brexit has been the great unmentionable so far in the selection. but tonight keir starmer called for closer ties with the eu. louisville just that and what can the party s social media campaigns tell us about the state of the race. good evening. welcome to newsnight, home to analysis and interviews. who would have imagined at the last election that the towering presence of brexit would hardly register as an issue half way through the next election campaign? it has not gone away as an issue, itjust seems to have been parked by all the main parties. ..for now. but tonight the labour leader, sir keir starmer, whose ming vase strategy started by saying as little as possible about britain s exit from the european union, has under the bbc s questioning given the fullest account of how a possible labour government would approach this thorny issue. we will be exploring that with the head of labour s pro european bloc, and the conservatives new approach to the election leaning in to d