2 resultsfor “UK national consensus on EU membership”
membership” of the past. British elites, he said earlier this month, [needed to “internalise” the fundamental European deal](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/06/local-elections-labour-starmer-greens-polanski-red-cross-reform-tories-conservatives-lib-dems-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-69fb04658f08711e04fe1223#block-69fb04658f08711e04fe1223) “that you get more benefits in return for pooling of some aspects of sovereignty
EU at “a much higher dosage” than the government was planning. Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about the [report by the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration), he said he was “absolutely convinced