Steerpike

Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from London and beyond. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk.

Farage attacks Labour activists canvassing for Kamala

18 October 2024 11:58 pm

Another day, another drama. Nigel Farage has lashed out at the Labour lot today after it transpired that a number…

SNP chief executive resigns

18 October 2024 9:10 pm

The Scottish National party has had a high turnover of leaders lately – and it appears to be facing the…

Tory councillor’s wife jailed over social media riot post

18 October 2024 2:57 am

The wife of a Tory councillor has been jailed for 31 months over a social media post during the riots.…

Science Secretary failed to declare Taylor Swift tickets on time

17 October 2024 4:47 am

Dear oh dear. Science Secretary Peter Kyle has certainly had better days in office. Despite Kyle insisting in the Commons…

Treasury breaks silence over Labour donor hire

17 October 2024 4:09 am

If it’s not the freebie fiasco dogging Sir Keir’s Labour party, it’s the cronyism row. Back in August, the curious…

Watch: Jenrick drops the ball over England manager hire

17 October 2024 12:43 am

To the Tory leadership race, which is picking up pace with only three weeks to go. The two finalists are…

Watch: Science Secretary grilled over latest cronyism row

17 October 2024 12:02 am

Labour’s cronyism row has reared its head once again. It now transpires that Sir Keir Starmer’s government failed to disclose…

Jenrick takes aim at Khan over house-building

16 October 2024 10:52 pm

The Tory leadership contest is gathering pace with voting due to open up to the membership in less than 24…

Sir Keir faces scrutiny over Taylor Swift policing fiasco

16 October 2024 5:30 pm

Dear oh dear. The Home Secretary, the London mayor and even Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff have all…

Watch: Farage blasts Labour over Elon Musk snub

16 October 2024 2:05 am

Sir Keir Starmer’s investment summit may have concluded, but the row over its invite list certainly has not. Now Nigel…

Sue Gray under fire over Taylor Swift security fiasco

15 October 2024 10:52 pm

Despite all the free concert tickets the Labour lot received to her gigs, Taylor Swift seems to be causing Sir…

Guardian apologises for controversial 7 October review

15 October 2024 9:30 pm

Back to the Grauniad, the bastion of journalistic integrity. Last week Mr S spotted that the newspaper had first uploaded…

Watch: ‘Apparatus of state turned on Alex Salmond’, fumes David Davis

15 October 2024 4:25 am

Heartfelt tributes were paid to the late Alex Salmond in the Commons today. A number of politicians from across the…

Five flops from Labour’s investment summit

15 October 2024 2:48 am

It’s investment summit day for Sir Keir’s Labour government and, like much else about Starmer’s reign, it hasn’t got off…

Beeb investigated MasterChef star over alleged sexual remarks

15 October 2024 1:30 am

These days, it seems the Beeb is better at being the news than making it. Now the co-host of BBC…

Lammy’s EU brag backfires

14 October 2024 9:39 pm

To Luxembourg, where David Lammy is making headlines yet again. The Foreign Secretary has today bragged about his attendance at…

Why isn’t Elon Musk at Starmer’s investment summit?

14 October 2024 8:01 pm

Happy summit day, one and all. Today is the new Labour government’s first big business bash, as proceedings kick off…

Will Labour break their tax pledge?

13 October 2024 11:40 pm

We are now just three weeks away from Labour’s first Budget and the mood music out of the Treasury is…

Labour’s poll lead ends after 934 days

13 October 2024 11:15 pm

Happy 100 days of Labour being in power! To mark this auspicious occasion, the British electorate have decided to give…

Starmer’s first 100 days: the commentariat turns

13 October 2024 3:07 am

Oh dear. Keir Starmer today marks his first 100 days in 10 Downing Street, but he has little cause for…

Transport Secretary caught in £1bn ferries row

12 October 2024 4:45 am

Back to Labourland, where there’s more trouble afoot. It emerged today that some rather careless comments made by a Cabinet…

Half of Labour voters disappointed by Starmer

11 October 2024 11:58 pm

All is not well with the Labour lot just now – and the party’s supporters are rather unimpressed. Polling from…

Nick Clegg embraces Brexit benefits

11 October 2024 9:35 pm

Well, well, well. In his new job as president of global affairs at Meta, former leader of the Liberal Democrats…

Guardian deletes controversial 7 October review

11 October 2024 4:31 am

Uh oh. To the Grauniad, where trouble is afoot. It transpires that the paper’s review of One Day in October,…

Treasury: no plans for Reeves’ robes

11 October 2024 2:30 am

It’s tough times at the Treasury for poor Rachel Reeves. With three weeks to go until Labour’s first Budget, every…