Sunak Picks Brexit Fight With His Own Party

Summary

The script discusses UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's proposal to screen future UK laws for trade friction with Northern Ireland. This angers Brexit hardliners as it risks future divergence from the EU. The proposal also invites criticism from senior Tories like Kemi Badenoch who want to position themselves to replace Sunak. The Tories don't care about Northern Ireland so the proposal is politically risky. Sonak is playing with fire as it will amplify divisions within his party right before an election where unity is needed. The proposal seems politically insane as it cannot help but create conflict.

Takeaways

• 😒 Rishi Sunak's plan to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland goes against Brexit and divides his party
• 😟 The Tories don't care much about Northern Ireland or the DUP
• 🤔 For the Tories, Brexit is now just about sovereignty
• 😠 Kemi Badenoch opposes Sunak's plan and may challenge him
• 😬 Sunak's plan invites criticism from his party and media allies
• 😡 The Tories will never get rid of the NI Protocol or Irish sea border
• 🤨 Northern Ireland is not a priority for the Tories
• 😤 Sunak's plan is politically dangerous before an election
• 😩 His plan cannot help but create rifts in the party
• 😞 Sunak did not seem to consult his election strategist on this

Q & A

What is the main topic of the video?

The video discusses how UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland has exposed divisions within his Conservative Party.

How does Sunak's plan relate to Brexit?

Sunak's plan involves screening future UK laws to ensure they do not create trade friction between Britain and Northern Ireland. This could limit the UK's ability to diverge from EU regulations post-Brexit.

Why is the Northern Ireland protocol an issue for hardline Brexiteers?

The Northern Ireland protocol requires checks on goods crossing the Irish sea from Britain to Northern Ireland. Hardline Brexiteers see this as undermining British sovereignty.

Why might Kemi Badenoch oppose Sunak's plan?

Badenoch is positioning herself as a future party leader. She may oppose the plan to bolster her credentials with hardline Brexiteers in the Conservative party.

Why does the video say the Conservatives don't care about Northern Ireland?

The Conservatives have few political interests in Northern Ireland. It complicates their Brexit plans and they only care about areas that enrich them.

What does the video say is the only benefit of Brexit left?

The only claimed benefit of Brexit left is the notion of sovereignty and controlling the UK's own laws.

How could Sunak's plan impact the next UK general election?

It could divide the Conservative party and damage its chances in the election by exposing internal splits.

Why does the video say the Conservatives will not remove the NI protocol?

Removing it could trigger a trade war with the EU. The NI protocol was needed to avoid this.

How does the video portray the DUP?

As 'useful idiots' who were used by the Conservatives until no longer needed.

What does the video say about Sunak's election strategist?

That Sunak likely did not run this plan past his strategist, as it seems politically damaging.

Outlines

00:00

🤔 Sonak's Plan for NI Power-Sharing Riles up Tory Brexiteers

Sonak proposed a plan to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, promising to screen UK laws to prevent trade friction. This upset hardline Brexiteers as it limits regulatory divergence from the EU. It also invites a split with senior Tories like Kemi Badenoch who want to position themselves as future leaders. The policy seems politically unwise given the divisions it causes within the party.

05:02

😡 Tories View NI as Separate from GB and Largely Irrelevant

The Tories don't care much about Northern Ireland or consider it part of Great Britain. NI makes hard Brexit difficult and has different political parties. The DUP were briefly useful to the Tories but discarded when no longer needed. The Tories only want Stormont restored to avoid direct rule. Sonak's plan to help NI seems foolish given most Tories view it as separate and irrelevant.

Keywords

💡brexit

Brexit refers to the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. It is a key theme in the video, with discussion about the impact of Brexit on trade and economic ties between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. The script looks at how Brexit undermines past agreements and causes friction over Northern Ireland's status.

💡divergence

Divergence means moving apart or developing differences. The video discusses divergence from EU regulations and the negative economic impacts this could have. It suggests the UK government's pursuit of divergence is an 'illusion' that will reduce trade.

