The UK in a Changing Europe Brexit, it seems, is back. Or at least back within the Labour party. Wes wants to be back in (at some point). Andy once said there’s a case, but seems to have changed his mind. Nigel, meanwhile, warns of betrayal. On one hand, this is all terribly predictable. Winning any Labour
Ten years after the referendum, its role as domestic football is still the order of the day – and the ex-health secretary is happy to use it in his leadership bid
Anand Menon is director of The UK in a Changing Europe
Brexit, it seems, is back. Or at least back within the Labour party. Wes wants to be back in (at some point). Andy once said there’s a case, but seems to have changed his mind. Nigel, meanwhile, warns of betrayal.
On one hand, this is all terribly predictable. Winning any Labour leadership race was never going to be possible without staking out a clear and ambitious position on the EU. Most Labour members are remain backers who regret leaving Europe. Even before the beginning of a formal contest, we were always going to see those vying for the top job try to outbid each other.
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