Opinion

Stuart Andrew, Conservative MP for Pudsey, pictured in Horsforth Hall Park in 2017. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Britain is nation transformed since dark days of Section 28: Stuart Andrew

We are marking two decades since the repeal of Section 28, which banned the promotion of homosexuali...

Hip, hip hooray – another big fat promise by a Tory rail minister

Hip, hip hooray! Rail Minister Huw Merriman has announced that yet another £3.9bn will be spent on u...

File photo dated 10/07/23 of a general view of BBC Broadcasting House, in central London. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said that a £15 rise in the BBC licence fee would be "high" amid reports that Rishi Sunak is set to block a 9% hike in the annual charge. The corporation is seeking to make £500 million of savings in the face of high inflation and a two-year freeze to the price of a TV licence, which provides most of its funding. Issue date: Monday December 4, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story MEDIA BBC. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire

The BBC: evil in the wrong hands

Unimaginative commentators will tell you that the BBC is at a crossroads; a four-way junction where no matter the choice it makes on its future direction of travel, it is doomed.

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Greggs visit gave me hope of avoiding cashless society: Yorkshire Post Letters

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'Divide and rule' tactics have stopped One Yorkshire devolution: YP Letters

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Cllr Michelle Collins at the Light Night launch in Wakefield city centre. Picture Scott Merrylees

What to expect from Our Year - Wakefield District 2024: Michelle Collins

A Ukrainian soldier waves Ukrainian national flag while standing on top of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on April 8, 2022 in Hostomel, Ukraine. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)

Ukraine's struggle may be bleak but we must continue to back it: Andy Brown

Matt Hancock at the Covid Inquiry. Credit: Covid Inquiry.

Why I'll never forgive squirming Matt Hancock for his Covid conduct: Jayne Dowle

Columnists

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, during the Cop28 summit. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Keir Starmer's praise of Margaret Thatcher is an unforced own goal: The YP says
Sir Keir Starmer has had undoubted success in dragging Labour back to the centre-ground following the Jeremy Corbyn years.

A portrait of Charlotte Bronte on display in her old bedroom at the Bronte Parsonage Museum. (Pic credit: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

The Brontës showed us there is nothing wrong with ambition - Christa Ackroyd

Mike Ross is leader of Hull City Council

Hull Council’s fight for fair funding as authorities face frightening future

A woman scans groceries at a self service checkout in a supermarket on May 22, 2022 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Self-service checkouts at supermarkets are a Godsend

This photo taken on December 15, 2020 shows a worker placing aluminum pistons for vehicle engines on a production line at a machine manufacturing factory in Binzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by STR / AFP)

I’ll be placing my order for the best piston-engined car I can find: Andrew Cook

Skipwith Common, part of the Escrick Park Estate. Picture: Hermione McCosh

How world-leading nature strategy has been trialled in Yorkshire: Mike Burke

Former Health Minister Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence for the second time at the covid inquiry on November 30, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Covid Inquiry hardly light entertainment for Matt Hancock - The YP says

Letters

A man carries a package of fireworks he purchased at a supermarket on December 29, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Supermarkets shouldn't sell fireworks for New Year parties - here's why: Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arriving by plane in Hiroshima after their visit to Tokyo, ahead of the G7 Summit in Japan. Picture: Stefan Rousseau

Rishi Sunak's lifestyle setting bad example over climate change: Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (R) reacting during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), in the House of Commons

I couldn't believe my ears during Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement: Letters

Nigel Farage speaks with protesters outside Downing Street in central London, on the first day of the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to include the whole of London. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Nigel Farage is a breath of fresh air on I'm A Celebrity: Yorkshire Post Letters

Meat producer Cranswick has hired 500 workers from the Philippines to bolster staff numbers

Cranswick hiring 500 Filipino workers highlights madness of Brexit: Letters

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt speaks at the Global Investment Summit at Hampton Court Palace on November 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Pensioners face hidden tax rise from Autumn Statement: Yorkshire Post Letters

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Secretary of State for the Home Department, James Cleverly, arrive ahead of the ceremonial welcome for the President of South Korea. PIC: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

