RED Wall Labour MPs today urged Sir Keir Starmer to ignore calls to haul Britain back into the EU.
A fresh row erupted after London Mayor Sir declared Britain should rejoin the single market and customs union.
Labour MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer to ignore calls for Britain to rejoin the EUCredit: Getty
And trade minister Sir refused to rule out Labour contesting the next election on a pledge to reverse .
Mr Bryant said: “I think we should be immensely ambitious about our relationship with the .
“You know what we were promised in the Brexit referendum – which incidentally was a pack of lies – we were promised frictionless trade. Give me frictionless trade however you want it and do it fast.”
Sir Sadiq insisted it was “inevitable” that Britain would end up heading back towards the EU.
His remarks sparked fury among Labour MPs in leave-voting heartlands.
Jo White, head of the party’s influential Red Wall group, lead the chorus of condmenation.
She told The Sun: “Now is not the time or the place to be talking about going back into the EU.
“What we need to focus on is good trade deals and what is best for our economy.”
She added: “I don’t want to spend the next three years looking at the past – we have to look forward.”
Ms White said her Bassetlaw constituency in the East Midlands “voted for change and now is not the time to be looking backwards”.
The senior backbencher’s anger was echoed by Labour’s Natalie Fleet.
The MP for Bolsover blasted: “While London may want to rejoin, areas like mine that voted 70 per cent to leave definitely do not.
“In an increasingly divided world, the last thing we need is to divide the country all over again by restarting this debate.”
Downing Street today insisted Sir Keir is sticking to his “red lines” on .
A spokesman for the PM said there will be no return to the single market or customs union — but ministers will continue “improving our relationship” with Brussels.
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