PM capitulation is undoing freedoms Britain won in 2016

SIR Keir Starmer does not have good form as a dealmaker — giving away more than he gets and frequently paying for the privilege of doing so.

- Tim Newark Political Commentator

Paying out billions to give away our Chagos Islands military base is just one glaring example — now being re-examined by furious backbenchers — but yesterday’s EU “reset” is another ignominious moment.

Having won back our sovereignty from the EU, a negotiating team of veteran Remainers is doing everything it can to ingratiate ourselves with the Brussels imperium. There was talk of possibly extending a five-year allowance for European fishermen to exploit our waters with annual negotiations but no, Labour has gone much further and surrendered our seas to the EU for 12 years.

In contrast, Norway renegotiates foreign fleets’ access to its waters every single year.

Yet again, our fishing industry has been sacrificed to endear ourselves with the Europeans, principally the French who have pushed hardest for the fishing extension. And in return we don’t even get any agreements on them being tougher with illegal migrant boats setting sail from French coasts. No doubt the French are content for us to dole out millions to them for standing on beaches watching migrant gangs launching their boats while Sir Keir bleats about “smashing the gangs”.