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.…
Braverman backs Douglas Murray
Stop the presses: common sense has broken out in parliament. On Thursday, Suella Braverman delivered an update on the anti-terror…
Watch: Macron booed at World Cup opening ceremony
You know it’s bad when the rugby fans are booing you. Poor Emmanuel Macron had his big moment upstaged last…
BBC disinformation correspondent accused of lying on her CV
Oh dear. Could things get any worse for the fledgling BBC Verify, launched to combat the scourge of fake news?…
Carol Vorderman suffers a blow in her scrap with the Tories
Carol Vorderman’s campaign against the Tories suffered a setback today after the ex-Countdown host climbed down from a row with…
Blundering mandarins forget £3.6 billion
Oh dear. It seems that Sir Humphrey has messed up again. Perusing parliament’s records this morning, Mr S was struck…
Tory MP Chris Pincher quits and triggers another by-election
To no-one’s surprise, Chris Pincher has now quit as a Tory MP, preferring to resign now rather than drag out…
Just Stop Oil protests cost Met police over £9 million
Staging sit-ins, slow marches and protests throughout the spring and summer, Just Stop Oil (JSO) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) have been…
Kemi becomes the Tory members’ favourite
When the king abdicates, who inherits the throne? Following Ben Wallace’s departure as Defence Secretary, it seems that Kemi Badenoch…
Sunak faces another tricky Tory by-election
It never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak. Just when a new term loomed, with the encouraging news that…
Fact check: would independence cut Scotland’s energy bills?
Good old Humza Yousaf: the one-man walking cure for imposter syndrome. Scotland’s First Minister was out making the case for…
The Manchester Evening News’s shameful treatment of a hotel employee
What is the purpose of a local newspaper? Time was, it was to stand up for local people against the…
Watch: Nish Kumar meets his match on women’s rights
Who says Britain no longer produces quality telly? Mr S this weekend thoroughly enjoyed the sight of Nish Kumar –…
Trussites inspire their peers in parliament
So. Farewell Then. Nadine Dorries. The departure of the bestselling author from parliament got Mr S wondering just which books…
Nadine Dorries blasts Sunak in first interview since resigning
It’s only been a day since Nadine Dorries announced her resignation as an MP – in a scathing letter released…
Nadine Dorries quits again with final blast at Rishi
Nadine Dorries is off – and this time it’s for real. Following weeks of criticism, the former Culture Secretary has…
Trump’s mugshot released following Georgia arrest
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived: Donald Trump’s mugshot has been released to the world. With…
