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CONSERVATIVE MP KAREN Bradley has been named as the new secretary of state for Northern Ireland.
Bradley was named as a replacement to James Brokenshire by UK prime minister Theresa May as part of her cabinet reshuffle.
Brokenshire announced he was stepping down from the role earlier today, citing health reasons.
He had been in the position since July 2016, having taken over from Theresa Villiers in the wake of the UK’s Brexit vote.
Bradley (47) previously served as culture secretary. She has been a serving MP since 2010.
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What did the poor woman do to deserve that appointment?
@Brian Ward: What did Ireland do to deserve havin these tories shipped over to us, more like.
May’s third reshuffle in 18 months.
Strong and stable?
Time for Corbyn to come in and end this nonsense government.
@Franklin Roosevelt:
Brokenshire left the position for health reasons as he needs major surgery. Hardly a reshuffle
@Nick Allen: May is having her 3rd reshuffle in 18 months. What are you on about?
@Nick Allen: what Paul Devlin said.
You should keep your Tory/Fine Gael fandom to the comment section of the Daily Fail.
That’s your true home.
@Nick Allen: __ A proper reshuffle will take place shortly, apparently.
@Franklin Roosevelt: do you have a job?
@Paul Devlin:
SF fake news.
@Franklin Roosevelt:
Daily Fail – Is that An Phobhlacht?
@Ted Murray:
Thanks Ted, didn’t realise
No background with respect to Ireland. Was a remainer, now says she is pro leave but refuses to say which way she’d vote in another referendum so a real conscience politician. Previously reported for racism by colleagues when she vetoed the only non-white candidate for the board of Channel 4. Sounds like an ideal choice.
@Joe Harbison: DUP will like her. SF are too busy suspending members, rooting out bullies and trying to find someone who wants to lead them: hoping Brexit will be signed, sealed and delivered by the time they manage to get back on the pitch.
@alphanautica: That post tells all readers exactly all we need to know about you.
@Joe Harbison: Depends what kind of background you are looking for, Karen Bradley is married with family and is representing a farming rural constituency in Staffordshire. She is also a chartered accountant and has built up a down to business reputation. I just hope that she can see the wood from the trees in dealing with the DUP and SF.
Good luck to her and I think she would do well talking to the Irish government asap to get onto the right track.
@Chris Kirk: The northern irish people don’t seem to understand that their representatives refuse to govern, so they have to have babysitters like lord lieutenants to tell their civil servants what to do; ridiculous that a statelet on our island cannot even put aside petty differences to avoid having a staffordshire tory running their affairs for them.
Probably the only posting worse than Minister for Health:
Secretary of State for NI.
So only the Welsh Assembly now has a male leader in the U.K. In Norn Irn there wIll be three women in charge. Two blondes and a dark haired one. They might succeed in resurrecting the Assembly using women power.
@Micheal S. O’ Ceilleachair:
Don’t mention blonde – O’Neill might take offence.
@Micheal S. O’ Ceilleachair: The blondes i can live with-It’s the dark haired one that worries me.
@Micheal S. O’ Ceilleachair: time for some gender quotas?
@Micheal S. O’ Ceilleachair: was thinking about the 3 women thing before I came across your comment. It’ll be interesting to see if anything meaningful gets done. Apparently women are better than men at pretty much everything- according to women at least. And the fellas would do well to be very careful how they approach the ladies at certain times on the calendar.
Just what we need… Sounds like a clone of her boss (and I really don’t like piers morgan!)
http://www.businessinsider.com/tory-karen-bradley-dodges-questions-about-police-cuts-in-car-crash-interview-with-piers-morgan-2017-6?r=US&IR=T&IR=T
She is a Manchester City supporter so she must be good.
@Declan Carr: Ya! -I think she just switched over to Glentoran.
Another dud.
An honest broker .
I can picture Michelle O Neill getting on with her just fine…!!
Arlene, Michelle, Mary-Lou and Karenin charge! Wtf is going on?? Where are the alpha- dogs gone up there?
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