The NIP is what it is, it's quite obvious that the last government's plans for it are utterly ridiculous.Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:05 pmOf course it still matters. There's the small matter of the NIP for a start and whether it gets left, tweaked or binned etc. Then there's future relations with the EU and whether one is less cooperative or more. And lastly there's whether the hopeful has the basic drive to maximise opportunities that Brexit has enabled or is satisfied to leave things largely as they are.
Now we can all argue over some of those points along the age old lines of the Brexit debate either way, but they're still factors in MPs and Party members choosing who they might want as next PM.
Everything you mention is basically foreign policy and trade. They existed before Brexit, and they will always be fundamental. To my mind, anyone mentioning Brexit in the context of those two headings doesn't really have a clue how we got to where we are or any idea about the future.