Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer backs free movement, with Labour facing row over Europe
Sir Keir insisted Labour could 'explore' the so-called Norway-style Brexit
LABOUR faces a fresh civil war over Europe after its Brexit chief indicated he backed unlimited EU immigration.
Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer said he believed most people would accept free movement if EU nationals had a job to come to.
And he insisted all firms should do is advertise locally first before flying migrants in from the Continent.
He added that Labour could “explore” the so-called Norway-style Brexit – where the UK would have to offer free movement to workers.
Sir Keir said: “I think most people would agree that if somebody is coming to do a job, and it needs to be done, and it’s been advertised locally beforehand with nobody to do it, then most people would say ‘I would accept that’.
He added that “most people” would also accept people coming to Britain on grounds of family reunification – or study.
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Labour’s Election Manifesto in 2017 accepted free movement would come to an end when the UK leaves the EU.
Sir Keir at the time admitted there would have to be “change” at the border.
But just months later Sir Keir said Labour would accept “easy movement”.
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NOT content with backing Brexit-blocking motions, Labour’s Keir Starmer now wants to keep free movement.
The party’s Brexit spokesman is a diehard Remoaner who dreams of reversing the referendum result.
He now suggests letting any EU migrant enter if they have a job no Brit wants. Which sounds sensible enough. Except it encourages firms which have profited from cheap EU labour for years to offer rock-bottom pay they know Brits won’t take but migrants will.
It’s free movement by another name. A backdoor betrayal of one of the central Brexit demands, control of our borders.
Leavers are deserting Labour. Corbyn could do worse than sack his Brexit chief.
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