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Labour leadership jostling puts Brexit back under political spotlight
Streeting’s remarks revive Labour’s Brexit divide as Burnham seeks a by-election win that could open a path to a leadership challenge.
- Former UK health secretary Wes Streeting called for Britain to rejoin the European Union on Saturday, describing Brexit as a "catastrophic mistake" at the Progress Conference in London.
- Streeting resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet earlier this month and confirmed on Saturday he would stand in any leadership contest with sufficient support among MPs.
- Complicating the path for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who is running in the Makerfield by-election, the call faces resistance in a constituency where around two-thirds of voters backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum.
- Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy criticized the call on Sunday, warning Labour should resist "reopening the Brexit wars" and instead focus on housing, energy costs, and good jobs.
- Amid increasing pressure on Starmer following heavy local election losses, Nandy stated the Prime Minister must make "his own decision" regarding whether to take the party's fight forwards.
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Wes Streeting appeals for the Labour leadership and attacks the Brexit frontally, bringing favorite Andy Burnham into distress in a delicate by-election. In the party, the discomfort grows.
A taboo has been broken: will the United Kingdom return to the European Union?
·Spain
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The British Labour Party is in a crisis of leadership. Although no party-internal competitor has yet officially challenged Prime Minister Starmer, one has now raised an old topic to the agenda: EU membership. By F. Hopfen.
·Hamburg, Germany
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