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Owen Polley

  • Senior Associate, Quadriga Consulting Ltd and Writer, Freelance
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Writer, commentator and policy consultant. Byline at Daily Telegraph, The Times, the Irish Times, Standpoint, CapX, Reaction, News Letter, The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, Belfast Telegraph, Irish News, FourFourTwo and other websites and magazines.

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Boris can still prevent a United Ireland - by scrapping the customs border in the Irish Sea

Boris can still prevent a United Ireland - by scrapping the customs border in the Irish Sea

Polls probably underestimate support for the Union in Northern Ireland. But there's no room for complacency.

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Ulster fry | Owen Polley | Standpoint

Ulster fry | Owen Polley | Standpoint

I t could have been a golden age for Ulster unionism. In 2016, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) played a s…

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Unionist opposition to the Brexit deal is completely reasonable

Unionist opposition to the Brexit deal is completely reasonable

In the past 10 days, Theresa May fended off a potential Conservative leadership contest, swatted aside Labour…

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Social media has degraded the art of political dialogue

Social media has degraded the art of political dialogue

Leo Varadkar caused bewilderment after a recent Twitter exchange with a Brexiteer whose account is followed b…

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The EU's Northern Ireland proposals could break up the UK

The EU's Northern Ireland proposals could break up the UK

At every turn, it seems that progress in the Brexit negotiations is thwarted by the issue of the Irish border…

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Would Andy Burnham protect the Union?

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By Owen Polley
| The Critic Magazine (UK) Verified
There are ominous signs that Burnham will be worse on Northern Ireland than Keir Starmer There were always two strong arguments for hoping that Sir Keir Starmer would survive as prime minister, even as he became regarded as a symbol of everything that was wrong with British politics. The first was that he was making his party increasingly unpopular and almost certainly unelectable, so long as either the Conservatives rebuilt some credibility or Reform avoided spontaneously combusting.
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Voters may never trust the DUP again after Jeffrey Donaldson’s downfall

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By Owen Polley
| The Spectator Australia Verified
Former DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, was found guilty of eighteen counts of child sex abuse, including rape, at Newry Crown Court. The jury also found that his wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, aided and abetted his offences against the two victims. Due to problems with her mental health, though, she faced only a ‘trial of facts’, which tested the evidence but did not result in a criminal conviction.
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Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control

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By Owen Polley
| The Critic Magazine (UK) Verified
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic Just like other groups that tend to be consumed by hatred for Israel, Irish nationalists usually deny they are antisemitic. The most common defence is that they do not hate Jews or Israelis, but simply detest Israel’s government, which they accuse of genocide and colonialism. This was already a flimsy excuse for an obsessively one-sided view of conflict in the Middle East.
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