.brendanhughes64: 'For a role long seen as a poisoned chalice, it is perhaps refreshing that someone appears to actually want to be appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland'
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.
Of perhaps greater importance for the region than who occupies Number 10 is who they will choose as their Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. In the Johnson era, the Northern Ireland Office has been used as a holding pen for party loyalists who can be sent out at a moment's notice to bat for the government on TV and radio.
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