|
SteerpikeThe Spectator |
It’s been a tough old time for private schools. Amid endless self-aggrandising, Keir Starmer’s ministers took great pleasure in whacking VAT on...
They’re always tough, the first weeks back at work after a holiday, but the Prime Minister really has been off the ball since returning to the job...
They’re always tough, the first weeks back at work after a holiday, but the Prime Minister really has been off the ball since returning to the job...
It is no secret that Labour MPs struggle to understand how wealth is created – hardly surprising when just one member of the Cabinet has a business...
“What does this say about the people entering our country?” @NickFerrariLBC asks Education Secretary Lucy Powell why it’s necessary to give...
The summer transfer window is open and Reform UK is making its fair share of signings. Mr S has already broken the news that Karl Williams of the...
'Professionally I erred, but ethically I really screwed up.'Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani has apologised for comments he made on X...
"There was a minimal exchange. Nothing of consequence."Andy Burnham says he is "not embarrassed" over texting impersonator...
Well, well, well. For all Labour’s high-minded talk of morality, one of its MPs has been suspended pending an investigation into whether he tried to...
Astonishing.Former Conservative MP Edwina Currie suggests migrants need brothels in these towns and villages.Via @TimesRadio...
‘That’s nothing to do with his safety, he just doesn’t want to stand next to a bin!’ @NickFerrariLBC isn’t satisfied with how @TiceRichard...
Vodafone is actively assisting illegal migrants in France to break into Britain. Their CEO earns £10m a year. If they do this under a Reform...
A meagre 10 per cent of Unite members bothered to vote in the union’s election for general secretary. Arch-lefty Sharon Graham was today re-elected...
Andy Burnham today insisted he is ‘completely focused’ on stopping the boats – but admitted he probably won’t be able to do so before 2029....
"I feel absolutely appalled these criminal gangs will load a boat up to dangerous levels.Housing Secretary Angela Rayner reacts to a small boat...
Keir Starmer might be gone but Labour is still counting the cost of his legacy. Party membership figures published this week showed that the number of...
Keir Starmer might be gone but Labour is still counting the cost of his legacy. Party membership figures published this week showed that the number of...
Stop the presses! Labour has, at last, found something it thinks sixteen-year-olds should not be allowed to use. Not a ballot in national elections,...
So. Farewell then Jason Arday. The 37-year-old lackademic has tonight resigned his post at Cambridge University – the latest chapter in a remarkable...
We are two weeks into Burnhamania and the Prime Minister has already, er, earned himself a break. Somewhere abroad, our Andy reclines. In his absence,...
The Greater Manchester result showed what Restore Britain can deliver.The next step is how we maximise the chances of delivering the change Britain...
“I hope they will give me a second chance to serve in government.”First Secretary of State Louise Haigh addresses her conviction for fraud and the...
Andy Burnham has continued his warm embrace of Labour’s worst lefties by reinstating Diane Abbott to the parliamentary party. The veteran socialist...
Ceuta is a small Spanish enclave. It would be very easy for the military to round-up everyone who has just stormed into it and return them to Morocco....
This is jaw-droppingFrench Gendarmes admit today they have orders not to stop migrants – only talk to them – even though we pay over £1/2...
Labour has once again descended into infighting because swathes of its members and trade union chums remain unable to comprehend what a woman is. Four...
On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and...
It’s day eight of Andy Burnham’s premiership and, bless him, he’s already facing a left-wing revolt. Labour backbenchers are up in arms after...
What is it about tragedy that brings out the worst in some people? After the horrifying attack on Berlin Pride, most politicians have rushed to offer...
It has only been a week since Andy Burnham’s big reshuffle and there are a fair few ministers still trying to get their feet under the desk. For...
Just in case you were worried it had slipped off the agenda, Labour MP Samantha Niblett has confirmed that her parliamentary dildo exhibition will go...
Usually the phrase ‘car crash interview’ is only a metaphor, referring to a politician after a terrible exchange. But now a more literal example...
The UK’s king of virtue signalling has served up another blinder. Gary Lineker has joined 119 fellow millionaires in signing an open letter calling...
"This is a new and different Conservative Party."Sky's @LucyJMcDaid asks Kemi Badenoch about reports former Conservative cabinet...
Walthamstow has anyone lost a parrot? There’s one in Lloyd park right now! Please share to help reunite it with its owner!...
Oh dear. It is only day three of Andy Burnham’s premiership and his policy blitz is already descending into quite the shambles. Ministers are...
Andy Burnham has made moving civil servants oop North a key plank of his promise to revive prosperity across the country. But the great mandarin...
Taking a leaf out of Jeremy Corbyn’s playbook, Andy Burnham today used his first pledge as Prime Minister to promise an end to rough sleeping in...
William Clouston (@WilliamClouston), SDP, is standing to give the people of Clacton full and fair debate. 👇@UKLabour won't serve...
I’m not going to say that CPAC is dead… but it’s not the most alive… pic.twitter.com/IsRoUTenz0— Anna Ridgway (@annaroseridgway) July 16,...
Just when you thought you couldn’t dislike Sir Keir Starmer any more, he has gone and awarded Sir Sadiq Khan a peerage. The London Mayor is among 26...
Sir Keir Starmer has officially backed Spain to beat the Argies in Sunday’s World Cup final. A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said he wishes...
pic.twitter.com/5Kmgar5vjJ— Matt Forde (@mattforde) July 15, 2026 pic.twitter.com/5Kmgar5vjJ Westminster is choc-a-bloc with MPs trying to outdo one...
What will Andy Burnham do in office? It is a question many Labour MPs would like answered. With Britain facing a myriad of woes, one institute which...
Roll up, roll up – it’s that deeply depressing time of year once again. The BBC has today published its annual list of obscenely overpaid...
Sir Ed Davey this afternoon issued an impassioned plea to Tory wets disillusioned with Kemi Badenoch: come home to the Lib Dems. The party leader...
Fresh from discovering that he has been booted out of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, Gavin Barwell has found time to compose a 500-word...
Kemi Badenoch today set out to prove that she means business when it comes to clearing out the Tory has-beens and wets. The Conservative leader...
Hell hath no fury like a disgruntled former employee – and, in this case, perhaps justifiably so. As Sir Keir Starmer scrambles to cobble together...
One of the hottest debates in Westminster today is whether Nigel Farage’s decision to quit as an MP and trigger a by-election was an act of...