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Suella Braverman's recent comments are cause for concern, says Jayne Dowle

Braverman's alarming attack on human rights risks hurting us all: Jayne Dowle

Liz Truss arriving at Downing Street, when she was Prime Minister last year. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Liz Truss’ House of Lords nominations should be blocked - Yorkshire Post Letters

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer leafleting during a visit to Shefford in the constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, where the sitting MP is former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, ahead of a potential by-election. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

The Labour Party no longer represents the working class - GP Taylor

Labour MP Keir Mather (centre) with Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting (right) and deputy leader, Angela Rayner (back left) at Selby football club, North Yorkshire, after winning the Selby and Ainsty by-election. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The Tory Party can’t afford to turn its back on Yorkshire - The YP says

By election winner and Labour Party candidate Keir Mather speaks at Selby Leisure Centre, North Yorkshire after the results were given for the Selby and Ainsty by-election, called following the resignation of incumbent MP Nigel Adams. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The real winner of the Selby and Ainsty byelection was voter apathy - Andy Brown

Newly elected Labour MP Keir Mather (centre) with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Selby football club, North Yorkshire, after winning the Selby and Ainsty by-election.

Labour eyes Blair-level landslide in region after Selby win

Baroness Margaret Thatcher with Tony Blair. Photo credit: Alistair Grant/PA Wire

Archives reveal secrets of Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Winston Churchill

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the launch of the party's fifth and final mission on breaking down the barriers to opportunity at every stage, for every child, at Mid Kent College in Gillingham in Kent. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer is right oracy is an important skill - Jayne Dowle

The Houses of Parliament is lit up in blue to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

The reality is that the NHS isn’t the envy of the world - Bill Carmichael

Melvyn Bragg has criticised the BBC. Picture: Simon Hulme

Melvyn Bragg right to hit out at BBC's depiction of working classes: Jayne Dowle

Incidents like Dominic Cummings driving to Barnard Castle erode trust in politics. PIC: Leon Neal/Getty Images

How trust can be restored in politics - Andy Brown

'The answer the electorate gave Michael Howard was a resounding ‘no’. No, they were not thinking what the Conservative Party was thinking'.

Tories need to start respecting differences amongst voters - Justine Greening

A lack of a clear vision is affecting Sir Keir Starmer’s ability to win the trust of voters in the region. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

What exactly is the Labour Party's vision for Yorkshire? - The YP says

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer with an ice cream during a visit to the seaside resort of Blackpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why is Starmer going back on his university tuition fee pledge? - Jayne Dowle

'It has always interested me how those who preach peace only remember Tony Blair for joining the US in invading Iraq five years later'. PIC: Paul Faith/PA Wire

The enormity of the Good Friday Agreement must not be forgotten - David Blunkett

Labour leader Keir Starmer during a visit to Burnley College in East Lancashire to see the importance of sport projects in preventing crime and to speak with students and staff. Picture date: Tuesday April 4, 2023.

"Labour is the party of law and order", Starmer says as election looms

'A fresh-faced Tony Blair came to office in 1997 promising to be “tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime”. He wasn’t.' PIC: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The record of both parties on combating crime has been terrible - Andrew Vine

Lord William Hague appeared with Sir Tony Blair on Radio 4. PIC: Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Politicians should look for agreement on issues - YP Letters

Former Labour prime minister and Conservative leaders Tony Blair and William Hague have come together to argue everyone in the UK should be issued digital IDs.

‘Give all Brits digital IDs’, say Tony Blair and William Hague

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street after reportedly £6 million deal.

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street

A GP surgery. PIC: PA

GP appointment woes can’t be laid at Tony Blair’s door - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Dr L King, Notton, West Yorkshire.

Chaos as Twitter Blue sees surge in verified impersonators

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has in the past supported social care reform. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Government turmoil is a setback for social care reform - Mike Padgham

As recently as April this year, Hovingham was named as one of the prime villages to live for those wanting to escape the rat race in The Sunday Times Best Places to Live Guide 2022. PIC: James Hardisty.

Closure of village primary schools is symbolic of wider plague - Sarah Todd

Nick Fletcher MP

Nick Fletcher has a point, men's health needs to be addressed - Jayne Dowle

An enormous weight rests on the new King's and Prime Minister's shoulders in navigating us to a better, stronger and more principled nation. PIC: James Hardisty.

Why we have never had it so good as country - Bernard Ingham

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The world reacts to the death of the Queen

Melvyn Bragg taken by Liam Nolan.

Melvyn Bragg talks about his childhood in new memoir

David Blunkett is right to bemoan the Tory leadership race but 'democracy is hostage to people’s willingness to participate in it', says reader.

'Democracy is hostage to people’s willingness to participate in it' - YP Letters

Former PM Gordon Brown has called for action on the energy crisis.

