Who do Brits blame for UK financial decisions?
Tick tock. There are less than 48 hours to go until Rachel Reeves’s big Spring Statement on Wednesday and as…
Scots feel safer as part of UK in blow to SNP
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ which means there’s more bad news for the Scottish Nats. Now new polling for…
Rayner’s request for safari tour on work trip rejected
It’s a hard time to be in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, what with poor poll ratings and dismal economic…
Lord Frost floats a 2028 Reform pact
To Buckingham, for a blast of soundness at the annual Margaret Thatcher conference. Star of the show was David Frost,…
Met Police urged to oppose China’s ‘super-embassy’
For years now, Mr S has been covering the long-running farce that is China’s proposed new ‘super-embassy’. Back in 2018,…
BBC issues support email to LGBT staff over Trump
The BBC’s legions of staff seem to be struggling to cope with, um, the news. The corporation has issued an…
The Guardian’s embarrassing Heathrow story slip-up
Uh oh. As the news about the closure of Heathrow airport circulates around the country, Mr S has been rather…
Watch: Protestors storm the House of Lords
There’s no such thing as a quiet day in Westminster. This afternoon, demonstrators invaded the House of Lords in protest…
Ex-SNP chief appears in court as Sturgeon cleared of wrongdoing
Back to Scotland, where former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, has appeared in court charged with embezzlement. The…
Sturgeon unveils memoir cover
Nicola Sturgeon may be stepping down at the 2026 Scottish parliament election but fear not, the SNP’s Dear Leader won’t…
Reform records highest support yet in Scotland
As if Brits haven’t had enough elections and leadership competitions lately, north of the border political parties are gearing up…
Watch: Labour MP’s car crash Newsnight interview
The party of working people is doing a rather good job these days of irritating, er, working people. Work and…
Does Labour believe Israel is breaching international law?
It’s a gaffe a day with David Lammy – but now his latest intervention has ruffled more feathers than usual.…
NYT outrage as Hezbollah-supporting professor deported
To Donald Trump’s America, where outrage spread across the nation’s left-wing papers at the weekend after it emerged that a…
Labour announce credit card crackdown in war on waste
After The Spectator’s Spaff probe brought the rather alarming extent of government waste to light, the Labour lot have hastened…
Even Italians are horrified by the NHS
Anyone who has the misfortune of stepping foot into a hospital recently will know how bad things are with the…
Holyrood exodus: iPad scandal MSP’s worst moments
The Holyrood exodus continues as more SNP MSPs throw in the towel ahead of the 2026 election. While some of…
The Royal College of GPs’ curious assisted dying U-turn
A curious decision by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP). The UK governing council of the group – which represents…
Shakespeare Trust: celebrating Bard ‘benefits white supremacy’
In a society obsessed with political correctness and progressiveness, nothing is sacred – not, it seems, even William Shakespeare. It…
Did Prince Harry lie on his immigration files?
Once again, the spotlight is back on the monarch of Montecito. A US judge has now ruled that Prince Harry’s…
Did Blair persuade Carney to run for PM?
To Canada, where Mark Carney is settling into his first week in the top job. The former Bank of England…
Reeves reignites freebies row over Sabrina Carpenter show
It’s shaping up to be a difficult year for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is struggling to get many within her…
Treasury: employer tax hikes could reduce employment
It has not been Rachel Reeves’s year. From accusations of CV embellishment to noisy backlash over the farmer’s tax, the…
Sturgeon still under investigation as probe costs top £2m
Nicola Sturgeon may be leaving Holyrood next year, but the spectre of Operation Branchform isn’t going away any time soon.…
Watch: Reynolds grovels over solicitor claim
Well, well, well. After Guido Fawkes revealed that Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds had previously – and inaccurately – referred to…
