Labour Party Conference fringe event on 'Britain and the EU: What kind of relationship do they need?'
Speakers:
Hilary Benn, Member of Parliament for Leeds Central
Jenny Chapman, Shadow Minister for Task Force Europe, House of Lords
Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
Chair: Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
👉 A senior Labour figure has raised concern that Boris Johnson might escalate tensions with the European Union by triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to distract from negative headlines at homehttps://t.co/pbk85VaaoW
— PoliticsHome (@politicshome) September 28, 2021
Hello from Brighton 👋
— Circle Foundation ⭕️ (@circlefound_uk) September 28, 2021
It’s the 4th day at the #LabourConference. We are attending @CER_EU’s event ‘#Britain and the #EU: What kind of relationship do they need?’at the #LabourPartyConference2021.
Speakers: @lisanandy,@hilarybennmp, @JennyChapman.#LabourConference21 #lab21 pic.twitter.com/wHC50LNnpb
.@hilarybennmp tells a @CER_EU
— Eleanor Langford (@eleanormia) September 28, 2021
event that he doesn't agree with Labour running the next election on rejoining the EU, adding that it's "not where the politics of the UK is" and that he's "desperate" to see a Labour government #Lab21 pic.twitter.com/b77Zdhnnvq
Strong let's put Brexit behind us vibes at @CER_EU #Lab21 fringe - @lisanandy says Brexit trade deal is "floor not the ceiling of what can be achieved", adds want to move on as a country and discussing freedom of movement won't allow that.
— Nick Winning (@nick_winning) September 28, 2021
Very insightful and well attended fringe @UKLabour #LabourConference21 event on the future of #EU #UK relations organised by @CER_EU with Lisa Nandy, Hillary Benn, Jenny Chapman and Charles Grant pic.twitter.com/GvDMSD13ly
— Federico Bianchi (@fedeinlondon) September 28, 2021
Fascinating (and telling) discussion being chaired by @CER_Grant at #LabourConference on how Labour would rebuild relations with Europe with @hilarybennmp @lisanandy @JennyChapman ...and how quickly it collapses into 2017-style cakeism /1
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) September 28, 2021
🧵 by @pmdfoster about our Labour Party Conference fringe event this morning.
— CER (@CER_EU) September 28, 2021
Thanks to our speakers @hilarybennmp, @lisanandy and @JennyChapman. @CER_Grant https://t.co/ekgKFGw06J
.@hilarybennmp @JennyChapman and @lisanandy are with us now at LPC discussing the UK’s future relationship with the EU, chaired by @CER_Grant pic.twitter.com/97IikADoYb
— CER (@CER_EU) September 28, 2021