Labour MP WhatsApp scandal worsens
Uh oh. Former Labour health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked and suspended at the weekend after some rather controversial message…
Tories: Starmer misled the House
It wasn’t Kemi Badenoch’s best day in the House of Commons today. But amid Keir Starmer’s endless demands that the…
Who were Richard Hermer’s worst clients?
Sir Keir Starmer’s Attorney General has had a rather rocky start to his role. Richard Hermer KC has come under…
Treasury silent on Chagos deal costs
How much does a sell-out cost? Mr S has been trying for months now to work out what the Chagos…
Labour MP: keep illegal migrants because of Paddington
Desperate times call for desperate measures seems to the mantra of the day in Labour HQ. First a foreign office…
Labour minister: Cede Chagos to avoid war
Just when you think Labour’s Chagos saga can’t get any stranger, it does. Now foreign minister Stephen Doughty has claimed…
Watch: Sue Gray enters the Lords
And there we have it. Baroness Gray of Tottenham has entered the House of Lords. Sir Keir’s former chief of…
Reform support surges to new high, poll shows
Another day, another positive poll result for Reform. The latest Westminster voting intention poll from YouGov shows Nigel Farage’s party…
Farage and Tories in borders bill battle
It was a late-night showdown in the Commons yesterday evening. The terrain? Labour’s Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. But…
Why has the BBC changed its trans tribunal headline?
The BBC is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. As the trial between the Scottish nurse Sandie…
Six times Leadbeater promised a high court judge safeguard
Back to the assisted dying bill. It has emerged that the legislation’s requirement for a senior judge to approve whether…
Nick Robinson hacked in crypto-scam
Just what is going on at the BBC? It was only a fortnight ago that Laura Kuenssberg was ‘hacked‘ ahead…
Second WhatsApp scandal MP suspended
Another day, another Labour drama. Now a second parliamentarian involved in a rather distasteful WhatsApp group has been suspended after…
The Labour lawyer love-in with the ECHR
With Sue Gray gone, one might have expected the Labour government’s infighting to have subsided. But there is a new…
Keir Starmer’s one-line whip wonders
Is Labour on a legislative go-slow? In recent weeks, Mr S has noticed a theme from conversations in the corridors…
New Labour minister believes people can identify as llamas
Dear oh dear. In the last hour, Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Ashley Dalton MP to replace Andrew Gwynne as…
Labour minister sacked for vile WhatsApps
Congratulations to Andrew Gwynne who wins the ministerial sack race of 2025. The Labour MP for Gorton & Denton was…
Labour dodges scrutiny on efficiency savings
Well, well, well. Rachel Reeves has spent much of her seven months in power banging on about budget blackholes and…
Sturgeon passes SNP election vetting
To Scotland, where the SNP is hard at work vetting its candidates for the 2026 Holyrood poll. But in typical…
Ed Miliband’s growth U-turn
Another day, another Labour U-turn. Now it’s Ed Miliband in the spotlight, after the Energy Secretary appeared to row back…
Watch: Tory MP blasts ‘secretive’ assisted dying process
Back to the assisted dying bill, which has been at the centre of controversy since it came into being. As…
Ed Miliband rapped for his rudeness
Oh dear. It seems that the new Labour government is rapidly developing a reputation for rudeness. Whether it’s Bridget Phillipson’s…
Labour lose a member every ten minutes in exodus
When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. It has emerged that Sir Keir Starmer’s party has become so…
Jolyon Maugham reaches new level of desperation
Well, well, well. It seems the Good Law Project, founded by Jolyon Maugham of fox-killing infamy, may be rather struggling…
Starmer snubs left-wing rebels as only four readmitted
Well, well, well. It transpires that four MPs suspended by Sir Keir Starmer for rebelling over the two child benefit…
