Emma deSouza: Ireland will remain in the crosshairs of British government no matter who wins Tory leadership

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in the BBC Tory leadership debate, Our Next Prime Minister, presented by Sophie Raworth, a head-to-head debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, between the Conservative party leadership candidates.
On September 5, those living in the United Kingdom will have a new prime minister foisted upon them by 150,000 eligible conservative members.
They make up 0.29% of the population. Irrespective of whether their vote favours Truss or Sunak, the island of Ireland will remain in the crosshairs of the British government, as a raft of new legislation closes in, threatening to place both British-Irish relations, and the peace process, under mounting strain.