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.

Prince Harry’s phone hacking muddle

12 May 2023 10:25 pm

Prince Harry is no stranger to demanding that everyone, everywhere should mind their own business and give him privacy –…

‘You are a nasty person’: Trump turns on moderator

11 May 2023 6:54 pm

Well, that was eventful. Fresh from being found guilty of sexual abuse, Donald Trump rocked up last night at a…

Prince Harry’s ghostwriter takes aim at the British press

9 May 2023 3:14 am

Prince Harry kept a dignified silence at his father’s coronation – even if he opted to make a hasty exit…

Was Tucker Carlson getting too big for his boots?

25 April 2023 3:38 am

All change at Murdoch Towers: Tucker Carlson has hosted his last primetime show at Fox News. His departure was clearly…

Fox settles in Dominion defamation case

19 April 2023 3:59 pm

Talk about denying us a grand finale. Moments before the defamation ‘trial of the century’ was due to begin, media…

Six things we know about the Fox Dominion defamation trial

18 April 2023 6:39 pm

Who needs Succession when we have Dominion? A billion-dollar lawsuit involving a media tycoon, the 2020 presidential race and a…

Sleaze watchdog probes Sunak’s interests

17 April 2023 10:48 pm

Bang goes Rishi Sunak’s big maths speech. Fresh from delivering a paean to the joys of numeracy, the Prime Minister…

Brecon Beacons sheds its name and logo in eco-crusade

17 April 2023 8:46 pm

‘The simplest way to explain the behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation’ claimed Robert Conquest ‘is to assume that it is…

Take the Rishi Sunak maths challenge

17 April 2023 7:20 pm

Rishi Sunak is back in the headlines today, saying it’s time for greater maths literacy. But when it comes to…

Are Labour’s attack ads that successful?

12 April 2023 8:27 pm

Over at Labour HQ, there’s a mood of triumphalism about the party’s string of attack adverts. Newspapers are full of…

Coronation carriage canned for Speaker Hoyle

11 April 2023 5:42 am

It’s less than a month to go until the Coronation and already the media are going mad for anything royal-related.…

Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s final cringeworthy speech as PM

5 April 2023 10:36 pm

It’s a bad time for soporific narcissists in office. Just weeks after the self-indulgent grandstanding of Nicola Sturgeon’s farewell press…

What’s going on with Carol Vorderman?

4 April 2023 7:49 pm

It seems that Labour have a secret weapon in their local election campaign. For months now, Carol Vorderman has been…

Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s successor struggles to define a woman

3 April 2023 10:22 pm

Is Labour’s state of confusion about sex and gender going global? Labour leader Keir Starmer was widely mocked this weekend…

Now Humza’s henchman takes aim at Rod

3 April 2023 6:34 pm

There’s no shortage of problems in Humza Yousaf’s in-tray as he gets his feet under the desk at Bute House.…

Gary Lineker scores a victory over the taxman

29 March 2023 3:44 am

The good news just keeps coming for Gary Lineker. The Match of the Day host has won his appeal against…

The Guardian cancels itself, at last

29 March 2023 3:07 am

The world’s wokest newspaper is at it again. Few voices were more vocal about race and reparations in that statue-toppling…

Prince Harry relaunches his anti-press crusade

27 March 2023 8:28 pm

The renegade royal is back. Having spent the past few years endlessly invading the privacy of others for financial gain,…

Liz puts the Trussketers in the Lords

25 March 2023 5:47 am

Even out of office, she’s still causing chaos. Details of Liz Truss’s resignation honours list have been leaked to the…

Tory MP: Boris’s hearing like OJ Simpson’s trial

23 March 2023 11:43 pm

Whether it was No. 10 parties or Chris Pincher’s misconduct claims, Tory MPs grew used to having defend Boris Johnson…

Rishi publishes his six-figure tax bill

23 March 2023 4:08 am

It’s a good day to bury bad news. After months of stalling, No. 10 have chosen today of all days…

Budget Poll: half of voters see Tories as a high tax party

21 March 2023 2:27 am

It wasn’t so long ago that the Conservatives won a landslide on Boris Johnson’s pledge not to put up income…

Boris gets a boost as local Tories reselect him

17 March 2023 9:35 am

It’s a big week for Boris Johnson as he prepares to give evidence before the Privileges Committee next Wednesday. So…

Is Rishi Sunak really Enoch Powell in disguise?

16 March 2023 9:33 pm

It may seem like a bizarre question but it’s the one that is obsessing much of the left: is Rishi…

Rishi’s Richmond flourish in No. 10

15 March 2023 2:48 am

During Boris Johnson’s tenure, No 10. Downing Street seemed to anthropomorphise into being political actors itself. From partygate to wallpapergate,…