💡protocol

The Northern Ireland protocol is part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, intended to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The video says the government needs to implement this protocol, despite opposition from hardline Brexiteers.

💡trade

Trade and economic ties are a focus, with discussion about how alignment between markets boosts trade, while divergence reduces it. The video is critical of Brexit's impact on UK trade.

💡tories

The Tories or Conservative Party lead the UK government. The video looks at divisions among Tories over Brexit policies and how the Prime Minister's proposals seem to deliberately invite conflict.

💡election

There is discussion about the next UK general election which the video says Prime Minister Sunak seems to want to call for May 2024. The script looks at how he needs party unity to limit losses.

💡leadership

With Sunak seen as a 'lame duck' PM, senior Tories like Kemi Badenoch are positioning themselves for the future leadership contest after the likely election defeat.

💡executive

This refers to the Northern Ireland Executive which has power-sharing between parties in the Stormont Assembly. The video looks at negotiations around restoring this.

💡Ireland

As well as discussion of Northern Ireland's status, the video suggests most Conservative politicians see Ireland as separate from their interests and show little concern for stability there.

💡media

The right-wing partisan media is depicted as aggressively attacking the government over its Brexit policies, limiting room for compromise despite economic impacts.

Highlights

Sonak was preparing to offer the DUP a deal to get Northern Ireland governance running again

The deal involved promising future UK laws won't create more Irish Sea trade friction

This promise was instantly attacked as sacrificing Brexit freedom

Trade is about alignment with markets, not divergence

Sonak is playing with fire by picking this fight with his party

The Tories don't care much about Northern Ireland

The only Brexit benefit left is the vague notion of sovereignty

Tory leadership hopefuls are positioning themselves already

Sonak invited attacks from his own cabinet and Tory media

The election is fast approaching and Tories need unity

Tories will never get rid of the NI Protocol or sea border

Tories only care about NI to avoid the hassle of direct rule

Sonak's proposal is politically insane before an election

Influential forces still unpicking Tory party cohesion

Sonak decided this policy without consulting his strategist

Transcripts

hi marville I'd like talk about politics

and in this video I'd like to discuss

how rishy sonak seems to have provided

another opportunity to expose the

divisions within his party just as his

election strategist is calling for Unity

it relates to a plan for restoring power

sharing in Northern Ireland but involves

stomping on an awful lot of brexit toes

but first if you'd like to be notified

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subscribe to the channel so on Thursday

