Owen Polley, Author at CapX

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Will Simon Harris do any better than Leo Varadkar?

Owen Polley - 11 Apr 2024

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Jeffrey Donaldson's arrest has shaken unionism

Owen Polley - 5 Apr 2024

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The Government shouldn't share the blame for the Troubles

Owen Polley - 11 Mar 2024

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Leo Varadkar's 'generosity' is entirely self-serving

Owen Polley - 22 Feb 2024

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Northern Ireland's economy is reckoning with decades of fiscal populism

Owen Polley - 13 Feb 2024

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Power-sharing is returning to Stormont, but that's no guarantee of stability

Owen Polley - 31 Jan 2024

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The DUP's 'deal or no deal' saga is likely to carry on for some time

Owen Polley - 26 Jan 2024

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Will £2.5bn persuade the DUP to return to power sharing?

Owen Polley - 12 Dec 2023

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Westminster is making it harder for the DUP to return to power sharing

Owen Polley - 6 Dec 2023

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The DUP are ready to return to power sharing – but will voters let them?

Owen Polley - 8 Nov 2023

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Northern Ireland's media are turning a blind eye to republicans' pro-Hamas rhetoric

Owen Polley - 13 Oct 2023

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The Windsor Framework is no triumph – it's a disaster for Northern Ireland

Owen Polley - 3 Oct 2023

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'Zombie' attacks and the worrying rebranding of Irish republicanism

Owen Polley - 27 Sep 2023

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Who's really in charge of policing in Northern Ireland?

Owen Polley - 31 Aug 2023

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DUP division doesn't mean a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland

Owen Polley - 4 Aug 2023

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Once more, warring Tories have made Northern Ireland a political football

Owen Polley - 19 Jul 2023

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Brexit

The truth about the Windsor Framework is becoming all too clear

Owen Polley - 11 Jul 2023

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Sinn Fein were the big winners, but Northern Ireland's local elections do offer hope for unionists

Owen Polley - 22 May 2023

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Sinn Fein's Coronation gesture was nothing but an electoral ploy

Owen Polley - 10 May 2023

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Among the vague platitudes, Biden's message on the Irish border was unmistakeable

Owen Polley - 12 Apr 2023

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After 25 years, the Good Friday Agreement has never looked less secure

Owen Polley - 6 Apr 2023

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The DUP won't support Sunak's deal – but will the PM care?

Owen Polley - 21 Mar 2023

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Brexit

Will the DUP seal Rishi's Northern Ireland deal?

Owen Polley - 9 Mar 2023

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Brexit

Windsor knot: unionists will need time to work out just what Sunak's Protocol deal means

Owen Polley - 28 Feb 2023

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Best of 2023

Sunak's proposed deal won't solve the problems with the Protocol

Owen Polley - 20 Feb 2023

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Brexit

Why are ministers prepared to take on the SNP, but not Brussels?

Owen Polley - 26 Jan 2023

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What chance of restoring power-sharing in time for the Good Friday festivities?

Owen Polley - 6 Jan 2023

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Isn't the Northern Ireland Protocol ironic, don't you think?

Owen Polley - 8 Dec 2022

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Could Northern Ireland scupper Sunak's appeal to 'unite or die'?

Owen Polley - 27 Oct 2022

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There's no point in apologising to Ireland for Brexit

Owen Polley - 4 Oct 2022

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Ulster expects, but will Liz Truss deliver?

Owen Polley - 8 Sep 2022

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Why do Northern Ireland's nationalists now think there was 'no alternative' to the IRA?

Owen Polley - 25 Aug 2022

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David Trimble was a Unionist great – but his legacy is under threat thanks to the Protocol

Owen Polley - 26 Jul 2022

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Northern Ireland might have most to lose in an upcoming leadership battle

Owen Polley - 7 Jul 2022

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Brexit

Johnson's Protocol plan is nothing like as radical as his critics claim

Owen Polley - 13 Jun 2022

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Brexit

Is the Government serious about ripping up the Northern Ireland Protocol?

Owen Polley - 12 May 2022

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Forget talk of a 'seismic' shock, not much in Northern Ireland has actually changed

Owen Polley - 9 May 2022

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To be worthwhile, the Protocol-busting bill must fully restore the UK's internal market

Owen Polley - 26 Apr 2022

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Once again, the 'United Ireland' fantasy falls apart in the face of hard data

Owen Polley - 7 Apr 2022

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Brexit

Has the Protocol killed the Good Friday Agreement?

Owen Polley - 17 Mar 2022

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Brexit

Northern Ireland, olive oil and the EU's phony attitude to 'risk'

Owen Polley - 23 Feb 2022

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Brexit

Will the Government finally face down the EU over Northern Ireland?

