Keir Starmer has effectively bound future governments to his 12-year fishing rights ‘surrender’ deal with Brussels in order to ‘Reform proof’ it after Farage’s party topped the recent polls. The Telegraph has the story.
A future British government would technically be able to rip up the terms of the deal, which has been described as a surrender by Labour’s political opponents including Nigel Farage. However, any such move would allow the EU to respond with huge trade tariffs.
In a move described as the ‘Reform clause’, UK and EU negotiators agreed to reopen the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to include the dates of the new arrangements.
It would allow Brussels to introduce punitive measures on British exports if European fishermen access to the UK’s coastal waters is restricted before June 30th 2038.
Confirming the move, an EU diplomat said: “A procedure will be started to include the new fisheries arrangements in the TCA.”
Both sides agreed to the plan in the wake of Reform UK topping the polls at the local elections earlier this month.
Mr Farage, the Reform leader, has claimed he would rip up the deal negotiated by Sir Keir if he became prime minister at the 2029 general election.
He told the Telegraph the agreement would be “the end of the industry with no new investment”, and described Britain as “an island without a fishing industry”.
Sir Keir’s new fishing deal has been called an insult to Britain’s coastal communities, which were promised that Labour would take back control of UK waters from Brussels as part of Brexit.
The Prime Minister had the opportunity to insist on annual negotiations over access to UK waters, but opted to agree to 12 years of guaranteed access as part of his Brexit reset.
Prior to that, Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, had agreed five years of access with Brussels, due to expire in June next year. Afterwards, he had intended to hold annual talks with Brussels on fishing rights to deliver his “take back control” pledge, made ahead of the 2016 EU referendum.
Now British and European negotiators have reached a ‘fish for food’ deal granting EU fishermen rights until 2038 in return for an agreement to boost trade. Downing Street said the agreement would add £9 billion to the economy by 2040 by linking the UK more closely to the EU’s food, veterinary and energy markets.
Sir Keir said it would allow the UK to “move on from the stale old debates and political fights to find common sense, practical solutions, which get the best for the British people”, adding: “We’re ready to work with partners if it means we can improve people’s lives here at home.”
Nick Thomas-Symonds, the lead Government negotiator, said the agreement marked a “day of delivery” and was “the opening of a new chapter in our relationship with the EU”.
The two sides have also struck deals on a defence pact and youth mobility, while Britain has agreed to align with EU plant and animal health laws and to be subject to European Court of Justice decisions over them. In a win for British travellers, the EU will also allow UK passport-holders to use e-gates at European airports, which will ease queues.
The Telegraph has obtained a leaked copy of the full deal between the EU and Britain. The agreement, struck in the early hours of Monday, will be signed off by the ambassadors of the bloc’s 27 member states in Brussels before a UK-EU summit in London.
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Wow. Open betrayal, right before our very eyes.
Starmer has reportedly been promised The Shrew’s Job as Unelected Head of the EU, as a reward for destroying Brexit and dragging us back into enslavement, violating the democratic rights of the British People.
That’s why he doesn’t care about losing elections: his own EU Throne awaits him…
One more nail in Labour’s coffin
At this rate they are going to need a bigger coffin for all the nails.
This should not be allowed
“Keir Starmer has effectively bound future governments to his 12-year fishing rights ‘surrender’ deal with Brussels in order to ‘Reform proof’ it after Farage’s party topped the recent polls”.
That no government can bind its successor is a foundation of our constitution and democratic system. It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court or any other court says.
No law is irreversible! Who does he think he is, God?
Yes, the sheer brass neck of the creep, trying to shackle British Taxpayers, their children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren into…
A WHOLE CENTURY of paying £billions to Ukraine, and
A WHOLE CENTURY of paying £billions to Mauritius, just for starters!
It’s as if Starmer & Co, powerless in the past to stop the things they didn’t want from happening, are now all in to do away with everything they disliked, and do as much damage in the few years they have left to create such a mess of this Country that whoever follows them will struggle to fix it.
