Leo Mckinstry

THE rise of the Scottish National Party was built on the dream of independence. But their stranglehold on power has turned into a nightmare of misrule north of the border. Now their destructive tim…

When the idea of having Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) first arose it seemed so promising. These would be locally elected candidates, tough and charismatic and they’d be given the power needed to transform the country. Bureaucrats have taken control of British policing, said David Cameron at the time, and cops should be dealing with

When the idea of having Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) first arose it seemed so promising.

Britian's bloated welfare system is being exploited and its high time we got tough with it, says Leo McKinstry.

The Tories were braced for a brutal defeat. They have suffered a massacre, writes Leo McKinstry. Carnage on this scale has not been seen before in any set of municipal elections this century.

The Leeds branch of the Green Party presented Mothin Ali, one of its city council candidates in last week's local elections, as a benign, humanitarian campaigner for local unity and social justice.

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 taxpayers’ money have gone into supporting Ukra…

We were cast as heretics for questioning Tony Blair's dogma but his cheerleaders have been exposed for their folly, says Leo McKinstry

Common Sense Minister Esther Mcvey is right to crack down on the woke politicisation of the civil service, says Leo McKinstry.

The twisted priorities of the legal system can be seen in the handling of the knife rampage in Nottingham, writes Leo McKinstry.