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Nigel Farage thanked Andy Burnham for providing Reform UK with a significant boost by reigniting the Brexit debate at Labour's conference. Burnham criticized Brexit and proposed various options for Britain’s future relationship with the EU, including rejoining the bloc, which Farage saw as an opportunity to campaign against returning to the union. Farage predicted that this move would lead to early election campaigning, starting immediately, despite recent polls showing mixed public support for rejoining the EU under certain conditions.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-01,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Andy Burnham, the new Labour Party leader and Prime Minister of Britain, has indicated that rejoining the European Union (EU) could be an option for the UK. During his first Labour conference speech as PM on Tuesday, Burnham stated that Brexit had caused "more harm than good" and promised to outline options around a November summit with the EU.
Burnham told both the BBC and ITV News that while he would not jump immediately towards any single decision like holding a referendum or fighting the next election on a promise to rejoin, public opinion could influence his party's stance. He emphasized considering "what is doable" and evaluating the pros and cons of each potential option.
However, some within Labour disagree with Burnham’s approach; Michael Marra, leader of Scottish Labour, warned that rejoining the EU is “unrealistic.” Despite this internal division, European leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron have welcomed the possibility, suggesting it could be "excellent news."
Written for “UK Rejoining EU Debate” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 17 other(s) covering the same event.
Nigel Farage has thanked Andy Burnham for gifting him the ‘biggest boost in my career’ by reopening the Pandora’s box of Brexit.
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Farage → thank → Brexit
The Reform UK leader said the Prime Minister has made a 'big political mistake' by unveiling plans to take Britain back into Europe’s orbit, telling Mr Burnham: ‘Bring it on.’
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Minister → say → it
Mr Farage vowed to start campaigning for Britain to remain independent ‘from this moment on’ after the Prime Minister used his Labour conference speech to denounce Brexit.
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Minister → vow → Brexit
Mr Burnham claimed Brexit had done ‘more harm than good’ and said he would unveil a series of ‘options’ for Britain’s future relationship with Brussels, including embracing the single market and customs union, and even rejoining the EU.
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he → claim → EU
Mr Farage said that the Prime Minister ‘has made a very big political mistake here’ and has ‘put me back into the debate about the European Union’.
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Minister → say → Union
At a Reform campaign rally in Doncaster on Thursday, Mr Farage said: ‘If Andy Burnham, the king of the North, wants the fight in Doncaster and the Red Wall with me on rejoining the European Union, then bring it on, I say.
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I → say → it
He might just have given me the biggest boost in my career I've ever, ever had.
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I → give → career
Thank you, Andy, if you're watching.'
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you → thank → you
Predicting Labour was gearing up for an early election next spring, Mr Farage said: ‘I'm back.
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I → predict → election
I'm back on the road, and today is when our general election campaign starts.
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campaign → start → road
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has thanked Prime Minister Andy Burnham for gifting him the ‘biggest boost in my career’ by reopening the Pandora’s box of Brexit
‘
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Farage → thank → Brexit
Whether it happens this year or next spring or in three years' time, we are back out actively campaigning and fighting.’
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we → happen → time
The Prime Minister provoked fury this week by declaring that the UK could go 'all the way' back into the European Union.
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UK → provoke → Union
And Mr Burnham refused to rule out a fresh referendum vote on re-joining the bloc despite admitting it would be 'divisive'.
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it → refuse → bloc
It came just a few months after he insisted - while campaigning to be elected in a Leave-voting constituency - that he did not want to 're-run' the arguments over Brexit or 'undermine' the result of a decade ago.
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he → come → result
Mr Farage’s comments came as Downing Street tests public support for the prospect of Britain returning to the European Union.
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Britain → come → Union
Aides to Andy Burnham are said to be talking to think-tanks and pollsters about how people would view a pledge to rejoin, after the Prime Minister reopened the Brexit wars at Labour party conference.
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Minister → say → conference
Recent surveys show that in principle more than half of Britons want to go back into the bloc (55 per cent) with only a third (34) opposed.
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third → show → bloc
However YouGov found that support for rejoin plummets to just one in three (35 per cent) if the price is ditching the pound for the Euro and signing up to the Schengen visa-free zone, with opposition rising to four in ten (43 per cent).
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opposition → find → ten
Even some in Cabinet are thought to be wary with one minister telling The I Paper there was ‘no appetite’ for going back.
Yet the PM is forging ahead with his plan to improve relations with Brussels and has set aside a major obstacle to a new deal being agreed.
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PM → think → deal
The UK and EU are said to have set aside a disagreement over whether Britain’s manufacturers could join the ‘Made in Europe’ initiative to ensure next month’s summit goes ahead.
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summit → say → initiative
Another long-running dispute over students from the continent getting cut-price tuition fees at British universities will also be left off the agenda, according to the Financial Times.
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students → run → Times
Instead the deal will focus on agreeing a youth mobility scheme – which will allow under-30s to work and study here – as well as removing trade barriers for food and linking carbon emissions trading.
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under-30s → focus → trading
A Government spokesman said: ‘We are building an ambitious, close relationship with the EU that will strengthen our economy and unlock good growth in every postcode.’
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that → say → postcode
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