Has Rishi Sunak’s NI deal silenced Tory Eurosceptics?
Political Fix3 Mar 2023

Has Rishi Sunak’s NI deal silenced Tory Eurosceptics?

Boris Johnson may have criticised the prime minister’s deal on post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland but a number of formerly staunch Eurosceptic rebels — including Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker — have enthused about Sunak’s success. How is the PM going to manage dissent within his own ranks, or is Eurosceptic opposition crumbling? Plus, what the deal on the new-look protocol - aka the Windsor framework - means in practice for business.


Presented by George Parker, with political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, Ireland correspondent Jude Webber, Brussels correspondent Andy Bounds and special guest former Tory cabinet minister and New Statesman columnist David Gauke.


Produced by Anna Dedhar and Manuela Saragosa. The sound engineer was Breen Turner


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