All news by author: Leo Mckinstry

AT the start of this week, Captain Keir set out on what he hoped would be an easy trip across a tranquil stretch of water.Cheered on by a large flotil

A POTENTIALLY catastrophic double standard lies at the heart of Britain’s foreign and defence policy.On the one hand, vast amounts of time, toil and

THE punctuality of trains is taken ­seriously in Japan.In 2017, the company which manages the express line between the capital Tokyo and the city of

THE biggest loser of the Rochdale by-election was British democracy.Dominated by a conflict over 2,000 miles away, the ugly, often farcical, contest e

THE Tory ship of state appears to have been holed below the waterline and is sinking rapidly.On the bridge, Captain Sunak turns his wheel, pulls his l

THE crimes of Valdo Calocane are among the darkest in British history.But beyond his savagery that left three people dead on the streets of Nottingham

IF wokery is the official new religion of the British state, then the BBC is its priesthood and Broadcasting House its central cathedral.Propped up by

WITH typical hard-hitting wisdom, Margaret Thatcher once said that “the problem with socialism is that you always end up running out of other people

SIR David Maxwell Fyfe, the robust Home Secretary in the early 1950s, once famously declared that “loyalty is the Tories’ secret weapon”.His cla

AT one Labour conference in the early 1980s, when the party was in the middle of a bitter civil war, the colourful MP Austin Mitchell said to reporter

WITH their closed minds and sheep-like instincts, left-wing posers are nothing if not predictable.As soon as the terror group Hamas began its murderou

THE green zealots who run much of our country thought that this would be a triumphant week, marking a giant leap forward in their quest for radical ch

THE crimes of child killer Lucy Letby are among the most depraved in the darkest annals of British history.Her image has become the personification of

THE rule of law is part of the bedrock of civilisation.But in modern Britain, rule by lawyers represents the very opposite.The domination of our civic

THE crisis engulfing Thames Water is a symbol of failing corporate Britain, where greed at the top is matched by contempt for the needs of the public.

AS the trade union bullies plot more strikes, their contempt for the British people becomes increasingly clear.Blinded by self-interest, gripped by le

DEMOCRACY is increasingly under threat from mob rule.A mood of deepening anarchy now hangs over the British state, unchallenged by the enfeebled autho

LABOUR’S new aggressive campaign strategy was meant to blow away the Tories with a series of deadly explosions.Instead, the hard-hitting approach ha

THE Covid pandemic brought out the best in Britain – and the worst.As the virus spread its devastation across the land the majority of the pub

THE picket lines have been prepared. The placards are ready.Today, the public sector trade unions hope to mount the biggest day of industrial action f

I HAVE a confession to make.I am writing this article under severe physical strain as a result of Parkinson’s disease, a condition I have had for mo