How green is the government’s car service?
The government’s green credentials are in the firing line – and not for the first time. In office, Keir Starmer…
Ex-Labour MP arrested – days after attacking ‘unacceptable’ Elon
It was just six days ago that the Ivor Caplin, the former Labour MP for Hove, emerged from obscurity to…
Morrisons turns on Rachel Reeves
Poor old Rachel Reeves. Whether it’s being besieged by the bond markets or savaged by the Sinosceptics, it has not…
Scottish Labour admin slip-up sees party lines sent across Holyrood
Well, well, well. It’s not been a great start to the year for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party in Westminster…
Reform faces councillor exodus as 12 set to quit over Farage
Uh oh. There’s trouble in paradise this evening as it has emerged that 12 Reform UK councillors are set to…
Does the UK have more mandarins than communist China?
Mr Steerpike was interested to read over the Christmas break that young people are currently flocking to join China’s civil…
China hawks prepare fresh headache for Labour
It used to be said that parties were Eurosceptic in opposition but Europhile in government. The same might be true…
Mick Lynch’s top five lowlights
Well, well, well. Mick Lynch, RMT’s infamous general secretary, has today announced he will be stepping down from the top…
Andy Burnham demands grooming gangs inquiry
Following the defeat of the Tory amendment in parliament last night, No. 10 might have hoped that calls for a…
BBC presenter loses job after releasing anti-Starmer song
Back to the Beeb, which continues to get better at being the focus of news headlines rather than, er, producing…
Watch: Scottish Tory leader mocks FM over Musk comments
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been the talk of London town this week and north of the border things are…
Watch: Steve Reed heckled by farmers
Who was the least popular man in Oxford this morning? Environment Secretary Steve Reed was certainly up there. The Labour…
SNP government could boycott Twitter, FM warns
Elon Musk has kept the British media busy in recent days, after persistently posting criticism of UK politicians over the…
Theresa May’s Brexit negotiator handed top Foreign Office job
A number of new Whitehall appointments have been made since the election, but there have been a couple of returning…
Tory attack ad gives Labour taste of its own medicine
What goes around, comes around. In producing their latest attack ad, it seems Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative crowd has taken inspiration…
Mandelson won’t represent UK at Trump inauguration
It’s the big question all Westminster is asking right now. Who has got a golden ticket to Donald Trump’s inauguration?…
Musk attacks Keir ‘Starmtrooper’ again over grooming inquiry stance
There’s no rest for the wicked. Twitter chief Elon Musk has barely come up for air over the last week…
Trump praises Musk as ‘smart guy’ when quizzed on Labour attacks
It’s been an eventful week for UK-US relations. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has spent much of it berating the Labour…
Royal Society of Literature in meltdown over diversity drive
All is not well in the Royal Society of Literature. It now transpires that the bosses of the prestigious 200-year-old…
Meta hires Trump ally in olive branch move
It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Mr S reported last week, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg – who…
Farage: Reform will hold grooming inquiry if Labour don’t
The focus on Britain’s grooming gang scandal is very much here to stay. Calls for the government to hold a…
Labour apologise for graphic song use in latest TikTok
It’s not been a great start to the year for Sir Keir Starmer’s army. As if poor poll ratings and…
Quarter of Labour voters suffer buyer’s remorse
Dear oh dear. There’s more bad news for the Labour lot as new polling by More in Common for LBC…
Labour’s hypocrisy over Jess Phillips attacks
After Elon Musk continued to lambast the Labour lot over the weekend, Sir Keir Starmer this morning used a press…
Starmer’s corruption minister refers herself to standards adviser
Back to the curious case of Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate who also works as the…
