Brexit Britain creeps back into Brussels orbit under Labour

A bill which paves the way for closer regulatory alignment with the European Union almost slipped under the radar.

The new package of laws opens the door to British alignment with EU standards. | Pool Photo by Henry Nicholls via Getty 

August 12, 2024 4:15 am CET

By Sophie Inge, Jon Stone and Vincent Manancourt

LONDON — If there was an Olympic competition for the most boring-sounding legislation, the U.K.’s Product Safety and Metrology Bill would surely win gold.

But get past the yawn-inducing name and the proposed law — slipped into Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s legislative program without fanfare — starts to look like a major post-Brexit moment.

The new package of laws opens the door to British alignment with EU standards, a sharp break with the Conservative approach of putting as much water between London and Brussels as possible since Britain quit the bloc.

It gives the U.K. government the power to recognize EU product safety rules updated by the bloc since Britain’s departure.

That potentially makes life easier for businesses that want to trade in both markets and use EU parts in their supply chains. But it’s already got Brexiteers who prize British sovereignty spooked.

“This bill marks a step-change in EU policy,” Joël Reland from the UK in a Changing Europe think tank said. “For the first time since Brexit, a U.K. government is explicitly saying that it would actively like to maintain alignment with new EU regulations, to make life easier for businesses.”

The Brexiteer backlash

Unsurprisingly, Euroskeptics are not best pleased with the Labour government’s new approach.

The Daily Express newspaper has already branded the move a “Brexit betrayal” on its front page.

“The dishonesty and betrayal of Labour over this legislation is sadly what we must come to expect,” a spokesperson for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party said.

“If a company wants to align with EU regulations, it can. It does not need U.K. legislation to do so. The very idea of the legislation is to compel British businesses to comply with foreign legislation which we have no control over.”

The long-term effects of the plan could be far-reaching, with sectors ranging from tech to manufacturing sitting up to take notice.

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BREXIT was the greatest change to UK politics ever, and Britain has left the EU as determined by Bible Prophecy over 2,500 years ago.  

Despite what the Labour Government might have in their plans, Bible Prophecy does not have Britain aligned with the EU at the time of Christ’s Return.

What’s more, Bible Students fully expect to see the UK and the USA come close together with the UK leading the Commonwealth Nations as the KING OF THE SOUTH against the EU and RUSSIA. We will see this develop following BREXIT. Bible Prophecy is very clear on the fact that Britain will be a major global politically leader at the time with Russia and the EU invade the Middle East.  Britain will assume this role following BREXIT along with the Commonwealth Countries (and America who is also of British origin) make up the King of the South (along with Israel, Eqypt and the Gulf Arab Nations) at the time of the end that will move to stop Russia and Europe from invading the Middle East.

God has declared the End from the Beginning and the Bible (God’s Word) revealed that Britain would not be part of the EU when Christ Returns to Earth, and World Events have conspired to ensure that has now happened. But we need to keep watching this development as there is much to see yet as Britain takes her place once more on the World Political Stage.

See this Article to learn more about Britian and the Commonwealth Block in Bible Prophecy.

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