I agree there are opportunities coming up and in the interests of the Conservative Party Sunak should take them. He really does have the chance to split the ERG and so consign it to oblivion. But my expectation is he will not. It may happen some Brexiteers vote one way and some the other, but I think Sunak is more likely to sigh a breath of relief and move on, rather than take the change to really exert his authority over them and, for example, remove the whip from those who vote against him. It will be interesting to see what Johnson does. As you imply, Steve, I think there will be a strategy of presenting here on in as having turned a corner. But there are still Trusses and Johnsons and their supporters about, not to mention the DUP. Will power be restored in Stormont? We will see.
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