What would Thatcher do?
No one seems to think Boris Johnson has handled this crisis particularly well. But who might have done a better…
Watch: Andrew Neil on why The Spectator is returning furlough money
Earlier this month, The Spectator‘s chairman Andrew Neil announced that we would be handing back the government furlough money. He…
The five most explosive Trump claims in Bolton's new book
Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton has made a series of bombshell revelations in a new tell-all biography. Claims…
UKTV’s bizarre Fawlty Towers ban
It’s been 45 years since the Fawlty Towers episode ‘The Germans’ first aired on the BBC, in which Basil Fawlty…
Watch: Tory MPs clean Churchill’s statue
Yesterday, protestors at a Black Lives Matter demo in London vandalised the statue of Winston Churchill which stands in Parliament…
The civil war inside the New York Times
After the New York Times published an op-ed written by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton – calling for the military to be…
Civil servants strike back: 'arrogant and offensive'
Oh dear. For some time there have been reports of tension between Downing Street and the Civil Service. Now it…
Why was this lockdown sceptic's video removed from YouTube?
Professor Karol Sikora is a rare voice of reason in these strange times. So why was a video featuring him discussing…
Lancet editor’s Chinese propaganda
Ever since the coronavirus first began to spread in the UK, one of the government’s staunchest critics has been the…
Bail out the Italians and Spanish? 'No, no, no'
While most of us have been hunkering down at home, Brussels big wigs have been trying to thrash out of…
Chinese diplomat's Covid-19 PR exercise backfires
As countries around the world try to work out a way to live with coronavirus, there’s a growing hostility towards…
Oxford professor: We’ve got to be brave now to come out of lockdown
As those who have been keeping a close eye on the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in the…
'You are endangering the world': German tabloid goes to war with China
Could China have done more to prevent the coronavirus pandemic? One tabloid editor in Germany certainly thinks so and an extraordinary…
What pandemic? Labour finds a way to keep talking about itself
There’s nothing like a national crisis to get your priorities in order. With the coronavirus death toll in the UK…
Diane Abbott's most memorable shadow cabinet moments
This week Keir Starmer’s formed his new Shadow Cabinet replacing several Corbynista stalwarts with his own favoured MPs on the frontbenches. As a…
Watch: Boris struggles to say if he'll change nappies
After a prolonged spell of avoiding media interviews, Boris Johnson finally came out of hiding today and appeared on breakfast television. The…
Boris’s baby – Westminster’s worst kept secret
There’s much speculation (and conspiracy theory) about why Boris Johnson chose today to announce that he’s becoming a father for…
The five stages of Brexit grief
It’s been more than three years since the Brexit referendum, and we’re only a day away from actually leaving the…
Labour official election report: result nothing to do with Corbyn
There’s nothing like a period of reflection after a historic election defeat. It offers those involved a chance to look…
‘It’s still not Jeremy’s fault’ – more Corbynite excuses for Labour’s collapse
As the week rolls on, the recriminations just keep coming. One thing is for sure, its still not Jeremy’s fault.…
Listen: Labour MP claims BBC ‘consciously’ undermined Corbyn
The last few days have seen a rapidly coarsening Labour debate over who is ultimately responsible for the party’s historic…
‘We will fight them in the streets’: Labour MP reacts to Tory win
You wouldn’t know Labour had suffered a dismal night in the polls from Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s acceptance speech. The arch Corbynista…
Corbynistas react to the exit poll result
Tonight’s exit poll has predicted that the Conservatives are heading for a bumper majority of 86 – a remarkable result.…
Piers Corbyn: My brother Jeremy’s green policy is ‘nonsense’
Vote Corbyn, says Corbyn. That is the unsurprising message from the Labour leader’s brother Piers in a video filmed at…
Watch: Andrew Neil eviscerates Boris Johnson over interview no show
Boris Johnson has so far refused to take part in an election interview with Andrew Neil. Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson,…
