Biden struggles to speak aboard Air Force One
Is it ageist to suggest that an obviously frail 80-year-old might not be well suited to the task of resolving…
Hard Times for Sunak as his ratings slump again
It’s tough at the top. A new poll out today from the Times shows that for all the hype around…
Captain Tom’s family admit they would pocket £800,000 book profits again
Just when we thought we’d heard the last of Captain Tom’s family, the pandemic hero’s disgraced family have been at…
Five of the worst responses to the Hamas attacks on Israel
Tragedies are often the moment when statesmen are at their best. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen from the response to yesterday’s…
Starmer changes his tune on the Sun
As if Starmer Chameleon hadn’t done enough U-turns this year. Ahead of his party conference in Liverpool, the Labour leader…
GB News sack Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson
It’s been a mixed fortnight of fortunes for GB News. Their party at Tory conference attracted a galaxy of right-wing…
Does Rishi Sunak hate dogs?
Every world leader these days needs to have a pet. Joe Biden has a pair of out-of-control German Shepherds that…
Rishi outlines Keir Starmer’s five ‘pledges’ in 1922 speech
Rishi Sunak’s first Conservative party conference as prime minister is off to a roaring start. Never one to miss a…
Kemi Badenoch guns for Stonewall – and the charity sector
Kemi Badenoch’s war with Stonewall opened up on a new front this evening. Earlier this year, the business secretary incurred…
Bully XL owners team up with anti-Brexit Steve Bray outside Tory conference
It wouldn’t be a Tory party conference without hundreds of protesters lining the streets. Manchester has not disappointed. From trade…
Why did the Observer bury a poll showing Starmer’s shrinking lead?
As Conservative conference kicks off, there is a crumb of comfort for the Prime Minister in the latest polling in…
GB News civil war intensifies
It’s safe to say that this hasn’t been GB News’s finest week and there’s no sign of the drama stopping…
Rishi’s media round derailed by HS2
Ah the regional BBC round: the chance for any aspiring local reporter to make a name for themselves. Every year,…
The knives sharpen for GB News
The GB News row rumbles on, with its enemies seeing the perfect chance to call for its closure. A genuinely…
It’s Fox vs Wootton, as GB News debacle deepens
Oh dear. It seems that the self-proclaimed ‘People’s Channel’ has been at it again. GB News has been forced to…
BLM protestor admits fundraiser fraud
Three years on from the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol, an organiser of a Black Lives Matter…
Johnsons deny sacking their nanny for having a drink with Boris
Childcare can be a contentious issue at the best of times. So Mr S was intrigued to read of reports…
Melvyn Bragg takes a pop at Gary Lineker
Radio 4 show In Our Time celebrates its landmark 1,000th episode this week. Host Melvyn Bragg is one of the Beeb’s…
Watch: GB News hosts clash over Russell Brand
It all kicked off on GB News this morning, following a joint Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into…
Seven of the worst people in politics, according to Rory Stewart
If only more politicians were like Rory Stewart. That is pretty much the gist of his book Politics on the…
China hawks urge unity on spy row
It’s been a difficult week for Sinosceptics in Westminster, following the revelation that a parliamentary researcher was arrested in March on…
BBC denies cancelling Roisin Murphy over puberty blockers
The Róisín Murphy row rumbles on. The Irish singer suffered a pile-on last month after she criticised puberty blockers and…
Boris’s Brexit blunder on customs unions revealed
Oh dear. When it came to getting Brexit done, Boris Johnson was, it seems, winging it more than he might…
Coming soon: Liz Truss’s book
First it was Nadine Dorries, then it was Theresa May. Now Liz Truss has become the latest female Tory MP…
‘Chinese spy’ arrested in the Commons
Oh dear. The Sunday Times is tonight reporting that a Westminster parliamentary researcher has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.…
