Tories and Labour ‘meet for secret talks on Brexit failures’

[Still Waters]

Senior figures from the Conservative and Labour parties met in secret to discuss the failings of Brexit and how to steer the UK away from terminal decline outside the European Union, according to reports.

A two-day gathering attended by Michael Gove and high-ranking members of Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet was held at Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire on Thursday and Friday, after the early weeks of 2023 have seen the dim state of Britain’s economy laid bare.

Politicians from both sides of the Brexit debate held talks with diplomats, defence experts and leading figures from the business and banking worlds as officials acknowledged leaving the EU had damaged the UK’s prospects and stymied growth.

According to documents obtained by The Observer, which first reported the meetings, the summit was described as a “private discussion” under the title: “How can we make Brexit work better without neighbours in Europe?”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-meeting-summit-michael-gove-b2280511.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/11/revealed-secret-cross-party-summit-held-to-confront-failings-of-brexit

[pellinore]

The last sentence giving the name of the conference is a typo ("How can we make Brexit work better without neighbours in Europe?”). The name of the conference was "How can we make Brexit work better with our neighbours in Europe?" which makes more sense.

[pellinore]

The only people who will regret that the Brexit experiment is over are these sort of stalwarts who share ten brain cells between them. Warning- while you listen to them you may feel your own brain cells giving up and committing suicide:

 

Edited February 13, 2023 by pellinore