
James Brokenshire
TO NO ONE’S surprise the DUP and Sinn Féin sailed through northern secretary James Brokenshire’s sixth “deadline” last Monday night. Many people thought Brokenshire’s predecessor Theresa Villiers – sacked after the 2015 British general election – was the most clueless bloodless and ineffectual northern secretary since Merlyn Rees in 1974. Now Brokenshire’s performance makes her... Read more »