Hancock and Gove’s cringeworthy Covid love-in
Last night it seemed as if the Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages released by the Telegraph couldn’t get any worse, after…
Seven things we learned from the juiciest lockdown files yet
Day four of the lockdown files and it’s the juiciest so far. Here’s what the Telegraph released last night: 1. Matt Hancock thought…
Matt Hancock’s Covid social media frenzy
Another day, another painful set of WhatsApp messages about Matt Hancock. Yet again the Daily Telegraph have released another batch…
Five things we’ve learned on day three of Hancock’s lockdown files
Ping! It’s day three of the ‘Lockdown Files’ and a whole new tranche of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s WhastApp…
Trans row rocks Guardian towers, again
Oh dear. It seems that life in the offices of the world’s wokest paper isn’t all its cracked up to…
Five things we’ve learned on day two of Hancock’s lockdown files
More revealing Matt Hancock messages dropped late last night as the Telegraph released another tranche of the former health secretary’s WhatsApps. Here…
Watch: ministers considered ‘exterminating all cats’ in Covid
It’s not a great time to be a friend of Matt Hancock, knowing that any moment the Telegraph might splash…
Five things we’ve learned from Hancock’s lockdown files
It’s not just the spectre of Brexit that is haunting Westminster. Overnight the Telegraph has released a smorgasbord of stories…
Coming soon: Matt Hancock’s media empire
Boris, Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol – all are dominating the news agenda yet again. So it only seems…
Why was EU chief due to meet King Charles?
There’s been a sense of deja vu in Westminster in recent days, with a Tory leader under pressure on Europe…
Grandees attack the Guardian over its Corbyn leader
It seems the wokest paper in all the west has blundered once again. Last Wednesday the Guardian published a leader…
Kate Forbes’ nightmare 24 hours
It seems that Kate Forbes’ stance on same-sex marriage hasn’t gone down too well with some of her more socially…
Kate Forbes: I’m against gay marriage and self-ID
It’s day one of Kate Forbes’ bid to be First Minister and she is certainly making headlines. The Finance Minister…
South Park incinerates Harry and Meghan
If we hadn’t heard enough about ‘the Dumb Prince and His Stupid Wife’ – not Steerpike’s words – now South Park has…
Trump denounces ‘failed woke extremist’ Sturgeon
Reading some of the tributes from English luvvies yesterday, you would have had no idea that Nicola Sturgeon was anything…
Who really owns Britain’s waterways?
Stop press: Fleet Street is officially full of sewage. Flicking through the papers this morning, Steerpike was intrigued to see…
Boris cashes in with £2.5 million pay-day
It seems the days of ex-prime ministers going quietly into the sunset of retirement are well and truly dead. By…
Poll: public want a ‘modest’ coronation
Strikes. Inflation. Political instability. It’s been a pretty miserable few months in Britain – but some in government are hoping…
Could Boris Johnson run for president? ‘I don’t rule it out’
The 2024 race for the White House is on. Donald Trump is in, Nikki Haley is getting ready, Joe Biden…
Boris battles the Kremlin over Putin threats
Ding, ding, ding! In the red corner, it’s the menacing goons of Moscow’s Red Square. And in the blue corner,…
Next Tory chairman: runners and riders
One man’s loss is another man’s gain and few know that maxim better than Conservative MPs. Members of the parliamentary…
Nadhim turns on the media
So. Farewell then. Nadhim Zahawi. It’s been quite the six months for the onetime favourite to succeed Boris Johnson. He…
Alan Cumming’s bizarre OBE stunt
Congratulations must go to Alan Cumming who has today worked out what the acronym ‘OBE’ stands for – a mere…
Is Prince Harry holding Meghan back?
A big house, Californian sunshine, oodles of dosh and, of course, priceless privacy – life in Montecito must be pretty…
Hong Kong row embroils Commonwealth group
A most undiplomatic row has engulfed one of Westminster’s most prestigious groups. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association boasts 180 branches around…