Radek Sikorski

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The News Agents · Why is Trump now handing over billions to Iran? · 18 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, I mean, if we made an exception to you, what would we then say to Switzerland or Norway?

Euro is easy.

So Poland joined after you and we are obliged by treaty to join the euro.

But it doesn't say when or at what rate.

Well, you were taken for a ride by people who promised the earth and delivered.

I seem to recall there was a minister for finding the benefits of Brexit.

Did he succeed in his mission?

So the actual deliverable of Brexit was that the status of EU citizens in this country was brought down to the level of all other foreigners.

and actually also EU citizens outside this country, in the EU.

So, you know, they were deprived of the freedom of movement.

Now, you gave settled status to those who were already in.

That was your national decision.

And on this, I'm slightly torn, to be honest, because on the one hand, it was...

seem to be mean-spirited to withdraw that pledge, that right.

But on the other hand, we want our polls back.

We, you know, when Tony Blair very generously, in the spirit of friendship, didn't exercise the seven-year right to keep the labour market closed, everybody and his brother from Eastern Europe tried their luck here.

We think

over 900,000 Poles came to this country.

I think what would happen is that many of them would apply for citizenship here in Britain and some would come back.

I think we are all pleased that the Strait of Hormuz is due to be open because the threat to the global economy, if this closure continued into July...

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