I already report in the telegraph That

sonak Was preparing to offer the dup a

deal in return for forming the Stormont

executive and getting governance in

Northern Ireland running again the deal

involved a promise to screen all future

UK laws to make sure that they do not

create further trade friction in the

Irish sea but this is basically a

promise that future UK laws cannot

create Divergence with the EU in a way

that hampers trade between Britain and

Northern Ireland it was instantly

attacked as sacrificing brexit freedom

now I could yet again explain how these

so-called brexit freedoms are Illusions

trade is all about alignment with other

markets governments invest significant

resources into negotiating alignment

with important markets in order to boost

their trade we stand alone as being the

only country actively trying to

negotiate Divergence with the resultant

loss of trade it brings however we'll

leave that for now what I'd like to

discuss in this video is the sort of The

Madness of sonnak doing this because the

result was always predictable I actually

mentioned this policy proposal in a

video short on Thursday and described it

as sonak picking his next fight with his

own party and then would you believe it

the telegraph ran another article late

on Thursday night where they report that

business secretary kemy bad knck says

she opposes this plan and will challenge

sonak over it it's actually quite funny

the way the telegraph tried to Hype up

her invention uh intervention sorry they

said and I quote the business secretary

vowed to raise the issues at the highest

level I thought well I by definition

everything she raises with the prime

minister is at the highest level she's

the secretary of state he's the head of

government and she'll be raising in

cabinet you can't get any higher than

that like if she talks about this great

coffee she had that morning with her

cabinet colleagues that's also raising

it at the highest level but the more

serious side of this for the Tores is

that sonak is playing with fire here

let's consider the various factors in

isolation before we bring them together

first the Tories don't much care about

Northern Ireland and the hard brexiteers

especially so in fact Poland shows that

of those who still support brexit in

general they'd rather see Ireland

reunify than their precious brexit

watered down second there is nothing

left of brexit now but this vague notion

of sovereignty there are a few still

trying to argue oh no our trade's

actually improved it's like no it hasn't

or that the problems are caused by

something else very few are buying it

the benefits of the benefits were very

specific cheaper food cheaper clothes

better jobs better pay none of it's

materialized all that's left to say is

that brexit is worth all the now obvious

hardships because we get to decide our

own laws now this is sonnak saying that

we should not choose to adopt or change

a law If it creates friction with EU

trade third the Tores are looking at a

right hiding in the coming election and

Leadership hopefuls are wanting to

position themselves at the moment senior

members of the party aren't really

focusing on the election they know the

election's gone they're focusing on what

comes after it they want to make sure

that their faction maybe even themselves

becomes a senior member of that future

leadership KY badok is one of the Front

Runners to replace sonak and she knows

she has to build up support now she

can't wait for sonak to resign be too

late so sonak has basically invited a

situation where cabinet splits must now

be reported orted fourth much of the

Tory media is aggressively pushing this

Divergence line for the financial

benefit of their owners most of whom

don't even live in this country they

will inevitably align themselves against

sonak on such a policy so you put all

this together sonak is proposing a

policy which invites party inviting sets

at least one senior member of his own

government against him because she's not

going to wreck her leadership chances

for a lame duck prime minister and

invites the Tory media to carry on

attacking him for having no

in fact on the K bad knck front you know

if this policy looks like going ahead

she may even feel she has no choice but

to resign from the cabinet in order to

secure her leadership credentials that

would be very damaging and for what for

a part of the UK that the Tories do not

even think as part of their own country

on Thursday Penny mordon was trying to

Big rishy sonak up against the rebels

and I briefly mentioned her little

speech in another video yesterday but in

part of she said that that the Prime

Minister represents Great

Britain Great Britain not the UK then

just Great Britain all right then I mean

how much more evidence do you need

Northern Ireland makes their hard brexit

really difficult it causes all sorts of

trouble it has its own political parties

absolutely no party active in Britain

has any representation in Northern

Ireland it's a completely different

microcosm in the House of Commons I

don't know how often I have to say this

the Tories do not care about anyone who

cannot help them become richer or

maintain or enhance their power and

Northern Ireland does none of these

things for them the dup were useful

idiots for them between 2017 and 2019

then dropped them like a stone when they

were no longer useful yet they keep

sounding surprised when the Tories don't

seem to be on the same page as them the

Tores are never getting rid of the Irish

sea trade border the Windsor framework

had nothing to do with Northern Land

from the Tory point of view it was a way

to sell they they needed the Northern

Ireland protocol to be implemented they

knew that they needed a way of saying

that they'd improved it so they could

sell it to their supporters in Britain

who don't even know where Northern

Ireland is because if they didn't

implement the Northern Ireland protocol

then there would be a trade war with the

EU and possibly the United States the

only reason they even care about the

Stormont executive forming is that they

don't want the hassle of direct rule

especially as it would mean London and

Dublin being jointly involved but this

proposal of sunx is politically insane

the election is fast approaching no

matter when he calls it and I still say

he wants to call it for may he knows his

party needs to be United to at least

limit the damage his MPS are mostly now

trying to unite but various influential

forces are still unpicking the seams of

party cohesion and now sonnak has

decided on a policy which cannot help

but create another r

which will absolutely be Amplified in

the Tory media I cannot imagine that he

ran this one past his election

strategist but there we are those are my

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