Brokenshire to make strong case for North

Just like this country, Britain has made it clear it does not want to see a return of the hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

According to James Brokenshire, the new northern secretary appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May in her wide-sweeping and surprising cabinet reshuffle, the importance of his mission will be to go out and listen to what the community is saying. By doing so, as he stressed, he hopes to make a very “strong case” for Northern Ireland.

Not only does this give northerners a highly significant and welcome insight into the mindset of Britain’s representative in the North, it can also be interpreted as reflecting the prime minister’s views of the implications of Brexit regarding Ireland.