Last week, Starmer got Brexit done. While Nigel Farage pushed for it, and Boris Johnson fought for it, it was a Labour Prime Minister who took us to the point of no return.

Two massive trade deals in quick succession – first with India, then the United States – have moved the UK into a new economic orbit.

They’re not perfect, but they’re (mostly) done. And they’ve effectively locked the UK out of the EU for good.

Rejoining the bloc would now mean unpicking these agreements, a near-impossible diplomatic and political task. They’ve finally delivered that long sought-after Brexit dividend.

The EU has been trying to strike a trade deal with India since 2007 and still hasn’t managed it.

Instead of negotiating with US President Donald Trump, Brussels is puffing itself up and preparing £100 billion in retaliatory tariffs – the last thing embattled eurozone economies need.

Brexit wins have been thin on the ground. We’re nowhere near taking back control of our borders, with migration at record highs.

Yet these two deals mark the point of no return. Brexit is done – and, for all his faults, Starmer did it.

The backlash will be huge. And it will come from his own side.

Ever since Donald Trump’s election, pro-EU campaigners have gleefully predicted that Britain would be left isolated and should have stuck with Europe.

On 29 April, The Guardian crowed that a UK trade deal was only “a second-order priority” for Trump.

Nine days later, Starmer proved them wrong. Turns out we were first in line.

Despite the breakthrough, millions of Remainers still dream of rejoining the EU.

It’s true that life outside the single market and customs union has brought friction. But the argument is done and dusted.

The political and economic cost of going back now outweighs the pain of pushing forward.

European countries may look at what Starmer has achieved in the past week and wonder whether they’d be better off outside the EU too.

The US-UK deal won’t rescue the British economy overnight, but it’s still better than anything EU members enjoy.

It offers British carmakers a 10% tariff on the first 100,000 vehicles, down from 27.5%. Steel and aluminium are zero-rated.

Meanwhile, EU exporters still face blanket 20% tariffs, which could escalate.

Starmer’s deal has exposed Brussels. The EU always claimed members were stronger negotiating as a bloc.

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But if Trump offers Britain “unprecedented access” while ratcheting up EU tariffs, what message does that send to member states?

Starmer has taken a giant leap forward. This is a man who once called the Leave vote “catastrophic” and campaigned against it for years.

Labour Party members and other Remainers will be furious. They refuse to admit that these two deals are a Brexit dividend.

Instead, they’ll never forgive him – for trampling on their dreams by making Brexit irreversible.

Arise Sir Keir, Lord of Brexit, Hammer of the Remainers! Boy, are they going to hate you.