Chris Green MP: ​PM’s success in key negotiations

They also think that, once negotiated, treaties never have to be revised or improved upon. This is certainly the attitude they have when we are trying to forge a new relationship with the European Union.

Partners in treaties, just as in business deals and any other relationship, may not act with good faith or, even when they do, have a fundamentally different interpretation of the agreement.

This is never truer than with our ongoing relationship with the EU.

Overlaying new treaties on top of existing treaties, as with the situation in Northern Ireland, complicates matters as does the recent history of the Troubles.

The question of ‘good faith’ on the part of the EU arises because their chief negotiator wanted to punish the United Kingdom for daring to leave and gain independence. He thought that the price of freedom should be to sacrifice Northern Ireland.

This explains the EU’s grossly wrong interpretation of our new relationship which they are using to divide part of the United Kingdom from Great Britain.

This behaviour, from the EU, has caused an increase in tensions and fears over taking a step closer to the resumption of the Troubles.

Power sharing has come to an end which has caused further difficulties and heightened the need for the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to step in and resolve those problems.

Having been in position since the end of last year, Rishi Sunak has taken a very different approach to leadership when compared to his predecessors.

He feels that he has less need to occupy our television screens which made many wonder what he has been doing as Prime Minister.

This past two weeks have certainly answered that question. Not only is has he negotiated a new relationship with the EU but he has just announced a new approach to dealing with illegal immigration.

I have visited and taught English in Rwanda and know it to be a beautiful friendly country.

They are willing to welcome people from all over the world who seek sanctuary from what ever troubles they face.

Britain is willing to work with them to deliver on this commitment but the British legal system provides many hurdles along they way even though the Conservative Government has a clear democratic mandate, from the British people, to deal with this situation.

There ought to be no reason to flee across the English Channel on dangerous little boats from France.

The French have built a reasonably civilised culture and society and they must be perplexed as to why genuine refugees would not want to stay there.

The next challenge is to negotiate a better relationship with the French President and get the legislation past Labour and through Parliament. That sounds like a tough job to me.