Sadiq Khan: ‘My Ultimate Goal Is To Reverse Brexit’

Sadiq Khan has explicitly stated that his “ultimate goal” is for the UK to rejoin the European Union.

In fact he reckons that reversing Brexit will happen within his lifetime, describing the 2016 decision as “the biggest act of economic self-harm any country’s ever done”.

In the meantime, the Mayor of London is calling for a return to the single market and customs union, although Keir Starmer has previously ruled that out.

Khan told the Observer: “Brexit was the biggest act of economic self-harm any country’s ever done.

“My ultimate goal is for us to rejoin and I think it will happen in my lifetime. I definitely want us to be part of a customs union.

“I’m somebody who’s an advocate for us being part of a single market. I think we can negotiate more now, because of how geopolitics has changed, than we could in 2016 or 2019. Europe needs us and we need Europe.”

Khan has been beating this drum for years, having called for the Brexit debate to be reopened a month after Keir Starmer came into power in 2024.

He said at the time: “In the medium to long term, there will need to be a conversation about whether we have a better future inside the EU or outside of it.”

However, this is the first time he’s outright come out and said that his ultimate goal is for the UK to rejoin the EU. Obviously as Mayor of London he doesn’t have the power to do that, but then again, it was the last London Mayor who took us out of the EU in the first place…

Seems like rejoining the EU could be a hot topic ahead of the next General Election in 2029. Although perhaps the debate will come sooner because no one actually believes Keir Starmer is going to make it to 2029 as PM.

Sadiq Khan won an unprecedented third term as London Mayor in 2024 and has already declared he wants to run for a fourth term to take him to 16 years in office. That’s going to boil some p1ss…