Andy Burnham has played down suggestions that he wants Britain to rejoin the EU after his rival for the Labour leadership Wes Streeting plunged the party into a debate over reversing Brexit.Burnham told ITV on Sunday that in the long run there was a “case” for rejoining the EU but “I’m not advocating that in this by-election”.
His remarks came after Streeting, the former health secretary, said on Saturday that Brexit had been a “catastrophic mistake” and that he wanted the UK to rejoin the EU.
He added that the Labour Party would need to “seek a new mandate” in future manifestos, implying that it should drop some or all of its “red lines” not to rejoin an EU customs union or single market or allow a return to free movement.
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