Keir Starmer has just completed something he once claimed would be “catastrophic”. He will be punished for it.

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.