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Latest episode of Tory pyschodrama

The elevation of Rishi Sunak to 10 Downing Street may fall substantially short of the momentousness of Barack Obama’s 2008 triumph — after all, it isn’t based on any mandate.

Scottish question

An independent Scotland is not easy. British law would require approval from Westminster, which depends on consent from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to hold a binding independence vote. Johnson is not keen to become the Prime Minister who lost Scotland.

The Queen speaks

She has utilised the opportunity to spell out the Brexit agenda, indeed the priorities of Boris Johnson’s born-again government.