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.

Trump campaign lead blasts Labour meetings as ‘fake news’

3 July 2024 6:51 pm

Oh dear. As election campaigns draw to a close, Sir Keir Starmer has found himself under scrutiny at the eleventh…

Deepfake porn site targets female politicians

3 July 2024 4:39 am

Just when you think the election campaign can’t get any madder, it does. Now it transpires that a ‘deepfake’ porn…

Labour will ‘destabilise’ Reform, Badenoch warns

3 July 2024 12:08 am

Election day is just around the corner and politicians across the country are pulling out the stops. Now Kemi Badenoch…

Reform candidate targeted JK Rowling and Sturgeon in online rants

2 July 2024 6:11 pm

Oh dear. Just two days to go until polling day and Reform is once again in the limelight after yet…

Will Starmer be a part-time PM?

2 July 2024 3:00 am

‘Sir Sleepy’, it seems, is back. On the eve of taking up the most important job in the country, Keir…

JK Rowling slams Swinney over gender stance

2 July 2024 1:38 am

Another day, another drama. This time Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney is in the spotlight, after he conducted a rather…

Rory Stewart’s centrist squirm

2 July 2024 1:03 am

With three days to go until 4 July, who else would you want to hear from but Rory Stewart? Cometh…

Jill Biden revealed as Vogue magazine cover star

1 July 2024 11:51 pm

Oh dear. Vogue magazine’s August cover dropped this morning and it transpires that its editorial team has decided on a…

Nigel Farage turns on Marine Le Pen

1 July 2024 9:26 pm

Ooh la la! After a tricky few weeks for Reform UK, leader Nigel Farage has aimed his sights towards the…

Harington endorses Labour – after in-law backed Brexit party

1 July 2024 4:09 pm

With the general election just three days away, the celebrity endorsements have started to roll in. Now Dragon’s Den judge…

Reform candidate ditches party over ‘racism and sexism’

1 July 2024 3:34 am

Another day, another election campaign drama. Now it’s Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in the limelight with more candidate controversy.…

Full list: newspaper election endorsements

30 June 2024 7:47 pm

They may not command the power that they once did, but newspaper endorsements are still highly-prized by political parties. Labour…

Kemi Badenoch blasts Nigel Farage

29 June 2024 7:53 pm

With a week to go until polling day, the Tories are stepping up their attacks on Reform. Following Channel 4’s…

Will Michelle Obama run? The runners and riders to replace Joe Biden

29 June 2024 3:31 am

After a lamentable performance in Thursday’s debate, much of the Democrat press corps is demanding that Joe Biden step aside.…

‘That was painful’: CNN mourns Biden implosion

28 June 2024 6:33 pm

Oh dear. The Democrats are reeling from Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate of the election (the…

Green candidate advocates ‘Climate Nuremberg’

26 June 2024 8:17 pm

The Greens like to portray themselves as the party of hope and change. But what exactly does that entail? An…

Labour dragged into betting probe

26 June 2024 3:45 am

Uh oh. On the same day that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his party would be dropping the two Tory…

Badenoch blasts David Tennant over trans debate

26 June 2024 2:28 am

With only nine days left until the general election, tensions are flying high and parties are under more scrutiny than…

Which cars are stolen most often in London?

26 June 2024 1:08 am

As the election campaigns continue to pick up pace ahead of the national poll in nine days’ time, Mr S has…

JK Rowling slams Rayner and Reeves over trans debate

25 June 2024 10:23 pm

Following JK Rowling’s rather scathing attack on Sir Keir’s Labour party on Sunday, some in Starmer’s army have been grovelling…

Reform candidate slammed for pro-Putin remarks

25 June 2024 7:26 pm

Another day, another election mishap. This time it’s Reform UK under fire after one of the party’s candidates was found…

Watch: Sunak fumes over betting scandal

25 June 2024 3:30 am

‘Betgate’ might be giving us some laughs but there’s one person who clearly isn’t cracking jokes. A notably vexed Rishi…

Voting Reform will strengthen the Nats, Sunak warns Scots

24 June 2024 10:15 pm

Back to Scotland, where Rishi Sunak is attending the Scottish Conservatives’ manifesto launch in Edinburgh. Leaving the ongoing betting scandal…

Badenoch blasts Alastair Campbell over Brexit

24 June 2024 9:37 pm

Uh oh. In the latest election drama, Tory candidate for North West Essex and business secretary Kemi Badenoch has taken…

Green leader’s heat pump hypocrisy

24 June 2024 7:05 pm

Oh dear. In the latest election campaign blip, it’s the Green Party in the spotlight. It has now transpired that…