EU chief blasts Brussels' diplomats
The verdict is in: European Union diplomats are useless. But this isn’t the view of one of the EU’s usual detractors.…
'Real feminist' Nicola Sturgeon hits back at JK Rowling
JK Rowling is a feminist idol for lots of women. After the break-up of her marriage, Rowling became a single…
Watch: Liz Truss's speech disrupted by climate activists
Liz Truss’s Conservative party conference speech has been disrupted by climate protesters. The demonstrators stood up during the Prime Minister’s address…
Was Sleepy Joe late for the Queen’s funeral?
Steerpike was awed by the Queen’s funeral yesterday. Flowers lined the streets of London and Windsor, foreign dignitaries flew in…
Watch: Aussie broadcasters fail to recognise Liz Truss
Poor Liz Truss. While Boris Johnson is recognised the world over thanks to his famous ruffled hair, Britain’s new Prime Minister…
The New York Times' royal derangement syndrome
First it was Brexit, now it’s the Queen. That the New York Times has a near-pathological loathing for Britain is…
Watch: rehearsals held for the Queen's funeral
Preparations in Whitehall continue at pace ahead of Her Majesty’s funeral on Monday. And for a handful of hardy souls…
Fact check: did Charles make Andrew a Counsellor of State?
What better way to mark the death of the monarch than via some good old royal disinformation? Twitter users have…
New York Times in civil war over WFH
It’s a grim old time in Westminster at the moment. The Queen is dead, prices are up, inflation is rampant…
The Brit-bashing fetish of American broadcasters
Comparing the Russian and American royal coverage of the last few days, you’d never guess which was on the UK’s…
Watch: Charles is proclaimed King
King Charles III has been proclaimed monarch of the United Kingdom. At a ceremony at St James’s Palace – attended…
King Charles addresses the nation
This evening King Charles III addressed the nation for the first time as sovereign. He reflected on his mother’s life-long…
Watch: Theresa May's cheese tribute
There’s a grim mood in parliament today. Across the House, MPs are queuing up to pay tribute to Her Majesty…
Watch: Boris Johnson's tribute to the Queen
There’s a sombre mood in parliament today as MPs gather to pay tribute to the Queen. Over the following days,…
The New York Times’s tasteless Queen op-ed
The Queen’s death has prompted an outpouring of mourning around the globe. But that sense of loss apparently doesn’t extend…
Meghan Markle’s self-centred psychobabble
Move over Liz Truss, the real leaders of our global future are in Manchester this week – not Westminster. The…
Flashback: Truss calls for the monarchy's abolition
It’s Liz versus Liz today as the Queen prepares to kiss hands at Balmoral with Britain’s 56th Prime Minister. While…
Boris's resignation honours list: runners and riders
There’s very much an end of days feel in SW1 right now. With parliament in recess and a Truss coronation…
Truss's Oxford Europhilia revealed
Throughout the leadership contest, Liz Truss has been all too keen to paint herself as a Brexit queen, keen to…
Poll: voters don't want Boris in Truss's Cabinet
The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…
The V&A's Tory troubles
All political lives, famously, end in failure: but not so for Tristram Hunt, the former Labour education spokesman now recast…
GB News shakes up its stars
The winds of change are blowing through Paddington, with news reaching Steerpike of something of a bloodbath over at GB…
Meghan Markle vs Mariah Carey: who’s the biggest diva?
It’s Tuesday. That means that once again, it’s time to listen to Meghan of Montecito talk about herself on her…
Six of the worst bits of Meghan Markle's interview
‘I have a lot to say’ claims Meghan Markle ‘until I don’t.’ But there’s no sign of such silence happening…
Meghan’s Mandela moment
It seems that the last two years of interviews, podcasts and media briefings actually count as Meghan keeping shtum. Towards the…
