British Prime Minister Burnham declines to rule out rejoining EU

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour's next election manifesto, according to UK media reports.Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week.Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were "for another day" and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit - which is expected to take place at some point later this year."My immediate priority is to build on the good work that Keir did in rebuilding bridges," he continued, referencing former PM Keir Starmer and his "Brexit reset" efforts. "Because those bridges were broken in the early part of this decade.
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