Farage told Brexiteers to prepare for the worst when it comes to UK-EU negotiations (Image: GB NEWS)
Reform UK leader has warned that by the next general election in 2029, Britain will have ” in name only”. He predicted that would sell out to get closer to the EU after he travelled to Brussels for the first time as PM on Wednesday.
Speaking on his trip to Brussels, Mr Starmer vowed to turn the page on the UK’s relationship with the EU. He had his first bilateral meeting with , the European Commission president, during the visit.
Mr Farage told GB News that should prepare for the worst when it comes to UK-EU negotiations in the future. He blamed the Conservative Party for their approach to the EU, claiming that it has made it “easy” for the Labour PM to pursue closer ties with Brussels.
Starmer travelled to Brussels for the first time as PM on Wednesday (Image: Getty)
The Reform leader explained: “I think the real problem is that the Conservative Party didn’t take us far enough away from membership of the . This makes it very easy for just to ape every new piece of European law.
“And we’ll finish up at the end of a Starmer government with in name only, come the next election.”
He also ridiculed Brussels’ proposal for a youth mobility scheme as outdated and “marginal”.
Mr Farage laughed off the idea that Europe was “terribly exciting” for young Britons.
He mockingly questioned how many young Britons would prefer to travel to Germany on their gap year, compared to South America or South-East Asia.
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He said: “How many youngsters go on gap year to Frankfurt? Hardly any. They go and climb the Andes or they go out to the Far East. The world’s changed this idea that my mum and dad had, that Europe was all terribly exciting 50 years ago. It’s gone.”
No concrete announcements came from Mr Starmer’s initial meetings in Brussels, as the European Commission described the talks as “the beginning of a conversation”.
However, the PM faces growing frustration from Brussels over the UK’s inflexibility over a youth mobility deal with the EU.
European sources also suggested that the UK had put off the meeting with Ms von der Leyen for months, in a snub to Brussels.
One EU diplomat told The Guardian that the British leader seemed “afraid” of embracing the EU in case he faces criticism from Reform and the .