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2 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
The tragic thing for the Labour Party is that their bizarre behaviour isn't even working in the way they thought it would. 04:00, Fri, Apr 11, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Sectarianism corrodes the soul of every society it infects. Its deadly poison undermines democracy, promotes discord, spreads distrust, and fuels dysfunction. Having grown up in Northern Ireland in the Seventies, I recognise that dark truth only too well.
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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
Donald Trump and Ed Miliband are an economic double-whammy for UKThere is only one advantage to the perils Britain now faces - let's see if Sir Keir Starmer spots it. OPINIONTrump announced additional tariffs on Tuesday targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Image: Getty Images)Exactly 60 years ago next week, a pioneering new British plane made its maiden commercial flight.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
RAF leader's twisted 'white male pilots' jibe shows damage done in name of equalityWhat started as a noble quest for equality has become incredibly ugly and is now inflicting real harm on vital institutions. OPINIONA recent RAF recruitment campaign put a ban on white male applicants (Image: PA)At its core, equality is a noble ideal. It is the principle that promoted the Christian faith, drove the fight against slavery and inspired the growth of democracy.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
Rachel Reeves has ensured that pressure on her will soon be irresistibleThe Chancellor has bounced from disaster to catastrophe and weathered the storm, but her days are now surely numbered.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
The Chancellor is in a fiscal hole of her own making. When she entered the Treasury last summer, she boasted that her economic policies would herald a new era of dynamic enterprise and buoyant revenues for the Government. But in an epic act of self-harm, she sabotaged her vision with an ill-conceived Budget, whose disastrous centre-piece was a £40 billion tax hike. Rachel Reeves has been on the defensive ever since.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
Britain is no longer country RAF heroes like Paddy Hemingway risked death to defendThe death of the last of The Few reminds us not just of his bravery, but at of the country he for which he fought. OPINIONGroup Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway who died on Monday (Image: PA)The last of The Few has gone.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
IN keeping with the double standards of “Two Tier Keir’s” erratic premiership, the Labour Party this week has presented two very different faces to the public. On one hand, there was the showcase of practical moderation, embodied in the sensible plan for welfare reform set out by the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, probably the most centrist minister in the Cabinet.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
OPINIONPrime Minister Keir Starmer announced the abolishment of NHS England yesterday (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Whitehall is littered with the remains of unsuccessful initiatives to reform, rationalise or reduce the civil service. The pattern of recent history is that bureaucracy tends to grow rather than shrink, swallowing even greater sums of taxpayers’ money but failing to improve services. Despite that sorry record, Sir Keir Starmer has decided to take up the cause of change.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
Just as we thought spending couldn't be more out of control someone had this bright ideaIt's understandable why certain people want access to the public purse but we really must draw a line somewhere. OPINIONThere could not be a bigger waste of money than a recent idea (Image: Getty)Universities are supposed to be packed with clever people, but it takes a special genius to generate a financial crisis of the sort now engulfing higher education.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Leo McKinstry
Keir Starmer talks tough on Ukraine — so why can't he stick up for his own country? Sir Keir Starmer is presiding over a situation in which MI5 43,000 extremists on its watchlist. OPINIONKeir Starmer talks tough on Ukraine but neglects his own country's sovereignty (Image: PA)Preesident Trump’s “America First” policy has plunged the western world into turmoil. Traditional certainties about the transatlantic alliance have suddenly been swept away.
