Has Rishi actually pulled it off?
Whatever the details of the deal that has been signed between Rishi Sunak and the EU, the management of the announcement has been really impressive. The backing received from across the Conservative party has been enthusiastic with Remainers and arch-Brexiters giving it the thumbs up and Labour MPs congratulating Sunak in the House.Listening to interviews or Commons speeches by people like Lord Howard, Steve Baker and David Davies, it is clear that a number of talking points have been give for people supportive of the plan to use to create an impressive of unanimity.However, it isn't time to uncork the champagne yet. The hard core Brexit opportunists like Braverman have been silent and Rees-Mogg has confined himself to criticising the role of the monarch along with Farage. We are all waiting now to see which way the DUP will jump and, if they say NO, then the deal will have failed in its main purpose.The portly Iago will be whispering in their ear that they should refuse because he knows a rupture in the Conservative Party over the issue is his only way back into power. He will say, and for once he will be telling the truth, that for all the hoopla, there is a border along the Irish Sea and EU law will apply in the United Kingdom. However, he will also make promises that when he is Prime Minister he will give them what they want. The question now is will the DUP really be so boneheaded to listen to a man that has lied to them and misled them at every point and used them as a tool for his political advantage without a passing thought to the damage this has wrought on Northern Ireland. We should all be hoping, and praying if that is your way, that they don't and they confine to the dustbin the career of a man who arguably has done more harm to this country than any leader since Charles I.
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