This is totally undemocratic, of course. What we need is a general election, not have all these prime ministers foisted upon us.
Naturally, I wish him all the best and he is probably the best of the bunch; but he is a staunch Brexiteer. So that makes me feel uneasy.
If Rishi Sunak wishes to succeed in this, he needs to find a way of convincing his Party and the country that Brexit needs urgently to be reversed. Unless Brexit is reversed, trying to "make Brexit work" will be as effective as trying to breathe life back into a dead parrot!
Remaining outside of the European Union will ensure that this country's economy underperforms; it will also ensure that we Brits will become ever poorer. – © Mark Alexander
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