Politics brexit election Mishal Husain making this Tory tie himself in excruciating knots over Labour’s Brexit policy is today’s unmissable interview Oonagh Keating . Updated June 24th, 2024 Share Tweet It’s eight years since the referendum result revealed that the UK had not only shot itself in the foot, but had pulled out its own healthy teeth, punched itself in the face, and kicked itself up the arse. Brexit hasn’t been a hot topic in this general election campaign, despite Reform UK’s desperate attempts to release a medley of its greatest hit, but the news (which isn’t really news) that Labour would try to renegotiate some of the Brexit terms has thrown the Tory spin machine into top gear.

You can’t rejoin the EU by the back door. To rejoin the EU, there’s a very open & clear set of processes. We need to sort our own house out.

.. and then go knocking on the EU’s only door – the front door.

pic.twitter.com/BSskLMU8Fq — Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) June 24, 2024 When the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris , ventured into the BBC Radio 4 studio to be today’s sacrificial lamb for the increasingly pointless Tory election campaign, Mishal Husain quizzed him on his party’s reaction to Labour’s Brexit plans.

‘Quizzed’ isn’t really a strong enough word. She skewered him. Listen to Mishal Husain tie Chris Heaton-Harris up in knots over changing his mind.

MH: Do you think brexit is working perfectly? CHH: "I think brex.