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In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

Al Jazeera · May 27, 2026, 11:56 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.
  • “If I want to DJ and if I take records, I have to declare that.
  • He spoke to Al Jazeera in the London borough of Lambeth, where about 80 percent of people like him voted in vain to remain in the EU in 2016.

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The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.

xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Pro- and anti-Brexit demonstrators argue at Parliament Square in London in October 2019 [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]By Edna Mohamed Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026London, England – For record stall owner Johnny Skates, leaving the European Union has made travelling to DJ in Europe harder as the tax implications of bringing his materials with him have tightened.

“If I want to DJ and if I take records, I have to declare that. In the past, you could just go, and there [Europe], it was nothing,” the 66-year-old said.

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