Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years
Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances
TL;DR
- Tony Blair advocates for Britain to rejoin the EU within the next decade.
- The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) paper suggests accepting free movement and financial contributions as conditions for re-entry.
- Blair's intervention increases pressure on Labour leader Andy Burnham to reconsider the party's stance on Brexit.
- A YouGov poll for Best for Britain suggests a pledge to rejoin could significantly increase Labour's seats in the next election.
- Some within the Labour party are skeptical about the electoral wisdom of revisiting the referendum result.
- The TBI paper also proposes using potential re-entry as leverage to accelerate European market reforms and argues against current government 'red lines'.