Flashback: Streeting predicts he will be PM
Well that was jolly fun. Kemi Badenoch gave Keir Starmer an almighty pasting at PMQs, predictably lacerating him over the…
Badenoch to set out Tory Budget alternative
It is a funny old time for the Tories right now. The government has rather sportingly decided to commit seppuku…
Lib Dems: We’re serious (really)
Pity the Liberal Democrats. You win 72 seats at an election – and all anyone wants to talk about is…
Watch: Streeting hits out at No. 10
It’s nice, isn’t it. The quiet. Just sixteen months after their landslide triumph, the Labour party is now in full-on…
Tim Davie: BBC is the ‘best of society’
So. Farewell then Tim Davie. The BBC Director General undertook the first leg of his long goodbye tour today, speaking…
Bank of England’s two-minute blunder
Timing is not always the Bank of England’s strong suit. Britain’s central bank has increasingly faced accusations of being found…
Reeves to spurn Budget tipple (again)
There are just two weeks to go until Rachel Reeves’ second Budget. Twelve months after telling the CBI that she…
Reeves hints she will break income tax pledge
There are just sixteen days to go until the Budget – and the pitch is being well and truly rolled.…
Exclusive: Reform launches its student wing
You know you’re not a proper political party, until you’ve had the obligatory youth wing scandal. Pubescent politicos have long…
Tim Davie quits BBC over Trump edit
Oh dear. It seems that the BBC is once again setting the news agenda – via tales of its own…
Polanski: I want Putin to renounce nukes
Happy Remembrance Sunday one and all. With the Green party soaring in the polls, who better to have on the…
JCB hand £200k to Reform and Tories
The battle on the right is well underway, with competition between Reform and the Tories for attention, ideas and personnel.…
Top Tory team suffer bad night
After a decent conference speech, there was some hope among the Tories that Kemi Badenoch had finally turned the corner.…
Watch: Lammy humiliated by prisoner release
They say that pride comes before a fall – and so it proved today at PMQs. In the wake of…
David Lammy’s missing PMQs poppy
Oh dear. It seems that the hapless hero of Haringey has done it again. David Lammy is filling in for…
Half of voters prefer AI to Keir Starmer
The human race, controlled by a soulless, robotic overlord. It is the stuff of countless sci-fi dystopias – but here…
Blow for Scottish Tories as Reform gain another councillor
To Ayrshire, where a former Tory councillor who quit the party in July has defected to Reform UK. North Ayrshire…
Salmond died almost penniless after court battles
Last year, Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond had a heart attack during a trip to North Macedonia and passed…
Trump: I feel ‘badly’ for royals over Andrew
The royal family hasn’t been able to stay away from the spotlight lately, as scrutiny over Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s links…
Will the Tories leave Westminster?
On Sunday, it is one year since Kemi Badenoch was elected Tory leader. The anniversary is expected to pass with…
Tory kitchen sink approach sees success in Hendon
It turns out Kemi Badenoch’s kitchen sink approach in the recent Barnet by-election paid off. The result of the Hendon…
Reeves under fire after changing letting story
Can Labour get anything right? If it’s not freebie fiascos, or tax affair slip-ups, it’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves coming under…
Powell takes a pop at McSweeney
To central London, where the Spectator’s Parliamentarian Awards are taking place. There were plenty of jibes at Labour from host…
Lammy loses Chevening residence
Sir Keir Starmer’s September reshuffle proved a blessing for some people and a curse for others. Take Shabana Mahmood, for…
Ex-SNP MP Mhairi Black makes comeback in detective drama
Those who claim to despise the limelight always seem to end up being drawn back into it one way or…
