The outcome of the Tory leadership contest which will decide the UK's next Prime Minister will be regarded by some sceptics as a Hobson's choice for Northern Ireland.
While Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been hotly debating their wider spending and taxation plans, many will see little discernable difference in how they regard matters on these shores.
Both say they want to "fix" issues with Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol, albeit with nuanced differences in approach, and both want to see Stormont power-sharing restored.
