Is Boris going to do the chicken run?
Is 2023 going to be the year of Boris? Much of the commentariat seems to think it’s possible, with the…
Will Beijing block Britain’s embassy?
It’s not been the best few years for Sino-British relations, what with Huawei, Hong Kong and the whole Covid thing.…
Coming soon: Meghan’s memoir?
And you thought we’d seen the last of them in 2022. The new year kicks off with some old score-settling:…
Watch: Zelensky receives standing ovation in Congress
Standing ovations in Congress these days aren’t what they used to be: the annual State of the Union is little…
Now even Saint Jacinda snubs Meghan
Are the wokest couple in all the West losing their star power? The first-half of the Sussexes’ new ‘explosive’ documentary…
Union outcry over working conditions in parliament
Trains, hospitals and schools – there are few aspects of British life left untouched by the winter of discontent. And…
Jacinda Ardern caught on camera name-calling rival
Jacinda Ardern’s political philosophy is simple. When the New Zealand PM was asked to explain the qualities that led to…
The National Archives fires back at Matt Hancock
Oh dear. It seems that Matt Hancock has been called out on his Covid record, again. In his newly-published ‘Pandemic…
Five lowlights from Harry and Meghan’s Netflix flop
Is that it? For months now much ink has been spilled about the ‘explosive’ revelations promised in Harry and Meghan’s…
Whitehall left counting the cost of Covid
Speaking at last year’s Tory conference, Liz Truss mocked those ‘portents of doom’, the ‘people who say that it is…
Watch: Harry and Meghan’s latest cringe-fest
Quick, nurse, pass the sick bag! The wokest couple in all the West is at it again. Harry and Meghan…
Keir Starmer rules out a return for Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 40 years, but this morning Keir Starmer confirmed Corbyn’s time in the Labour…
Eddie Izzard loses (again)
Oh dear. It seems that the curse of Izzard has struck again. The stand-up comedian and staunch Labour member has…
New Labour’s children make hay in exile
Life is good in the Labour party right now – which is perhaps why it’s no surprise that a few…
Pests overrun the House of Commons
Who’d want to work in parliament eh? The roof is leaking and the toilets don’t work, the floor is damaged…
The New York Times does it again
Let me tell you a story, dear reader. It is about a land – a quasi-dictatorial kingdom no less – where locals…
Logjams and leaks plaguing parliament
It was Enoch Powell who once called the whips’ office ‘the sewers of parliament’. But it seems that – much…
Showdown looms over China’s new ‘super-embassy’
All eyes tonight will be on Rishi Sunak when he addresses the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet. The Prime Minister is…
Lying-in-State leaves its mark on parliament
The Lying-in-State of Her Majesty the Queen was widely hailed in September as a triumph. The organisation was slick, the…
Matt Hancock comes third on I’m A Celeb
All of Westminster was glued to their screens on Sunday tonight to watch the final of I’m A Celebrity. For…
Theresa May savages Piers Morgan
Perhaps the most cathartic moment of The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards was when the relatively quiet former PM…
Boris takes a pop at Macron
He’s back! Denied power at home, Boris Johnson grabs headlines abroad. The Etonian elephant is currently marauding around Europe, firing…
Will beefy Botham get bowled out?
Much was made of Ian ‘beefy’ Botham’s ennoblement in 2020. The hero of Headingley was the headline announcement of the 36…
Murdoch stumps up for Boris’s Montana meeting
Boris Johnson hasn’t always enjoyed the best relationship with Rupert Murdoch’s titles, having once been sacked as a Times trainee…
Watch: Xi rips into Trudeau
Justin Trudeau might be the self-anointed king of elite liberal opinion but it appears his methods find little favour with…
