Keir Starmer can’t keep deluding himself about two-tier policing
The House of Commons these days is hardly an inspiring place. There can be little denying that it is a shadow…
The desperate sycophancy of Mandy’s campaign for the Oxford chancellorship
After months of back and forth, today the government finally released the latest tranche of the Mandy documents, which have…
Is Nicola Sturgeon the least curious woman on the planet?
Peter Murrell is a strangely shiny man. He has the air of an undertaker who’s been siphoning off the corpse…
Andy Burnham’s faux insurgent act fools no one
Today, in what will doubtless be just the first of many irritations inflicted on the unfortunate people of Makerfield, Labour…
Keir Starmer is resigned to resigning
Has Sir Keir Starmer already checked out? There was a strange atmosphere in the House of Commons today. A sort…
Labour has bequeathed us a summer of nonsense
The Great North summit sounds like it should have been a peace conference attended by Peter the Great. Instead, it…
What the Two Fat Ladies taught us about Britain
‘Grab that crab, Clarissa!/ Eat that meat, Jennifer!’ It was with these words – the start of their self-sung theme…
Starmer is finally enjoying being Prime Minister
One of the traditions of the state opening of Parliament is that the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars…
Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ was just more slop
I wish I’d invested in lecterns back in the day. They have become a fixture of British politics of late,…
Mockery is the best way to engage with Zack Polanski
Oh dear, it’s all looking a bit glum for Zack Polanski. A string of headlines about both him and his…
The ‘sensible’ class is losing control of the House of Lords
The House of Lords is often described as ‘the best private members’ club in London’. Certainly, it has an appearance…
Starmer thinks the public is too stupid to notice his incompetence
There was a veritable ‘last day of school’ vibe in parliament as it was prorogued in anticipation of the King’s…
Starmer’s long goodbye
The slow political death of Sir Keir Starmer continued again today. Westminster must increasingly resemble a torture chamber for the…
Keir Starmer is prosecuting a relentless campaign against reality
Sir Keir Starmer is now approaching a whole week with his head in the sand. One can imagine the plaintive…
An unflashy Olly Robbins mauls Keir Starmer
Ding ding! Round two – or is it round 22? – of the Mandelson saga was underway in the Foreign…
The Greek tragedy of Keir Starmer
You can always tell it’s going to be a good day in the Commons when the government spin operation happens…
Oh the joy of watching Keir Starmer descend into fury!
Handbags at noon! It’s always nice to watch Sir Keir Starmer descend into the sort of incandescent fury that living…
Get ready for Labour’s ‘summer of sex’
‘Samantha Niblett’s Summer of Sex’ sounds like something that the police would have shut down during the grubbiest era of…
Keir Starmer’s Gulf trip is a masterclass in delusion
There’s an entire glorious genre of photos that we might tentatively entitle: ‘Keir Starmer standing in front of people who…
Religion has been resurrected in British politics
British history is littered with elections and Elections. The first type, common or garden elections, are fought with prosaic issues…
There is nothing more embarrassing than a Davey-Starmer love-in
PMQs last week was embarrassing: not a single answer to a single question. The bar then was low – yet…
The tragicomedy of Rachel Reeves talking about the Middle East
Rachel Reeves was in the House today, responding to the war in the Middle East. That as a statement alone…
Keir Starmer’s gentlest grilling yet
‘I don’t want to raise levels of public anxiety.’ Believe it or not, these words came out of the mouth…
Decriminalising late abortions isn’t progressive
Last week, the body of an 18-day old baby girl was found in Westminster, in desperately sad circumstances. The baby’s…
PMQs was ruined by Starmer’s verbal epilepsy
When a fully greased Sir Keir Starmer is finally bundled, squealing, out of Downing Street, one wonders what he might…
