Irish Examiner view: Why Britain is not ready for Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in the BBC Tory leadership debate last week.
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SUBSCRIBEIreland should start planning now for what it might be like to deal with a British government led by Liz Truss, because that is the way the wind is blowing. And the prospect for us might not be very good at all.
Further recalcitrance with Europe; tensions over the North; a difficult winter ahead and a Britain that commands influence both within Nato and with Ukraine.
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