It is pure spite. Everything they have done and are doing they know is alienating key groups upon whom their support relies, as well as those not likely to be aligned with them – and they just don’t care.
Nobody can be this politically inept, so it is pure spite and hatred and retribution for this Country and its people. Evil.
Kneel is under orders to turn this country in to a complete basket case by 2029 and come hell or high water he is going to achieve this.
As Kneel has repeatedly proven since taking office the law is whatever he says it is on the day he speaks. There is nothing, absolutely nothing to stop the next PM tearing up these new agreements.
So- called laws no longer exist in this country and the fact that society has not collapsed totally is due solely to a combination of apathy and adherence to basic decency.
No parliament should be able to bind future parliaments. Your authority stops once you’re ousted.
I agree with you. The same should be true of the Climate Change Bill.
The same is true about the Climate Change Bill: It’ll remain in force until changed or repealed. All parliaments since it was created were only insofar bound by it as they accepted that, which they didn’t have to.
Absolutely correct. A prime minister cannot bind the next parliament.
Any future government is free to disregard this deal at any time. Short-of a military invasion, the EU has no way to prevent that. That’s the same situation as with regular laws: They stay in force until changed or abolished.
True. But on the other hand, presumably governments can commit the state to long term contracts that will remain valid regardless of any subsequent change of government. Presumably…
A Reform government must rip up this deal and much more besides. The EU member state businesses sell us much more than we sell them so a tariff war would do us no harm.
Cars and other manufactured can be had from Japan, Korea and USA among other countries.
This behaviour by Starmer will drive voters away from Labour to Reform.
East of England already gone Reform, West of England to follow now. Who will the former Labour supporters and their postal votes plump for now? Themselves?
It will be the muslim vote H.
Hamas?
Betrayal. Pure and simple. Betrayal of the principles of democracy and betrayal of the British people.
I cannot now see much point in President Trump visiting us in the autumn. Starmer’s clearly much more interested in the EU than in the US. He hopes Mummy von de Leyen will protect him against that bad man who believes in democracy and looking after your own people.
It would be great if Trump announces that there’s no point coming and humiliates Two-Tier (again).
Impossible to comment without profanity and abuse… TBH I didn’t expect much, but I didn’t expect this brazen, unbelievably stupid and spiteful betrayal.
I find myself in the same position, but will try. IV. Strengthening our economies while protecting our planet and its resources seems calculated to drive a wedge into US-UK trade relations. As for … establishing a link between carbon markets by way of a EU-UK agreement linking the UK ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) EU ETS (and) the ETS linking agreement should be clearly defined to avoid risks of carbon leakage and competitive distortions. Among others, this scope should include …. international maritime transport
The EU ETS is a massive scam intended to create for the UN IMO ( International Maritime Organisation ) a completely artificial market “worth” up to £100bn a year by forcing the shipping industry to use “sustainable fuels” with a network of subsidies for those using the most “virtuous” fuels to propel their ships and fines for those who have not, regardless of the real technical and safety issues. With, say, hydrogen having more colours than the LGBTQ++ flags.
And our Blob has deceitfully tried to lock this country into this. It becomes clearer why Blair abolished the death penalty for treason.
Thanks for that important information— I had never heard about any of that.
Last time I looked, the EU Constitution allows the death penalty for something like upheaval and civil disobedience.
I don’t understand, because I thought the EU had forced all member states to abolish the death penalty. Isn’t that correct now?
‘In a win for British travellers, the EU will also allow UK passport-holders to use e-gates at European airports, which will ease queues.’
I’ve read today that U.K. passport-holders using the European E-gates will have to submit to finger print scanning.
