Farage brands Burnham's refusal to rule out a return to EU free movement a 'total betrayal of Brexit Britain'

Andy Burnham, Prime Minister, whom Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said "hasn't thought this through" after he refused to rule out a return to EU free movement.

Scenes of civil unrest in France that Nigel Farage shared online, claiming they showed "what Andy Burnham wants an open border with" ahead of the Prime Minister's Brussels summit on 20 November.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham argued that pre-Brexit EU migration 'perhaps wasn't as difficult' as today's, describing 'revolving door' arrivals who came and then went home. He wants an 'honest discussion' on free movement, even though Labour's 2024 manifesto ruled it out. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner called his plea 'just pragmatism'. He meets EU chiefs in Brussels on November 20.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warned there 'can be no return' to free movement.

Reform leader Nigel Farage also called Burnham 'deluded' over pre-Brexit migration.

Burnham insists he will never recommend joining the euro or the Schengen zone.

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