Merkel's extract from her upcoming autobiography clearly conveys that the disaster of Brexit has been felt on both sides of the English Channel. While Starmer remains adamant that rejoining the EU is not an option, it is clear that a return to the single market and customs union is exactly what the new UK government needs to truly rebuild ties and deliver the economic growth it has promised.
Merkel's legacy will rightly be remembered as one of failure. While nations like Germany continue to grapple with poor growth and raging immigration born from nearly two decades of disastrous EU establishment decisions, Starmer remains hellbent on defying the will of the British people and rejoining the failed European project in order to achieve purely ideological goals.