Owen Polley - 28 Jan 2022

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Brexit

Events in Belfast mean the time for Protocol deliberation is running out

Owen Polley - 11 Jan 2022

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Brexit

Tim Farron is completely wrong about Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement

Owen Polley - 20 Dec 2021

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Hard Frost – the Brexit minister is right to take a firm stance on the Protocol

Owen Polley - 24 Nov 2021

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Brexit

In Northern Ireland, patience with Protocol negotiations is wearing thin

Owen Polley - 3 Nov 2021

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Brexit

Northern Ireland's unionist parties are divided on everything except opposition to the Protocol

Owen Polley - 29 Sep 2021

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Brexit

Tweaking the Northern Ireland Protocol is not the answer – it must be dismantled

Owen Polley - 22 Jul 2021

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The Government must stop capitulating to Sinn Fein's shenanigans

Owen Polley - 16 Jun 2021

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Brexit

Whatever the two sides agree, this Protocol is not democracy – and it isn't Brexit

Owen Polley - 10 Jun 2021

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Stop letting lies about Northern Ireland's past go unchallenged

Owen Polley - 14 May 2021

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Greenslade's disgraceful IRA apologia rests on cartoon history and wilful ignorance

Owen Polley - 1 Mar 2021

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Will losing Northern Ireland be the price we pay for Brexit?

Owen Polley - 5 Jan 2021

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Forget Covid or Brexit, keeping the Union together is Johnson's toughest challenge

Owen Polley - 24 Nov 2020

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Brexit

The shape of the Irish Sea border is becoming clear

Owen Polley - 10 Nov 2020

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Brexit

No wonder Northern Irish unionists are suspicious of the 'Shared Island' group

Owen Polley - 4 Nov 2020

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America

The Government should challenge Irish America's lies about the Good Friday Agreement

Owen Polley - 18 Sep 2020

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In Northern Irish politics, it's Sinn Fein vs The Rest

Owen Polley - 1 Sep 2020

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Brexit

Dividing the Kingdom: the consequences of the new border down the Irish Sea

Owen Polley - 12 Aug 2020

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Brexit

Why Ireland's new PM could be good news for the Union

Owen Polley - 30 Jun 2020

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Brexit

Questions still hang over the Northern Ireland Protocol

Owen Polley - 26 May 2020

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For the people of Northern Ireland, the costs of devolution have never been clearer

Owen Polley - 15 May 2020

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Sinn Fein is ruthlessly exploiting the coronavirus crisis

Owen Polley - 14 Apr 2020

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Could the Government really ditch the Northern Ireland protocol?

Owen Polley - 28 Feb 2020

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Sinn Fein's success has damaged the idea of a dynamic, tolerant Ireland

Owen Polley - 11 Feb 2020

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Power-sharing is restored, but the mood in Stormont has soured already

Owen Polley - 15 Jan 2020

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Brexit

Northern Ireland's unionists face an election dilemma

Owen Polley - 2 Dec 2019

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Brexit

Alienating middle England is a big risk for the DUP

Owen Polley - 22 Oct 2019

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Brexit

What Boris' deal means for Northern Ireland and the DUP

Owen Polley - 17 Oct 2019

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Brexit

Boris' backstop plan is all pain and no gain

Owen Polley - 2 Oct 2019

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Brexit

The Irish backstop is a shameless threat to the UK's integrity - it must be ditched

Owen Polley - 31 Jul 2019

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Bonfires and the Boyne - how the Twelfth divides Northern Ireland

Owen Polley - 12 Jul 2019

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Brexit

Alliance's election surge is a challenge to Ulster's unionists

Owen Polley - 29 May 2019

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Whatever Penny Mordaunt's intentions, a solution for Northern Ireland veterans remains unlikely

Owen Polley - 16 May 2019

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The hatred that drives republican violence has nothing to do with Brexit

Owen Polley - 23 Apr 2019

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Brexit

The case for the backstop is unravelling

Owen Polley - 26 Mar 2019

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Brexit

Is Theresa May's deal dead?

Owen Polley - 12 Mar 2019

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Brexit

Is there now clear blue water between the DUP and the ERG on Brexit?

Owen Polley - 15 Feb 2019

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Brexit

The backstop has backfired

Owen Polley - 23 Jan 2019

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The Government's Northern Ireland Brexit paper won't reassure Unionists

Owen Polley - 10 Jan 2019

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Brexit

Ulster unionists want a Brexit deal. Just not this one

Owen Polley - 12 Dec 2018

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Brexit

The DUP has clear red lines, but what does the party want from Brexit?

Owen Polley - 23 Nov 2018

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Brexit

Unionists are rightly wary of May's 'swimming pool Brexit'

Owen Polley - 14 Nov 2018

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If Roger Scruton can't contribute to public life, who can?

Owen Polley - 8 Nov 2018

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Brexit

A deal with the EU isn't worth breaking up the UK

Owen Polley - 24 Oct 2018

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Brexit

No wonder the Government's Northern Ireland strategy isn't working

Owen Polley - 7 Sep 2018

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Northern Ireland cannot avoid direct rule for much longer

Owen Polley - 28 Aug 2018

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The real threat to the DUP is their handling of the past, not the present

Owen Polley - 13 Aug 2018

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A new gender recognition law risks entrenching identity politics

Owen Polley - 9 Jul 2018

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Owen Polley

Will Simon Harris do any better than Leo Varadkar?

