Without wanting to reopen the bile discussion that Brexit usually brings, it’s refreshing to hear a more sensible tone being struck about our relationship with the bloc. Less time spent grandstanding and more time spent agreeing better solutions is the way forward.
He also said he was “very interested” in talking to EU countries about new rules to reverse plummeting school trips since Brexit, and was looking to see “what more can be done” to ease touring rules for professional musicians.
I know the best answer is to rejoin but quite simply neither Labour nor the Conservatives are up for that. So we need to be realistic and reach as best possible solution as we can in the interim.
Maybe we need to stop voting for Labour and the Tories? Dunno, just a thought 🤔.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Lord Cameron quit Downing Street after losing the Brexit referendum, and stayed away from frontline politics until his shock return to government last month.
Rishi Sunak made him his foreign secretary as part of a cabinet reshuffle, appointing him a lifetime peer in the process so he could re-enter Parliament.
Since becoming prime minister in October last year, Mr Sunak has sought to improve the post-Brexit relationship with the EU after a period of turbulence under predecessor Boris Johnson.
He renegotiated the terms of Mr Johnson’s deal withdrawal on Northern Ireland earlier this year in a bid to soften post-Brexit trading issues, despite anger from some Tory backbenchers.
He has also decided to recognise the EU’s product safety symbol indefinitely, re-joined its flagship science research scheme, and is negotiating a co-operation deal with Frontex, its borders agency.
In particular, Mr Sunak has sought closer working with France on the issue of illegal migration, including by agreeing to give the country £500m over three years to help stop migrants crossing the Channel.
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