Posted on 05/23/2026 2:43:47 AM PDT by RandFan
Former British health secretary Wes Streeting has labelled the UK's decision to leave the European Union a "catastrophic mistake" as he launches his bid to become the country's next prime minister.
Streeting, who quit his Cabinet position earlier this month, has openly called for Keir Starmer to resign as leader, and told reporters on Saturday that he would stand in any leadership race.
Speaking at the Labour Party's Progress conference, Streeting also took aim at Brexit.
"At the core are three big important choices we have to make as a country that can help us regain our sense of progress," he told the audience.
"First, leaving the European Union was a catastrophic mistake," he said. "It's left us less wealthy, less powerful and less in control than at any point before the industrial revolution."
Later in his speech, he called for the UK to rejoin the bloc.
"We need a new special relationship with the EU, because Britain's future lies with Europe, and one day, one day, back in the European Union," he said.
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They're playing with fire... This is Farage - and Reform's - signature issue and it's getting aired during the biggest special election in decades.
What do your friends and neighbors in the UK think about all of this?
These idiots speak of progress without ever considering just what it is they are progressing toward. They would be fit to lead lemmings progressing toward the cliff edge. It is unbelievable that they cannot yet see the disastrous state they have led their once great nation into.
Do you really think that the same citizenry that voted for Brexit would vote for this??
This isn’t idiocy.
It’s evil.
The UK has a Deep State, too.
“the European Union was a catastrophic mistake,” he said. “It’s left us less wealthy, less powerful and less in control than at any point before the industrial revolution.
Streeting is an imbecile.
Endless emancipation. The clarion call of the left. Read Charles Haywood - he explains this endless progress well.
Dictators love Dictatorships
If that any happens you can be damn sure that it would mean...among many other things...the end of the Pound.
Which is why it will never happen.
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