Trail hunting battle looms for rural lobby
Tally ho! That sound you can hear is Keir Starmer’s barmy army charging into the fray once more. Having waged…
Labour MPs prepare for trigger ballots
It is a difficult time to be a Labour MP. With the Greens on the left and Reform on the…
Parliament rocked by another China spy scandal
Oh dear. It seems that the spectre of the Chinese dragon is rearing its head over Westminster again. After three…
Greens hit second place in polls
Happy spring statement day one and all. As Rachel Reeves valiantly tries to wrestle the public narrative back from her…
Minister quits after ‘smeargate’ row
So. Farewell then Josh Simons. The Macclesfield MP has quit his job at the Cabinet Office following the revelations about…
Starmer: I am going nowhere
Poor old Sir Keir. It turns out that there was indeed a large anti-Reform tactical vote in Gorton – it…
Hoyle: I tipped off the Met about Mandy
Peter Mandelson is in a right old funk. Having been ignominiously hauled in by the Met for questioning on Monday,…
Ed Davey’s Andrew stunt backfires
Oh dear. It seems that Ed Davey – the most righteous man in all of parliament – has got it…
Watch: Labour MP’s ‘dark shit’ jibe
If you didn’t laugh at this Labour government, you would cry. The Anti-Corruption Minister has resigned over corruption; the Homelessness…
Watch: Martin Lewis confronts Kemi Badenoch
Oh dear. It seems that Martin Lewis, the self-styled ‘Money Saving Expert’, has come a bit of a cropper in…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is arrested
Happy birthday to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. He has this morning been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after photos…
Antonia Romeo is the new cabinet secretary
We have a new cabinet secretary! After a shambolic week in which Downing Street were forced to admit to the…
Trump slaps down State Department on Chagos
Just what is happening in Washington? It was only yesterday that the State Department was trying to merrily wave through…
Reform U-turns on two-child benefit cap
It is Robert Jenrick’s big day out today. The newly-minted Reform ‘Shadow Chancellor’ is making his first speech since his…
Chagossians storm their islands
The Chagos deal is set to return to the House of Lords after recess. But a group of islanders are…
Rupert Lowe launches his own party
You wait years for a right-wing party – and then a veritable fleet comes along at once. After Advance UK,…
Labour Together in turmoil over smear campaign
It was the think tank which made Keir Starmer leader – but now Labour Together is struggling. The Sunday Times…
Sturgeon’s ex accused of embezzling £459k
The SNP might be heading to another victory – but all is not going swimmingly for the nationalists. The party’s…
Starmer pick slammed by ex-mandarin
When a PM is in crisis, what do they do? Sack the head of the civil service. Having lost both…
Downing Street flail over dodgy peerage offence
Just stop Doyle! It was another bad Prime Ministers’ Questions this week for Keir Starmer today. Once again, one of…
Starmer suspends ex-comms chief over sex offender links
This is Keir Starmer’s worst week in politics – and it is still only Tuesday. The constant flailings of the…
Now Starmer’s Cabinet Secretary exits too
Will the last person out of No. 10 please turn out the lights? First, it was Morgan McSweeney; then, Tim…
Scottish Labour leader calls for Starmer to quit
Oh dear. It really does seem like the end of days for Keir Starmer now. The Prime Minister has lost…
Mandelson got five-figure sacking payoff
It’s a tough time for the nation’s finances – but don’t worry, one man is doing ok. Lord Mandelson received…
Mandy’s PR firm plunged into crisis
Oh Mandy. You came and you took and kept taking. For it is not just the Labour party wrestling with…
