Keir Starmer to attend European Council meeting in wake of US president’s tariff warfare threats
Moves to overhaul the way schools are inspected in England have been criticised by headteachers and teaching unions as “demoralising” and worse than the system they are aiming to replace, Richard Adams and Peter Walker report.
The Times this morning has splashed on a story claiming that, at the EU dinner this evening, President Macron will tell Keir Starmer that he appearance at the summit means Brexit has failed.
Senior diplomats have said France views Starmer as the “demandeur,” a supplicant who is being pushed back into the EU fold because Britain has been weakened by Brexit at a time of growing international instability and the return of Trump to the White House.
A senior diplomat said: “The Brexit project, breaking away from the EU to create a global Britain, didn’t work. We thought it wouldn’t work because the UK is European, geographically and economically. Brexit was a project for a stable and prosperous world, but in a complicated world, obviously the UK will be closer to Europe.”
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Keir Starmer to attend European Council meeting in wake of US president’s tariff warfare threatsMoves to overhaul the way schools are inspected in England have been criticised by headteachers and teaching unions as “demoralising” and worse than the system they are aiming to replace, Richard Adams and Peter Walker report.The Times this morning has splashed on a story claiming that, at the EU dinner this evening, President Macron will tell Keir Starmer that he appearance at the summit means Brexit has failed.Senior diplomats have said France views Starmer as the “demandeur,” a supplicant who is being pushed back into the EU fold because Britain has been weakened by Brexit at a time of growing international instability and the return of Trump to the White House.A senior diplomat said: “The Brexit project, breaking away from the EU to create a global Britain, didn’t work. We thought it wouldn’t work because the UK is European, geographically and economically. Brexit was a project for a stable and prosperous world, but in a complicated world, obviously the UK will be closer to Europe.” Continue reading…
