In all areas, the UK continues to backtrack.

The European Union argues that we should be subject to rules of the club that we have left.

The precondition is the level playing field.

We can deliver a real Brexit that achieves our objectives.

But if there is not a deal, we still need the Irish protocol or the Northern Irish protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime villain. protocol or the Northern Irish protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime villain.

Hello and welcome to Brexit Republic, RTE's podcast on Brexit.

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor at the summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

And I'm Colom Ongo, Mungown, RTE's deputy foreign editor in Dublin. Each week, Brexit Republic brings you all the latest developments in leaders in Brussels. And I'm Colom Ongoen, Ortiz Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

Each week, Brexit Republic brings you all the latest developments in Dublin, Brussels and London.

This week, well, it's just hard to keep up.

After 44 days in office, Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister,

leaving behind the wreckage of a radical but ultimately disastrous economic plan to borrow tens of billions of pounds in order to cut taxes.

And within 24 hours there has been informed speculation

as we record this on Friday afternoon that Boris Johnson,

yes Boris Johnson, could get over the threshold of MP nominations

to get into a runoff in a hastily arranged leadership race.

With the Taoiseach Mihal Martin pointing to the Brexit referendum as the source of all the seemingly endless turmoil in British politics,

we'll assess the legacy of Liz Truss and where to now for the negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

But first, Tony, you're, as you say, at the European summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

As they arrived at the summit yesterday, Manuel Macron, the Taoiseach,

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