Jeffrey Donaldson's arrest has shaken unionism

The Government shouldn't share the blame for the Troubles

Leo Varadkar's 'generosity' is entirely self-serving

Northern Ireland's economy is reckoning with decades of fiscal populism

Power-sharing is returning to Stormont, but that's no guarantee of stability

The DUP's 'deal or no deal' saga is likely to carry on for some time

Will £2.5bn persuade the DUP to return to power sharing?

Westminster is making it harder for the DUP to return to power sharing

The DUP are ready to return to power sharing – but will voters let them?

Northern Ireland's media are turning a blind eye to republicans' pro-Hamas rhetoric

The Windsor Framework is no triumph – it's a disaster for Northern Ireland

'Zombie' attacks and the worrying rebranding of Irish republicanism

Who's really in charge of policing in Northern Ireland?

DUP division doesn't mean a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland

Once more, warring Tories have made Northern Ireland a political football

The truth about the Windsor Framework is becoming all too clear

Sinn Fein were the big winners, but Northern Ireland's local elections do offer hope for unionists

Sinn Fein's Coronation gesture was nothing but an electoral ploy

Among the vague platitudes, Biden's message on the Irish border was unmistakeable

After 25 years, the Good Friday Agreement has never looked less secure

The DUP won't support Sunak's deal – but will the PM care?

Will the DUP seal Rishi's Northern Ireland deal?

Windsor knot: unionists will need time to work out just what Sunak's Protocol deal means

Sunak's proposed deal won't solve the problems with the Protocol

Why are ministers prepared to take on the SNP, but not Brussels?

What chance of restoring power-sharing in time for the Good Friday festivities?

Isn't the Northern Ireland Protocol ironic, don't you think?

Could Northern Ireland scupper Sunak's appeal to 'unite or die'?

There's no point in apologising to Ireland for Brexit

Ulster expects, but will Liz Truss deliver?

Why do Northern Ireland's nationalists now think there was 'no alternative' to the IRA?

David Trimble was a Unionist great – but his legacy is under threat thanks to the Protocol

Northern Ireland might have most to lose in an upcoming leadership battle

Johnson's Protocol plan is nothing like as radical as his critics claim

Is the Government serious about ripping up the Northern Ireland Protocol?

Forget talk of a 'seismic' shock, not much in Northern Ireland has actually changed

To be worthwhile, the Protocol-busting bill must fully restore the UK's internal market

Once again, the 'United Ireland' fantasy falls apart in the face of hard data

Has the Protocol killed the Good Friday Agreement?

Northern Ireland, olive oil and the EU's phony attitude to 'risk'

Will the Government finally face down the EU over Northern Ireland?

Events in Belfast mean the time for Protocol deliberation is running out

Tim Farron is completely wrong about Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement

Hard Frost – the Brexit minister is right to take a firm stance on the Protocol

In Northern Ireland, patience with Protocol negotiations is wearing thin

Northern Ireland's unionist parties are divided on everything except opposition to the Protocol

Tweaking the Northern Ireland Protocol is not the answer – it must be dismantled

The Government must stop capitulating to Sinn Fein's shenanigans

Whatever the two sides agree, this Protocol is not democracy – and it isn't Brexit

Stop letting lies about Northern Ireland's past go unchallenged

Greenslade's disgraceful IRA apologia rests on cartoon history and wilful ignorance

Will losing Northern Ireland be the price we pay for Brexit?

Forget Covid or Brexit, keeping the Union together is Johnson's toughest challenge

The shape of the Irish Sea border is becoming clear

No wonder Northern Irish unionists are suspicious of the 'Shared Island' group

The Government should challenge Irish America's lies about the Good Friday Agreement

In Northern Irish politics, it's Sinn Fein vs The Rest

Dividing the Kingdom: the consequences of the new border down the Irish Sea

Why Ireland's new PM could be good news for the Union

Questions still hang over the Northern Ireland Protocol

For the people of Northern Ireland, the costs of devolution have never been clearer

Sinn Fein is ruthlessly exploiting the coronavirus crisis

Could the Government really ditch the Northern Ireland protocol?

Sinn Fein's success has damaged the idea of a dynamic, tolerant Ireland

Power-sharing is restored, but the mood in Stormont has soured already

Northern Ireland's unionists face an election dilemma

Alienating middle England is a big risk for the DUP

What Boris' deal means for Northern Ireland and the DUP

Boris' backstop plan is all pain and no gain

The Irish backstop is a shameless threat to the UK's integrity - it must be ditched

Bonfires and the Boyne - how the Twelfth divides Northern Ireland

Alliance's election surge is a challenge to Ulster's unionists

Whatever Penny Mordaunt's intentions, a solution for Northern Ireland veterans remains unlikely

The hatred that drives republican violence has nothing to do with Brexit

The case for the backstop is unravelling

Is Theresa May's deal dead?