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.

Bowie warns Tories: stop ‘mouthing off’ about Badenoch

8 October 2025 6:12 am

The Conservative party conference may be drawing to a close, but the fighting spirit of the Tories isn’t going anywhere.…

Badenoch: I’m being ‘written off’ like Thatcher

7 October 2025 11:05 pm

The Conservative party conference is in full swing in Manchester with plenty more speeches and fringe events to go. Despite…

Burnham’s Labour barbs at Tory conference

7 October 2025 1:36 am

It’s not just Conservative politicians popping up at the Tory party conference this year: Labour’s Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham…

Boris: I went too far on net zero

6 October 2025 9:59 pm

The former prime minister may not be at Conservative party conference, but he’s still managing to create headlines. Boris Johnson…

Kemi takes a pop at Scottish lobby

6 October 2025 9:35 pm

To the Scottish Tory reception at Conservative Party conference, where leader Kemi Badenoch gave a rather punchy address before popping…

Jenrick: I’m the drug mule of the Tory party

6 October 2025 7:13 am

The Tory conference parties are in full flow and the political speeches are underway. At the TaxPayers’ Alliance reception, shadow…

Philp: we’ll deport migrants guilty of antisemitism

6 October 2025 3:56 am

To Manchester, where politicians, members and delegates are gathering for the Conservative’s annual party conference. A number of speeches have…

Watch: Lammy heckled at Manchester synagogue vigil

4 October 2025 1:54 am

In Manchester, a vigil is taking place after Thursday’s horrific terror attack left two people killed and three seriously injured…

Humza Yousaf: Manchester attack had ‘nothing to do with Islam’

3 October 2025 11:13 pm

What was your reaction to the attack on a synagogue in Manchester yesterday? Most right thinking people, you’d hope, simply…

Shabana Mahmood slams ‘un-British’ pro-Palestine marches

3 October 2025 9:26 pm

The country is still reeling from the horrific attack that took place at a Manchester synagogue on Thursday morning. The…

MI6 boss signs off in style

3 October 2025 3:53 am

Out with old and in with the new. MI6 boss Sir Richard Moore is packing in the clandestine activities for…

NHS Fife’s trans toilet U-turn

2 October 2025 11:08 pm

Well, well, well. It transpires that NHS Fife – the health board caught up in the Sandie Peggie trans tribunal…

Every time Farage was brought up at Labour conference

1 October 2025 9:30 pm

Whisper it, but there’s a name on everyone’s lips at Labour conference. A man who clearly seems to be going…

Reform’s hypocrisy over Labour rhetoric

1 October 2025 9:14 pm

All is not well in Reform HQ. On Tuesday, Nigel Farage broadcast a statement where he claimed that Sir Keir…

Labour kick Owen Jones out of conference

1 October 2025 12:29 am

Much of Labour conference has seen MPs taking aim at Nigel Farage and his Reform party, but it would appear…

Streeting: We need Rayner back

30 September 2025 10:40 pm

Well, well, well. Angela Rayner may have left the government some weeks ago but the mark she made in one…

Darren Jones blasts Labour’s ‘sluggish’ progress

30 September 2025 10:21 pm

The Labour party conference has entered one of its final days and as the time ticks on, politicians are finding…

Mahmood: Farage is ‘worse than a racist’

30 September 2025 9:21 pm

To Labour conference, where a number of conversations are being dominated by another political party: Reform UK. New Home Secretary…

Scottish Labour rule out deal with Reform

29 September 2025 10:26 pm

At the last Labour conference before the 2026 Holyrood election, Scottish Labour is enjoying the limelight. With less than eight…

Scottish Labour goes for Andy Burnham

29 September 2025 5:46 am

Well, well, well. The atmosphere is more than a little tense as Labour conference kicks off in Liverpool. In recent…

Watch: Housing Secretary flails on house building

29 September 2025 2:02 am

A glorious exchange on GB News this morning. Steve Reed, the new Housing Secretary, has been making a big song…

Sarwar: Scotland will reject ‘poisonous’ Farage

29 September 2025 1:35 am

To Liverpool, where politicians and delegates are gathering for Labour’s annual party conference. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has just…

Starmer officially most unpopular PM ever

28 September 2025 7:42 pm

Oh dear. It seems that Keir Starmer’s great big conference reset is beginning well. A blizzard of new polls have…

Labour splits as cabinet minister slams Burnham

26 September 2025 1:01 am

Dear oh dear. Labour conference is just days away but as the party prepares to come together it would appear…

Watch: Boris defends the Boriswave

25 September 2025 9:59 pm

Reform continues to top the polls as Brits remain concerned about migration to the UK. At the start of the…