Starmer U-turns on US trade deal
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so of course Keir Starmer is spinning like a top. Donald Trump’s inauguration…
Only a fifth of Brits optimistic about Labour
Another day, another set of poor poll results for Labour. At the start of its 2025 conference, the Institute for…
SNP minister faces scrutiny over football expenses
Back to Scotland, where SNP health secretary Neil Gray is in the spotlight over some rather curious expense claims. The…
Ex-Tory MPs gear up for Commons return
The new year is three weeks’ old – but some Tories are determined to stick to their resolutions. An impressive…
Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to Southport murders
To Liverpool and the case of the Southport murders. Today, 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls…
The sad decline of the Westminster lunch
‘Lunch?’ growled Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. ‘Lunch is for wimps.’ Yet for half of Westminster the noble art of…
Will MAGA push out Mandelson?
They do say you shouldn’t take anything for granted and it seems Peter Mandelson is beginning to realise that too.…
Humza Yousaf takes aim at media in Grazia photoshoot interview
Hapless Humza Yousaf has a lot more time on his hands after he was forced to quit as Scotland’s First…
Alastair Campbell finally admits what Tony Blair got wrong
No one expected this day to come – but here we are. Alastair Campbell, former Labour spinner and full-time Tony…
Nandy denies Labour ‘governs by social media’ over grooming gang review
Well, well, well. Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is still dominating the headlines and pressure is piling on the Labour government…
Watch: Attorney General refuses to comment on Gerry Adams links
The Labour government is generating its fair share of negative headlines these days – and now the focus is on…
New York Times: Dry January is racist
For a moment, it almost seemed like there was an outbreak of sense at the New York Times, with a column…
Scottish Labour face an uphill battle, poll suggests
All is not well in the Labour party. While Sir Keir Starmer’s government fends off questions about the state of…
Tories overtake Labour despite Badenoch’s ratings falling fast
Uh oh. Labour’s first six months in government haven’t gone quite as swimmingly as Sir Keir Starmer might have hoped…
Reform overtake Tories on Spectator poll tracker
The new year is off to a bad start for Kemi Badenoch’s Tories. The latest update to The Spectator data…
Full timeline: the events that led to Tulip Siddiq’s resignation
And now we have it: Tulip Siddiq has resigned from her government post as City minister after pressure piled on…
No. 10 blocks beaver plans over ‘Tory legacy’ fears
Sir Keir Starmer’s army were adamant that theirs would be a ‘serious’ government of ‘grown ups’ – and yet it…
Fact check: The Rest Is Politics’ grooming gang claims
For a little while now there have been questions as to whether the commentary of Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart…
Tulip Siddiq named in second corruption probe
When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. Pressure is piling on Labour minister Tulip Siddiq to resign from…
Reform neck and neck with Labour, poll reveals
Uh oh. 2025 hasn’t gotten off to the best start for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot and YouGov’s first Westminster…
Reeves will remain Chancellor until next election, No. 10 insists
Another day, another Labour drama. Rachel Reeves has returned from her weekend China trip to a rather uncomfortable atmosphere back…
Watch: Just Stop Oil protestors graffiti Darwin’s grave
Readers might have hoped Just Stop Oil would have left their bizarre stunts in 2024 – but sadly it wasn’t…
Nicola Sturgeon announces divorce
To Scotland, where there is trouble in nationalist paradise. Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has this morning announced that she…
When will Tulip Siddiq be sacked?
It’s rare that a world leader knows the name of a junior minister in the British government – let alone…
Press barred from grilling Starmer’s Chagos chum
There are just eight days to go until Donald Trump takes office. So the question much of Whitehall is asking…
