In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.London, England – For record stall owner Johnny Skates, leaving the European Union has made travelling to DJ in Europe harder as the tax implications of bringing his materials with him have tightened.“If I want to DJ and if I take records, I have to declare that. In the past, you could just go, and there [Europe], it was nothing,” the 66-year-old said.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4What’s next for Brexit?list 2 of 4What led to Brexit?list 3 of 4A Brexit election?list 4 of 4Will Brexit still mean Brexit?end of listHe spoke to Al Jazeera in the London borough of Lambeth, where about 80 percent of people like him voted in vain to remain in the EU in 2016.“Now I have to declare the value of the records I take because if I don’t, I get taxed because they say, ‘Oh, you’re taking in records to sell. There’s tax on them.’ If I send a record and I put the value, or vice versa, if I buy something and it’s the value, I’ve got to pay the tax when it comes into the country,” said Skates, who goes by his DJ name.Since the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections at the beginning of May, the debate over the decision to leave the EU, also known as Brexit, has been renewed.In the aftermath of the vote, Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to rebuild Britain’s relationship with Europe “by putting Britain at the heart of Europe, so that we are stronger on the economy, stronger on trade, stronger on defence” – almost 10 years after 52 percent of Britons voted to leave the bloc.Wes Streeting, the former health secretary and now would-be contender in a possible leadership contest to succeed Starmer, has called Brexit a “catastrophic mistake”, suggesting the UK rejoin the bloc to help “rebuild our economy and trade”.