Tory leadership: Sunak frustrated government attempts to realise benefits of Brexit, Truss allies claim - UK politics live

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : There is not much evidence yet that these huge opportunities actually exist, but one common idea in the Brexitverse is that, if Brexit is not working yet, it is because it has not been implemented properly, and the Clarke/Kwarteng article reflects this thinking.
51% : In an article for the Daily Telegraph two leading Truss supporters, Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, and Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, accuse him of frustrating government attempts to realise the benefits of Brexit.
44% : Sunak himself does believe that Brexit offers economic opportunities and, in response to the article, a campaign spokesperson said:Rishi was one of the few ministers who delivered real Brexit reforms as chancellor.
43% : They write:[Sunak] talks abopt cutting EU regulations, yet dug his heels in as chancellor against efforts to do exactly that and realise the benefits of Brexit.
41% : Sunak, of course, voted for Brexit in 2016, when Truss was supporting remain.
40% : In their article Clarke and Kwarteng talk about the importance of exploiting "the huge economic opportunities of Brexit".

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