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Sunday, 25 October 2026

Honest discussion



PM open to honest discussion about return to EU free movement

Andy Burnham says that an "honest discussion" is needed about readopting the EU's free movement rules.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, the prime minister said immigration into ⁠Britain had ⁠been "different" since Brexit, with more foreigners ‌moving permanently.


Burnham says this as if an honest discussion would be an innovation. Maybe he's right, it would be an innovation, but we couldn't have an honest discussion about it being an innovation, he'd dishonestly deny it.

Burnham could have admitted that from his point of view a dishonest discussion is needed, which would at least have been honest.

2 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

If there was to be a serious clamp down on asylum claims and benefits for illegal immigrants would EU freedom of movement allow them to move on, or would there be a mysterious one way valve in operation?

A K Haart said...

DJ - somehow, that mysterious one way valve seems likely.