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Leo McKinstry

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Leo McKinstry is a British journalist and author.

Born in 1962 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, McKinstry graduated from Cambridge University.[1] He writes regularly for several newspapers in the United Kingdom, including the Daily Mail,[2] Daily Express,[3] and The Sunday Telegraph.[4] He often writes about issues relating to immigration. His books include a biography of the Victorian Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery.

In the early 1990s McKinstry was a Labour councillor in Islington and worked as a parliamentary aide to Labour politician Harriet Harman, later criticising what he described as her "dangerous gospel of feminist fascism".[5] Losing his seat on Islington council in 1994, he was working for Labour front bencher Doug Henderson when he announced that year, via a newspaper article[which?], that he no longer supported the party. Subsequently he was a regular columnist in both the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.[citation needed]

McKinstry is married and lives in Kent and Provence.[6] He wrote a biography of Sir Alf Ramsey, which revealed that he knows a little about football as the Daily Express sports writers.

Awards and honors

Bibliography

  • Boycs: The True Story (2000)
  • Jack and Bobby: A story of brothers in conflict(2002)
  • Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (2005)
  • Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager (2006)
  • Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend (2007)
  • Lancaster: The Second World War's Greatest Bomber (2009)
  • Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain (2010)
  • Jack Hobbs (2011)

References

  1. ^ "Leo McKinstry Biography". Harper Collins Publishers. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. ^ Leo Mckinstry (2009-12-31). "LEO McKINSTRY: Sorry not to join the liberal wailing: heroin traffickers deserve to die | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. ^ "Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Columnists :: Dale Farm fiasco should have been resolved years ago". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ Personal View (2006-11-15). "In defence of the white working class". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  5. ^ McKinstry, Leo (2008-05-20). "Why does Harriet Harman hate marriage?". Daily Mail. London.
  6. ^ "Leo McKinstry". Amheath.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Prior winners". British Sports Book Awards. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

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