The New York Times does it again
Let me tell you a story, dear reader. It is about a land – a quasi-dictatorial kingdom no less – where locals…
Logjams and leaks plaguing parliament
It was Enoch Powell who once called the whips’ office ‘the sewers of parliament’. But it seems that – much…
Showdown looms over China’s new ‘super-embassy’
All eyes tonight will be on Rishi Sunak when he addresses the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet. The Prime Minister is…
Lying-in-State leaves its mark on parliament
The Lying-in-State of Her Majesty the Queen was widely hailed in September as a triumph. The organisation was slick, the…
Matt Hancock comes third on I’m A Celeb
All of Westminster was glued to their screens on Sunday tonight to watch the final of I’m A Celebrity. For…
Theresa May savages Piers Morgan
Perhaps the most cathartic moment of The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards was when the relatively quiet former PM…
Boris takes a pop at Macron
He’s back! Denied power at home, Boris Johnson grabs headlines abroad. The Etonian elephant is currently marauding around Europe, firing…
Will beefy Botham get bowled out?
Much was made of Ian ‘beefy’ Botham’s ennoblement in 2020. The hero of Headingley was the headline announcement of the 36…
Murdoch stumps up for Boris’s Montana meeting
Boris Johnson hasn’t always enjoyed the best relationship with Rupert Murdoch’s titles, having once been sacked as a Times trainee…
Watch: Xi rips into Trudeau
Justin Trudeau might be the self-anointed king of elite liberal opinion but it appears his methods find little favour with…
Is Rishi backsliding on China already?
It used to be said that political parties were Eurosceptic in opposition, but Europhile in government. The same perhaps could now…
Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair
Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser,…
Matt Hancock starts his jungle jamboree
‘Mr Hancock, I presume?’ was the reaction our former Health Secretary presumably hoped to elicit upon entering the jungle last…
Boris’s babes to join the Lords
They were the dynamic, priapic premiers who guided their country through a pandemic – and the comparisons between Boris Johnson…
Matt Hancock’s taxpayer-serviced Aga
For the first time since Covid, it’s the question all of Westminster is asking: where is Matt Hancock? Within the…
All change at CCHQ
The winds of change are blowing through the corridors of 4 Matthew Parker Street. Having turfed team Truss out of…
Poll: voters hope Matt Hancock loses in the jungle
The new series of I’m a Celebrity airs on Sunday and the producers have done a decent job of making…
Gove gets the gang back together
It’s not just Suella Braverman and Dominic Raab who have got their old jobs back. Following the Truss interregnum, normal…
Truss in Russian phone-hacking scare
Oh dear. Liz Truss probably didn’t think her week could get any worse, five days after resigning the premiership and…
Rishi raids ITV (again)
The revolving door in No/ 10 seems to turn even faster these days, given the news that Downing Street will…
Farage gets his fortune (and freedom)
He’s had his money worries in the past, but life seems to be pretty sweet for Nigel Farage right now.…
Trevor Noah's bizarre Sunak skit backfires
Fire up the engine, the clickbait machine has gone into overdrive. Mr S doesn’t spend much of his time watching…
Watch: Sunak savages Starmer
What a first day. Just 24 hours after walking up Downing Street to enter that famous black door, Rishi Sunak…
Six of the worst reactions to Sunak as PM
The chorus of execration that met the appointment of Rishi Sunak as PM has been music to Steerpike’s ears. There are…
Watch: Biden butchers Sunak's name
Joe Biden, the man whose diet seems to consist of ice cream and gaffes, has done it again. Having managed…