How the Tories have broken Britain over the past 13 years - YP Letters

People last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve in 2022. PIC:PA

Independent high street retailers are in good health - Yorkshire Post Letters

Placards wait to be handout out before people take part in a pro-Palestine rally. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

The march for Palestine was peaceful and the police did their job - YP Letters

Work going on at the Victoria Road Crossover Box ancillary shaft HS2 site near to Old Oak Common in west London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Selling off HS2 land is not ‘long-term decision making' - Yorkshire Post Letters

A European Union flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. PIC: PA

Why the ‘Red Wall’ Brexit voter stereotype needs to dropped - YP Letters

More Opinion

Rotherham Kings of Comedy The Chuckle Brothers fared better in the comedy world than Ian McMillan and his mate John

Trying to write comedy? Just take it in your stride - Ian McMillan

Cast of A Christmas Carol including Robert Pickavance as Scrooge at Leeds Playhouse. Photography by Andrew Billington

Caddick and Leeds Playhouse: Charting a decade of cultural collaboration

Two XL bully dogs during a protest against the Government's decision to add XL bully dogs to the list of prohibited breeds under the Dangerous Dogs Act following a spate of recent attacks. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

All dog owners need to pass ownership fitness test: Daxa Patel

Yocheved Lifshitz (2L), who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and was released on October 24, rallies for the release of all the hostages outside The Kirya ahead of the war cabinet meeting during the fifth day of the temporary truce on November 28, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Hostage releases are good news but Hamas must be eliminated: Bill Carmichael

Closure of M&S Barnsley lamentable loss for town centre - Jayne Dowle

Councillor Michaal Harrison of North Yorkshire Council

North Yorkshire leading the way in care revolution: Michael Harrison

A red squirrel feeds in the Trosssachs on September 28, 2018 in Aberfoyle, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tackling threat of grey squirrels to red squirrel population: Rebecca Pow

Rattled: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was belittled at PMQs by Sir Keir Starmer for humiliating Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Elgin Marbles. Mr Sunak suggested everything Rishi Sunak touches turns to something unpleasant that Home Secretary James Cleverly is accused of blurting out at last week's PMQs. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

PMQs: Rishi Sunak humiliating Greece's Prime Minister was a petulant clanger tha...

Wilko chairman Lisa Wilkinson was accused by the Business and Trade Select Committee in the House of Commons of 'burgling a failing business' by MP Liam Byrne

Wilko collapse: Lisa Wilkinson accused by MP of 'burgling a failing business'

Poppy sellers outside the ground prior to the Sky Bet Championship match at Carrow Road, Norwich. Picture:: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Charities are being hit by the move to a cashless society: Sarah Todd

A general view of 'St Christmas Place', a seven-week festive celebration and Christmas lights display at St Christopher's Place, London. Picture date: Tuesday November 14, 2023. Photo: Matt Crossick/PA Wire

Christmas haters should not spoil the celebrations: GP Taylor

Michael Gove giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry (PA)

Highly infectious disease placed decision-makers in zugzwang

Referee Craig Pawson looks at a replay on a monitor during a VAR review, before awarding a penalty to Liverpool, during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

VAR crisis: Sheffield memorial to a decision-making system that could offer Prem...

Beware of fraudsters determined to hijack our online Christmas spending. PIC: Alamy/PA.

Why shoppers need to be vigilant this Christmas - Andrew Vine

'In September a major analysis of NHS staff revealed a pattern of female trainees being abused by senior male surgeons'. PIC: PA

A shift in culture is needed to eradicate abuse in the workplace - Hywel Thomas

'Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, said that building on the green belt should be a part of the UK’s answer to the housing crisis'. PIC: PA

We need to build on green belt to solve housing crisis - Bartek Staniszewski

The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton

The Yorkshire Vet on why you wouldn't get away with castrating a concussed horse

'Those following the build-up to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement may have seen widespread rumours about possible changes to the apprenticeship levy and broader policy'. PIC: Oli Scarff/PA Wire

Don'rt restrict access to Senior Leader Apprenticeships - Dan Lally