Brexit may have felt absent from this election – but it will still define it

Those who voted leave still feel ignored and marginalised. The pressure will be on for Labour to boost growth and narrow regional dividest is one of the oddities of this weirdest of election campaigns that the issue that helped give the Conservatives anTo be sure, much has happened since 2019, most notably a global pandemic, a cost of living crisis and the brief – yet drama-packed – premiership of Liz Truss. Making ends meet features more prominently insince the last election matters.

But after Labour’s drubbing at the 1983 election there was then a shift towards a more pro-EU stance amid hopes that Brussels-style socialism offered a way to circumvent the policies of Margaret Thatcher. To say the least, the party is not entirely comfortable with Starmer’s decision to rule out rejoining the EU.Labour’s Brexit strategy was summed up by Starmer on one of the few occasions the issue has surfaced during the campaign –with Nick Robinson.

As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has noted, progress towards the 2030 levelling up goals set in a 2022 white paperPolitical developments on the other side of the Channel are helpful to Starmer, because he can point out to his critics that the EU is not exactly a haven of contentment and prosperity, and hasn’t been for some time.

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