Rishi: Starmer will unpick Brexit and rejoin EU by back door
The Daily Express reports that Rishi Sunak will warn that Labour wants to “unpick Brexit” and “drag Britain back into the EU”. Noting the PM’s comments come on the eighth anniversary of the “historic vote to leave”, it says Rishi Sunak will accuse Labour of wanting to rejoin the European Union by the “back door”.
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‘I’m the only one who can get Brexit done – Starmer will unpick it,’ says Rishi Sunak
- Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t believe in Britain. I do. He wants to unpick Brexit. I won’t. He wants to make us rejoin the customs union and single market bringing in hundreds of thousands more migrants, wrapping us in red tape and undermining our nation’s sovereignty. I never will. I campaigned for Brexit because I felt the huge wave of optimism when we voted to leave the EU. I am determined to deliver on that. And I am the only man who can. [https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1914445/rishi-sunak-brexit-starmer-general-election]
Scotland fail to break 70-year curse as late Hungary defeat confirms Euro 2024 exit
- Scotland have suffered their latest group-stage exit at a major tournament after falling to a last-gasp 1-0 defeat against Hungary on Sunday night. Steve Clarke’s side needed to avoid a loss to have any hope of progressing to the last 16, but Kevin Csoboth’s 100th-minute dagger drew all-too-familiar pain. The major talking point in Stuttgart was Barnabas Varga’s sickening second-half collision with Angus Gunn, which knocked the Hungary striker unconscious before he was stretchered off the pitch. [https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1914474/Scotland-Hungary-Euro-2024-Barnabas-Varga]
Jay Slater search: Family hopes new CCTV image shows missing teen in Tenerife
- Jay Slater’s family has released a CCTV snapshot that might hold the key to tracing the missing teen who disappeared in Tenerife. Captured in the area of Santiago del Teide around 6pm on Monday, this image was captured nearly ten hours after Jay was last seen in Masca, less than four miles away. His family reportedly hopes the grainy image is of Jay Slater. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1914564/jay-slater-search-tenerife-new-cctv-image]
General Election latest: Nigel Farage launches shock two-word attack on Boris Johnson
- Nigel Farage has become embroiled in a furious row with Boris Johnson over Ukraine. The ex-prime minister accused the Reform UK leader of spreading “nauseating ahistorical drivel” and “Kremlin propaganda” after he claimed the West provoked Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1914497/general-election-live-nigel-fararge-rishi-sunak]