Former Prime Ministers seem to now have the answers - YP Letters

Sir Keir Starmer. Pic: Getty.

Keir Starmer's stance over unions one of numerous trust issues - Bill Carmichael

Children seem to be low on the political agenda but poverty and the rising cost of living is damaging the life chances of many of them. Picture: Adobe Stock

Silence on child poverty from potential Conservative Party leaders - Jayne Dowle
We have much to be proud of in Yorkshire, but our shocking level of child poverty is a profoundly sad indication of the difficulties facing our most vulnerable citizens. It’s about time that politicians raised children with blighted lives right to the very top of the agenda.

Tony Blair and wife Cherie during the 1997 election. Picture: GERRY PENNY/AFP via Getty Images.

Bring back grammar schools to level up the country - Yorkshire Post Letters

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair during the annual Order of the Garter Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Keir Starmer congratulates 'hugely successful' Tony Blair for knighthood

The Queen has approved a knighthood for Gavin Williamson, says Downing Streets

Fury over Gavin Williamson knighthood; Yorkshire Post readers react

GPs are being expected to provide enhanced out-of-hours cover.

Time for GPs to put patients first – The Yorkshire Post says

Sir John Major has become one of Boris Johnson's most vocal critics - but should the former prime minister be speaking out? Sir Bernard Ingham, press secretary to Sir John's predecessor Margaret Thatcher, has his say.

Why John Major should take a vow of silence – Bernard Ingham

(L-R) James Callaghan, Lord Home, Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher, Lord Stockton, the Queen, Lord Wilson and Edward Heath.

Platinum Jubilee: The history of Queen Elizabeth II and her 14 Prime Ministers

What are Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chances of winning the next election?

Why Sir Keir Starmer is not guaranteed election success – Rob Potts

Former premier Tony Blair's knighthood continues to divide political - and public - opinion.

Tony Blair’s knighthood is deserved; now reform honours system – David Blunkett

Sir Keir Starmer. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

Sir Keir Starmer is held back by Labour's past - Bernard Ingham

Sir Gary Verity's knighthood is now being investigated by the Forfeiture Committee.

Sir Gary Verity; why honours system needs reform – The Yorkshire Post says

Readers have reacted with anger after Tony Blair was awarded a knighthood by the Queen in the New Year honours.

‘War criminal’ Tony Blair’s knighthood insults us all – Yorkshire Post Letters

Tony Blair's government soon became mired in sleaze soon after the 1997 election - but what can Boris Johnson learn from this?

How Boris Johnson can learn from this Tony Blair scandal – Bill Carmichael

Lindsay Hoyle pictured in 1997.

‘Loony’ Hoyle was accused of fuelling Diana conspiracy theories, files reveal

The death of Princess Diana changed the Royal Family

How death of Princess Diana changed the Royal Family as 25th anniversary looms

Does Boris Johnson set a good example to young people at Prime Minister's Questions?

Youth PMQs would show up politicians – The Yorkshire Post says

The Beatles during rehearsals for the 1963 Royal Variety Performance, at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, the year after they released their first single 'Love Me Do'. Picture: PA.

Titanic, FA Cup, OK Computer and The Beatles: Anniversaries arriving in 2022

Andrew Marr poses for photographers as he leaves BBC Broadcasting House, London, after presenting his final edition of current affairs program the Andrew Marr show. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Andrew Marr signs off from BBC with Anchorman quote

What does the North Shropshire by-election result mean for Sir Keir Starmer and Labour?

Keir Starmer and Labour’s path to power as tide turns – The Yorkshire Post says

The Covid vaccine rollout continues to divide public opinion.

Don’t believe all scientists over pandemic – Yorkshire Post Letters

Remarkable exhibition in Hawes explores Dales school life from bygone days

The dynamics of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's relationship will come under scrutiny in Budget 2021.

Johnson and Sunak must learn from Blair-Brown feud – Andrew Vine

Gordon Brown. Pic: Victoria Jones/PA Wire.

BBC's New Labour documentary overlooks the errors of Gordon Brown - YP Letters

A new BBC documentary has looked at the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown during the New Labour era.

What Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were really like to work with

Sir Keir Starmer on the seafront as Labour holds its annual conference in Brighton.

Why Keir Starmer and Labour must emulate Tony Blair – The Yorkshire Post says

Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer

Angela Rayner says Labour needs to 'listen to the voters'

Is Brexit to blame for reported food shortages in some supermarkets?

Brexit to blame for food shortages and supermarket empty shelves – Yorkshire Pos...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks when David Blunkett was Home Secretary.

9/11 anniversary: UK misjudged influence and Afghan history after atrocity, conc...

David Blunkett has written about his reflections of the 9/11 terror attacks 20 years ago. He was Home Secretary at the time.

How West misread Afghanistan after 9/11 terror attacks – David Blunkett