Owen Polley

​​The Free Speech Union (FSU) has taken up the case of a local councillor, who was suspended for three months for suggesting that radical views about gay and trans issues are sometimes held in parallel with sympathy for Hamas.

​The Downing Street Declaration of December 1993 is regarded as an important staging post in the ‘peace process’, which eventually resulted in the Belfast Agreement.

​​Sir Keir Starmer has a lot to answer for. Last week’s elections on the mainland showed the extent to which he has let down his party and the entire country.

​Last week, the unionist parties at Stormont slammed the NI Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission (ECNI), following a Supreme Court ruling that limited how EU rights laws are imposed here through the Windsor Framework.

​​The prime minister suggested last week that the UK might rejoin the European Union, while a Downing Street spokesperson refused to rule out Labour putting that pledge in its next general election manifesto.

Nicola Sturgeon claimed last week she was ‘the victim’, after her husband was convicted of fraud. It was an unconvincing attempt to recast an incident that focused a fresh spotlight on the antics of the SNP.

Former DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, was found guilty of eighteen counts of child sex abuse, including rape, at Newry Crown Court.

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...

​​The tenth anniversary of Brexit passed with little fanfare last week. From a Northern Ireland perspective, this was understandable.

​Fine Gael, Fianna Fail’s partner in the Republic of Ireland’s coalition government, recently announced that it would publish a ‘blueprint for a unified island’ before its next Ard Fheis (party conference).