Owen Polley
Owen Polley is a writer and commentator based in Northern Ireland
Any colour you want as long as it’s a rainbow
The strange case of Ulster’s most intolerant sect, the Alliance party
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions