STEPHEN GLOVER: Starmer's bought a one-way ticket to Brussels

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : The EU has set its heart on youth mobility - and is going to have it.
60% : The youth mobility scheme will enable young EU citizens to live, work or study in the UK, and young Britons to do the same on the Continent In short, the deal is remarkably fluid.
60% : It is a way of bringing the UK further under the sway of the EU.
53% : Since Brexit, net migration figures - the difference between those leaving the country and arriving - have soared to unprecedented levels, almost reaching a million in the year ending June 2023.
53% : His infatuation with the EU - and his eagerness to be drawn back into its orbit - outweigh pragmatic considerations about immigration.
52% : Keir Starmer with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the UK-EU summit at Lancaster House in London on Monday, where they unveiled the new 'youth experience scheme' The deal between the two sides unveiled on Monday envisages a new youth mobility scheme, which will enable young EU citizens to live, work or study in the UK, and young Britons to do the same on the Continent.
52% : Britain is being eased back into the maw of the EU Brussels reportedly wants the scheme to include 18 to 35-year-olds (rather than 18 to 30-year-olds, as was previously suggested) plus relatives.
52% : There are said to be 60 million people between 18 and 35 in the EU.
52% : One probable reason is that EU leaders like the idea of their own children - little Hans or young Amelie - being packed off to Britain for a while to learn English and enjoy themselves.
51% : That said, the terms of the deal announced on Monday strongly favour the EU.
48% : Remember that the population of the EU is more than six times that of the UK, so there will be many more young people turning up on our shores than going in the opposite direction.
47% : But EU negotiators have the bit between their teeth.
47% : EU negotiators are therefore free to play hardball over the rearmament fund, or even over the lifting of barriers to British food exports, in order to get what they want in respect of youth mobility.
46% : In fact, the deal was really only clear and set in stone when it comes to British concessions to the EU, most notably the Government's daft agreement to throw open our waters to EU fishing boats for 12 years from 2026.
42% : Our PM is far from being an ace negotiator, and only an optimist would predict that he'll be able to resist EU demands on youth mobility.
40% : Last week he said it would be 'a big mistake' to cave in to EU demands on youth mobility.
39% : Yvette Cooper used to understand this until she was leant on by Starmer, who has willingly given in to pressure from the EU.
38% : They confirm that for the EU this is an issue of enormous importance.

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