If you object to any trace of the EU in Northern Ireland future affairs, look away now. Even Lord Frost who delivered the discredited Protocol isn’t quite with you. Sunak’s deal will help he admits “but it’s a bitter pill to swallow”. Whereas Sunak stresses NI ‘s recovery of UK sovereignty, Frost points out reasonably that the deal is so called because it is indeed a framework for applying EU law We are told that 1700 pages of EU law …
24 hours on, the chances of success for Rishi Sunak’s mission are no clearer. Optimism however has the edge on the EU stage. As its cheerleader the FT describes it solving the Protocol quandary presages an entire reset of the UK’s future relations with the EU, quoting for instance the veteran diplomat Kim Darroch: It will make a real, positive, difference in Northern Ireland. It will stand up Sumac’s claim to be a problem solver. It will get us back …
You may not like his politics, but it is quite an accomplishment for the son of Indian immigrants to take the top job in UK politics. As a Hindu, he is also the first non-Christian to hold the job. Disraeli was born Jewish but converted to the Church of England. Sunak’s parents were middles class pharmacists, and he was privately educated, so it is not exactly a rags-to-riches story. After a successful career in finance and then marrying a billionaire’s …
The Prime Minister, chancellor and Carrie Johnson have been given fixed-penalty notices for attending a number 10 lockdown party. Is this a resigning matter? Or with the Ukraine Invasion is it not the right time for a leadership contest? Partygate: More than half of voters think that Boris Johnson should resign after fine https://t.co/FESnDEhRSU — Sky News (@SkyNews) April 13, 2022 My own view is I am surprised Boris has lasted this long but there is not exactly a wealth …
