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.

Does Emily Maitlis still think Macron’s gamble paid off?

8 July 2024 8:25 am

Zut alors! It’s all kicking off in France where the nation this weekend went to the polls for the second…

Braverman refuses to rule out Reform defection

8 July 2024 2:49 am

The general election may be done, but that doesn’t mean party drama has come to an end. Suella Braverman is…

Keir Starmer appoints lawyer who represented Gerry Adams

6 July 2024 9:10 pm

Since becoming leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer has faced plenty of scrutiny about his career as a human…

Watch: Liz Truss loses her seat

5 July 2024 5:10 pm

It’s the Portillo moment of 2024. Liz Truss sensationally lost her safe South West Norfolk seat this morning, less than…

Full list: Rees-Mogg and Mordaunt among big beasts felled in Tory wipeout

5 July 2024 3:20 pm

They’ve been some of the most dominant figures in British politics of the past five years – but now they’re…

Captain Tom’s daughter disqualified from charity

4 July 2024 5:08 am

Uh oh. Amid the longstanding inquiry into Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family, one rather damning conclusion has so far been…

The Sun backs Labour

4 July 2024 1:34 am

Talk about an eleventh hour endorsement. This afternoon, one long-anticipated announcement dropped less than a day ahead of the general…

Do the Lib Dems have an intolerance problem?

4 July 2024 12:02 am

Is the Liberal Democrat party really all that liberal? Mr S isn’t quite so sure – after speaking to an…

JK Rowling slams David Lammy over women’s rights

3 July 2024 11:00 pm

The Harry Potter author strikes again. After blasting Sir Keir in a recent Times column, this time prominent women’s rights…

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…