Brexit

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng stuns both sides of the Commons with his mini-budget on 23 September.

British diplomats hope that if the dispute with the EU over the protocol is settled amicably and the NI executive is restored before next Easter, it could pave the way for a state visit by Biden to London in 2023

Liz Truss thanks Joe Biden for support during death of Queen Elizabeth

Liz Truss needs to be very assertive on this issue and she has to confront the Biden presidency over the Protocol to warn him to back off.

‘Thanks to the suspension of parliament after the Queen’s death, Liz Truss may not start facing regular Commons examinations until mid-October – six weeks after taking over Downing Street.’

She said she hoped Charles’ wife Camilla would be known as queen consort, and Charles took centre stage during Platinum Jubilee festivities

Currently, only 47% of 18- to 24-year-olds say Britain should continue to have a monarchy, compared with 86% of Britons aged 65 and over.

More serious than any potential loss of many largely symbolic overseas offices is the geopolitical uncertainty about Britain itself

The UK believes the continuation of the grace period for checks on goods will create the space needed for solutions to the protracted row with Brussels.

There are still influential voices in Europe who say that a EU without Britain is incomplete.