As Labour descends into renewed infighting over Brexit and the party’s future after heavy local election losses to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Independent readers have been deeply divided over how Labour’s would-be leadership contenders should handle Britain’s relationship with Europe.
Much of the debate centred on Wes Streeting’s call for Britain to eventually rejoin the EU, with supporters praising him for openly describing Brexit as a “catastrophic mistake” and arguing Labour should stop avoiding the issue.