Quelle surprise! Burnham reveals Brexit surrender deal is just the start of his bid to cosy up to the EU - as Nandy is accused of trying to hijack Remembrance Day

Published: 18:56 EDT, 8 November 2026 | Updated: 20:06 EDT, 8 November 2026 Andy Burnham faced a fresh backlash on Sunday night after he said his EU deal was just the start of his plans to cosy up to Europe.Amid warnings from Brussels that Britain could not 'cherry pick' a deal, the Prime Minister said his reset did not need to be the 'end of our ambition'.But Brexiteers rounded on his comments, telling the Daily Mail that Mr Burnham is 'living in the past'.It came as Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was accused of trying to hijack Remembrance Sunday after linking the commemoration of the nation's war dead to the Brexit reset.The PM had told the Sunday Mirror that his deal, to be unveiled at a summit on November 20, would cut red tape on food imports and exports and ease pressure on prices at the supermarket. He added: 'This summit will show what we can achieve when we work together, but it doesn't need to be the end of our ambition.'Working more closely with Europe could drive growth, make our country safer and give us more tools to tackle illegal migration. That's a conversation worth having.'On Sunday night, former Tory home secretary Dame Priti Patel told the Daily Mail: 'This man is unelected and he has no mandate to start negotiating or trying to drag us back into the EU, by the back door, in a way which is not transparent. The country has moved on and Burnham seems to be living in the past.' Andy Burnham faced backlash on Sunday night after saying his EU deal was just the start of his plans to cosy up to Europe While Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy (pictured) was accused of trying to hijack Remembrance Sunday by linking the commemoration of the nation's war dead to the Brexit reset And former Brexit Secretary David Davis added: 'Labour is naive about this. There is no question it's a good thing to be reasonably close to your nearest ally and nearest neighbour. But not at any price, and certainly not at the price the Europeans will demand.'Conservative peer Lord Redwood said: 'The Prime Minister should come clean: going into the EU means dearer energy, higher taxes and slower growth.'Ms Nandy caused outrage among veterans as she was accused of using Remembrance Sunday to launch 'an EU membership pitch'.In a statement her department said: 'We owe it to our brave veterans to repair these relationships with our friends in Europe.'One ex-serviceman told TalkTV that veterans should have turned their backs when the PM laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Sunday, while Falklands veteran Simon Weston, 65, said of Ms Nandy's comments: 'It's tragic that somebody could be so obtuse. I am stunned.' On Sunday, she said she was 'horrified' by the accusations. Speaking to Sky News's Sunday Morning programme, Ms Nandy said: 'I cannot see what is political about saying that we want young people from every part of this country to understand the contribution that their grandparents and great-grandparents made, not just to us, but to many, many lives of people that they had never met.'She acknowledged there will be 'trade-offs' for Britain as it seeks to get closer to the EU again. And she appeared to suggest that she was not in favour of seeing the UK rejoin the trade bloc, but that it should still pursue closer ties to fulfil the promises of Brexit.Michel Barnier, Brussels' former Brexit negotiator, said the UK would need to accept free movement if it wants closer ties in future. He told the BBC: 'There is no cherry picking. There will be no possibility to have one freedom and not the other.'