What should Netflix do its next drama on?
How do you achieve anything in British politics? It’s simple: turn your cause into a TV drama. First, it was…
Streeting and Farage face off on Fools’ Day
Happy April Fools’ Day one and all. As it is now after 12, Mr S has been hopefully scouring the…
Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
Zut alors. The trial of the decade is concluding in France today, with major ramifications for the next presidential election…
Keir’s No. 10 comms chief quits
It’s the new rule of British politics: if you’re going to quit, do it on a Friday. Labour has had…
Jolyon Maugham gets it wrong again
Oh dear. The Babe Ruth of the bar has blundered once again. Jolyon Maugham, the kimono-cladded KC, has been raging…
Watch: Sue Gray turns on Starmer
Talk about a belated Ides of March. It was less than 100 days before Keir Starmer sacked his first No.…
The truth about the Paddington statue
When two inebriated RAF engineers broke a Paddington statue in half in Newbury earlier this month, they could not have…
Darren Jones compares disability cuts to pocket money
Oh dear. It seems that some Labour ministers are in desperate need of some media training. First, there was Seema…
Labour minister confuses interest rates with inflation
Happy spring statement day, one and all. Today’s fiscal event – which is definitely NOT an ’emergency Budget’ – looks set…
Watch: Trump aide admits group chat leak
As Denis Healey said: ‘when you’re in a hole, stop digging.’ It has been a furious day in Trumpland after…
Lowe failed to tackle ‘toxic’ office culture, report finds
Ding ding ding! To the latest round of political infighting, involving Reform UK and its former MP Rupert Lowe. The…
Forced labour ban to be ditched in race to net zero
Should the race to net zero come at any cost? Ed Miliband’s crowd appears to think so. The Energy Security…
Housing minister takes a pop at Reeves over freebies
This week was never going to be an easy one for Rachel Reeves, what with her Spring Statement – likely…
Who do Brits blame for UK financial decisions?
Tick tock. There are less than 48 hours to go until Rachel Reeves’s big Spring Statement on Wednesday and as…
Scots feel safer as part of UK in blow to SNP
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ which means there’s more bad news for the Scottish Nats. Now new polling for…
Rayner’s request for safari tour on work trip rejected
It’s a hard time to be in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, what with poor poll ratings and dismal economic…
Lord Frost floats a 2028 Reform pact
To Buckingham, for a blast of soundness at the annual Margaret Thatcher conference. Star of the show was David Frost,…
Met Police urged to oppose China’s ‘super-embassy’
For years now, Mr S has been covering the long-running farce that is China’s proposed new ‘super-embassy’. Back in 2018,…
BBC issues support email to LGBT staff over Trump
The BBC’s legions of staff seem to be struggling to cope with, um, the news. The corporation has issued an…
The Guardian’s embarrassing Heathrow story slip-up
Uh oh. As the news about the closure of Heathrow airport circulates around the country, Mr S has been rather…
Watch: Protestors storm the House of Lords
There’s no such thing as a quiet day in Westminster. This afternoon, demonstrators invaded the House of Lords in protest…
Ex-SNP chief appears in court as Sturgeon cleared of wrongdoing
Back to Scotland, where former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, has appeared in court charged with embezzlement. The…
Sturgeon unveils memoir cover
Nicola Sturgeon may be stepping down at the 2026 Scottish parliament election but fear not, the SNP’s Dear Leader won’t…
Reform records highest support yet in Scotland
As if Brits haven’t had enough elections and leadership competitions lately, north of the border political parties are gearing up…
Watch: Labour MP’s car crash Newsnight interview
The party of working people is doing a rather good job these days of irritating, er, working people. Work and…
