Douglas Ross gets in a flap at FMQs
The otherwise run-of-the-mill First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament came to a dramatic conclusion this afternoon. Before the Presiding Officer…
First illegal migrant deported under ‘one in, one out’ deal
Well, well, well. At long last, two months after it was agreed, the first illegal migrant has been deported from…
Tulip Siddiq under scrutiny over citizenship claims
Oh dear. Former government minister Tulip Siddiq has come under scrutiny over former claims she made about holding a Bangladesh…
Khan: Trump has fanned flames of far right
Sadiq Khan has taken to the august pages of the Guardian today to vent about the US President, just hours…
Ex-Labour councillor charged over Westminster honeytrap scandal
Well, well, well. This morning news has come that 28-year-old Oliver Steadman, a former Labour councillor, has been charged with…
Two ex-Tory MPs defect to Reform
You spend ages waiting for a defection then two come along at once. On the same day that former Tory…
Migrant deportations fail for second day in a row
It’s not been Sir Keir Starmer’s week. After a 100,000-strong march at the weekend saw Brits protest issues like Britain’s…
China hawks demand spy probe answers
Oh dear. It seems that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has blundered again. The latest furore is about the agency’s…
Starmer aide quits over explicit Diane Abbott messages
When it rains for Starmer, it pours. As if the Prime Minister didn’t have enough on his plate – what…
Full list: Labour MPs slamming Starmer
Oh dear. If Sir Keir Starmer thought his first 12 months in office had been rocky, his second year in…
Danny Kruger defects to Reform
Another day, another defector joins Reform. This time it’s Tory MP Danny Kruger, who has joined Nigel Farage’s outfit to…
Alastair Campbell apologises over false Charlie Kirk claim
Well, well, well. It’s not often that onetime New Labour spinner Alastair Campbell expresses any form of contrition. But after…
Man arrested over murder of Charlie Kirk
To the US, where the FBI has been searching for Charlie Kirk’s shooter, after the 31-year-old was tragically killed while…
Penalty fares surge after Jenrick Tube stunt
Robert Jenrick has had a good summer. Back in June, the shadow justice secretary caused a social media stir when…
Lords line up against assisted dying
Happy Friday, one and all. It is a big day in the House of Lords as peers gear up to…
Labour by-election campaign in meltdown
Oh dear. It’s not just in Westminster that Keir Starmer’s party is having trouble. Welsh Labour are also having a…
Farage: UK ambassador to US job ‘very tempting’
A day is a long time in politics. On Wednesday Keir Starmer said during PMQs he had full confidence in…
Labour MP’s office targeted in suspected arson attack
It’s not been a quiet news week. From Israel’s strikes in Qatar to Russian drones appearing in Polish airspace to…
Six questions Lord Mandelson must answer over his Jeffrey Epstein links
Can Lord Mandelson cling on as Our Man in Washington? That is the question all of Westminster is asking this…
More disruption for Starmer as strategist quits after two weeks
It’s all change in Sir Keir Starmer’s government. After his former deputy Angela Rayner resigned from both her government and…
Will Rayner take her £17k handout?
On Friday, Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister after a probe into her tax affairs by Sir Laurie Magnus,…
Will Emily Thornberry be Starmer’s new deputy?
It is a plot line worthy of a Sopranos episode. A newly-elected Prime Minister, flushed with electoral success, triumphantly sacks…
Mark Thatcher savages Starmer
In Tory world, it is a year for big anniversaries. One hundred years ago, Margaret Thatcher was born; fifty years…
Zia Yusuf awarded yet another Reform role
Senior Reform figure Zia Yusuf has been on quite the journey within the party. The businessman first came to prominence…
Poll: what do Brits think of Farage?
It is day one of Reform UK’s conference today and thousands are flocking in to the Birmingham NEC. But while…
