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Sadiq Khan, the London Mayor, called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to immediately push for the UK's re-entry into the EU, arguing that waiting until after the next election is insufficient. In contrast, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds warned against revisiting Brexit, stating it would come with a cost and emphasizing the importance of avoiding political uncertainty.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-27,
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same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Sadiq Khan, the London Mayor and prominent Labour member, recently called on the party's leader Andy Burnham to immediately push for the UK to rejoin the European Union. This comes ahead of the next general election where Labour is considering including a policy to restore ties with Brussels in their manifesto. However, Jonathan Reynolds, the Business Secretary and another Labour member, warned against political paralysis and stated that reviving the Brexit debate would come with significant costs for Britain.
Khan urged the UK government to start working now on persuading the public about the benefits of rejoining the EU without needing a second referendum. He specifically proposed an immediate return to the customs union followed by full membership. In contrast, Reynolds argued against even returning to the EU customs union and emphasized that such moves would be detrimental.
This debate within Labour highlights divisions over how to address the ongoing impact of Brexit and sets up potential internal conflicts as the party prepares its manifesto ahead of upcoming elections.
Written for “Brexit Impact Debates” on 2026-10-05,
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Labour risked plunging back into Brexit wars today as Sadiq Khan demanded an immediate push to rejoin the EU.
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Khan → see → EU
The London Mayor said it was 'not enough' for Andy Burnham to suggest that restoring ties with Brussels could be in the next election manifesto.
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restoring → say → manifesto
Instead he urged the PM to 'start the work now' of persuading the country about the 'benefits' of being inside the bloc.
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he → urge → bloc
He argued the UK should o back into the customs union immediately, seek 'associate' membership and then propose rejoining entirely without a second referendum in the manifesto.
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UK → argue → manifesto
The intervention, in a Labour conference interview with the i paper, came despite Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds delivering a stark warning against 'political paralysis' of re-running the Brexit debate.
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Reynolds → come → debate
Mr Reynolds said that would come with a 'cost', insisting he did not even support returning to the EU customs union.
London Mayor Lord Khan said it was 'not enough' for Andy Burnham to suggest that restoring ties with Brussels could be in the next election manifesto
The intervention, in a Labour conference interview with the i paper, came despite Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds delivering a stark warning against 'political paralysis' of re-running the Brexit debate
Europe has been rising up the agenda in Labour, with Tony Blair suggesting last week that the UK should look to rejoin a 'significantly reformed' bloc over the next decade.
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UK → say → decade
Mr Burnham has previously endorsed going back into the EU, although he has cooled on the idea somewhat since becoming PM.
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he → endorse → idea
In his interview, Lord Khan said it was not “enough” to float rejoining after the next election.
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it → say → election
'You can't, a week before a general election, pull out of a hat this rabbit of a manifesto and say we're going to rejoin in six weeks' time,' he said.
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he → pull → time
'The heavy lifting, the pitch rolling must be done now, explaining to the country the disbenefits of being outside the European Union and the benefits of being part of this family.'
The comments came after Mr Reynolds struck a very different tone speaking to the Sunday Telegraph.
He suggested the UK should keep negotiating to improve ties within the current 'red lines' of not rejoining the single market or customs union.
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UK → do → market
'This approach of genuinely improving things across the board and not returning to political uncertainty, I think, is absolutely the right one because there was a cost of leaving the European Union.
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I → improve → Union
That was always going to be the case,' he said.
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he → go → ?
Mr Burnham has previously endorsed going back into the EU, although he has cooled on the idea somewhat since becoming PM
'
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he → endorse → idea
There was also a cost in the kind of political paralysis and uncertainty that came from that.
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that → be → that
So that would return if this became one of the dominant features again of British politics.
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this → return → politics
'I wouldn't say all of our economic problems were solved by being in the European Union
'
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all → say → Union
You're not going to get much more benefit than what we're already going to get from the agreement that we have struck and are negotiating the details of, and then you're going to lose out on all those opportunities around the rest of the world that we've got.
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we → go → that
And I think if people recognise that the difference that, for instance, the UK-EU reset as it stands would give on the real practical benefi ts, that's what we should be focused on.'
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we → think → ts
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