‘Betray Brexit and you will betray the British people at your peril’

DAME Priti Patel today warns that Sir Keir Starmer's plans to unpick Brexit is a "betrayal" of the British public that will never be forgotten.

- By Martyn Brown

As the UK approaches the fifth anniversary of the historic departure from the European Union, Dame Priti said that the Prime Minister is hellbent on dragging Britain back in "through the back door".

Writing in the Daily Express, the ardent Brexiteer accuses Sir Keir of an "undemocratic" assault on reversing new freedoms.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary warns the PM and his "unpatriotic Brexit-denying Government": "Betray Brexit and you will betray the British people at your peril."

It comes as Labour leader Sir Keir and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves both signalled in recent days that the UK could sign up to a pan-European customs area.

Downing Street has said such a move would not cross any "red line", while Ms Reeves said yesterday she would be "happy" to look at the proposals raised by the EU's trade chief Maros Sefcovic.

Sir Keir has also been accused of forming an EU "surrender squad" to reverse Brexit as part of his plan to reset the UK's relationship with Brussels. A team of up to 100 civil servants is being assembled to run Britain's negotiations with the bloc, with insiders saying its purpose is to row back on Brexit.