Brexiteers warned Sir Keir Starmer against dragging the UK back into the EU’s orbit after he headed to Germany as part of a reset in relations.
The Prime Minister met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin for talks on a new treaty aiming to boost business and increase joint action on illegal migration.
Referring to Sir Keir’s claim ahead of the trip that he wants to “turn a corner on Brexit”, former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said: “But Starmer’s ambition is not to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’.
“It’s to reopen all the arguments and to renegotiate the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, in a way that starts making us subject to EU law once again. That’s not moving on, it’s moving back.”
Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick also warned Sir Keir against “ceding control” to the EU.
He told Sky News: “I am all for working with our friends and allies whether that’s in Europe, the US, anywhere else in the world.
“What I do not want to see him do is cede control. I don’t want us to be undermining Nato as the principal foundation of our security and defence in Europe.
“I don’t want to see us lose the Brexit benefits that we should now be
