Owen Polley

​​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).

​Andy Burnham is due to be sworn in as prime minister later today. ​

​​In the rest of the UK, there is some evidence that ‘woke’ politics are in retreat. In Northern Ireland, though, ‘progressives’ still treat these ideas with new-fangled enthusiasm.