Watch: Just Stop Oil tries – and fails – to cause chaos at Gatwick
Just Stop Oil eco-activists took to Gatwick Airport this morning – but their attempt to disrupt summer holiday travellers appears…
Suella Braverman bows out with a blast
The Tory leadership race is hotting up and there’s lots of familiar faces featuring this time around. Kemi Badenoch, Priti…
Keir cracks the whip on his Starmtroopers
As the third week of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government comes to an end, there’s certainly been a lot of…
Ousted Reform candidate chases Farage for £8,500
Reform has managed to get 5 MPs elected, take 14 per cent of the vote share and outdo any other…
Could these be the online comments of young Kemi Badenoch?
The Tory leadership battle is now underway with the traditional first act: to identify a frontrunner and start blowing poison…
Reform beat Tories among younger voters
These days when it rains for the Tories, it pours. Now it transpires that more voters under the age of…
Lammy under fire for flight ‘hypocrisy’
Another day under a Labour government and – you guessed it – another U-turn. Now ministers are in the spotlight…
James Cleverly rules out Reform merger
James Cleverly, the first official Tory leadership contender, has today ruled out a merger with Reform if he becomes Tory…
Liz Truss: Kamala Harris is not up to the job
She’s back! It was less than three weeks ago that Liz Truss lost her seat after suffering the biggest ever…
Nandy changes her tune on the culture wars
Labour won the election on a campaign of change and its politicians certainly have a knack for, um, changing their…
Farage in diversity stand-off with Commons bosses
It’s a red letter day for Nigel Farage. The former Ukip leader entered parliament this month at the eighth attempt…
Watch: Farage makes maiden speech in Commons
To the House of Commons, where today Reform’s Nigel Farage made his maiden speech after returning from Milwaukee’s RNC. Attempting…
Huw Edwards got £40,000 pay rise despite suspension
Back to the BBC, which these days is better at being in the news than making it. The six-figure salary…
Will president Biden pardon Hunter?
After President Biden announced he would be standing down on Sunday evening, it’s been all go in the White House.…
Nadine Dorries takes aim at Emily Maitlis’s ‘cosy “centrist” podcast’
Another day, another drama – only this time it’s not MPs in the spotlight. Now politician-turned-pundit Nadine Dorries has taken…
Green leader’s embarrassing U-turn over Biden remarks
Dear oh dear. With all that’s happening in the US Democratic party just now, one might have thought it would…
Is Robert Jenrick in cahoots with Kemi Badenoch?
Back to Westminster and the looming Tory leadership contest. No one has officially announced their candidacy yet, but the rumour…
Joe Biden’s presidency in Spectator covers
Over the past four years, Joe Biden has featured on 18 covers of The Spectator. They range from the upbeat…
Is this the letter that persuaded Biden to resign?
There are rare few quiet days in politics and today is not one of them. Tonight President Joe Biden has…
Seven key reactions to Biden dropping out
Well, it’s finally happened. After all the speculation, the spin and the denials, Joe Biden has today, finally, announced he…
Starmer facing rebellion over two-child benefit cap
Uh oh. While Sir Keir Starmer’s popularity has had a post-election bounce (with an approval rating now at 19 per…
Watch: Badenoch tears into Rayner
Back to the Commons, where Kemi Badenoch has been making waves. The shadow housing secretary has been ruffling feathers in…
Starmer’s army in private plane hypocrisy
Well, well, well. Off the back of his thumping majority, Sir Keir Starmer has been making good use of the perks of…
Watch: David Lammy refuses to apologise for calling Trump a ‘sociopath’
David Lammy is in the firing line over comments he made in the past about Donald Trump. The Foreign Secretary…
Truss attacks civil service over King’s Speech document
Today’s King’s Speech was filled to the brim with bills – the most jam-packed since 2005. While Sir Keir can’t…