They can shove that where the sun doesn’t shine!! 😡
Well done TTK for further eroding the privacy and rights of U.K.
slavescitizens. Total shyster and his poxy party.The relevant part is ” The United Kingdom and the European Commission will continue their exchanges on smooth border management for the benefit of their citizens, including the potential use of eGates where appropriate. They note that European Union citizens can use eGates in the United Kingdom and that there will be no legal barriers to eGate use for British Nationals traveling to and from European Union Member States after the introduction of the European Union Entry/Exit System” So what ? Hardly a win ! EU Citizens use eGates in several UK airports as we can already in at least 3 EU airports from my own experience. And how might eGates be to the traveller’s benefit ? too few, too slow and often non-functioning anyway.
The EES and ETIAS schemes have been pending for some time with ever changing start dates, haven’t they?
Starmer hasn’t negotiated anything of value for the UK. Turncoat he is!
‘Smooth border management’? Ever sailed into any of the northern French ports after 4 o’cock, when the Gendarmes and Douane have clocked off for the day and gone for a coffee/brandy/mistress. That’s the smoothest border crossing………..ditto if you leave before 0800 any day… Don’t even bother to take a passport
This is why we need a ‘Trump’ PM, ie one who would do commerce deals for our benefit rather than political surrender.
Watching Ch4 news, Darren Jones, MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury was asked how much the new agreement will cost the UK.
Jones confirmed there will be ‘administrative costs’ – surprise, surprise – but the figures haven’t been firmed up yet!
How can agreements be signed, sealed and delivered when costs are unknown?? I suppose that’s standard practice and par
for the course with any U.K. government!
The only guarantee I can foresee is that a tremendous amount of taxpayers money will be diverted and wasted as usual.
Yes, and how can agreements be signed, sealed and delivered without the consent of the British People or their Parliament?
As when Treason May signed Britain up to the UN Migration Pact without so much as a by-your-leave from anyone!
The political class genuinely believe that we are supplicants, that Britain has no cards to play and nothing to offer, so we should accept anything we can get.
They have believed that since Suez.
The EU exports more to the UK than we do to them.
Our next government will rip up any agreement.
Different country but part of similar broader tactic.
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Alongside Kneel and Two Tier Kier he should also be called Surrender Starmer. He’s surrendered the Chagos Islands, surrendered to the green blob and now surrendered to the EU.
At least Starmer is consistent, paying £9 billion to give Mauritius the Chagos Islands, and now paying the EU, in cash and fish, to allow us follow their rules, with the great bonus of possibly getting through passport control slightly faster.
Reform UK will reverse it and if the EU impose tariffs then our ally Donald J Trump will punish them. The EU are a failing entity and won’t exist in 20 years.
Nothing to stop us imposing reciprocal tariffs if they do. Hopefully Farage will be more Trump and less Gimp.
So let them impose “huge tariffs.”
There’s a big wide world out there.
And most of that “Big Wide World” isn’t legislating itself into poverty.
Has there ever been a more anti British, anti human parasite than this?
Stop exporting to the EU, then either the EU will have to ship us stuff as a gift or stop shipping anything.
Trade is an exchange of goods. The EU sends us stuff, we send stuff in return as “payment”. Restricting UK goods into the EU de facto restricts EU goods into the UK.
So UK consumers shop elsewhere.
Haven’t bought EU wine or anything else since Brexit (apart from Greek yoghurt ever since the Bovaer business)
Makes going shopping a bit of a political headache in reading labels but at least I feel clean.
Starmer’s deal isn’t really Reform proof. (I expect he thinks it is, being a lawyer.)
Imagine a Reform government ripped up this deal, and the EU threatened to use its rights under the deal to impose tariffs on British exports. Well then the Reform government would simply say to the EU, that any attempt to start a trade war would be met with retaliatory tariffs against EU exports.
Cue German carmakers’ and French cheese makers’ howls of anguish.
This is a TREATY. A treaty is not the same thing as a LAW. Laws are enforced by the courts. Treaties are just about power and politics. (I know this is hard for lawyers to understand.)
Do the journalists who wrote this piece really not understand that?
Nobody should be under any illusions at all, but that a Reform government would tear up this treaty without further consideration. I hope that Reform will make that clear