Watch: Partygate video threatens to derail Johnson honours’ list
Will Partygate ever be over? Today’s front page of the Sunday Mirror splashes on leaked footage of Shaun Bailey’s mayoral campaign team…
Spotify exec: Harry and Meghan are ‘grifters’
It seems the Americans are belatedly waking up to the reality of the Sussexes. Bill Simmons, Spotify’s head of podcast innovation…
Boris’s big column backfires
Boris! Boris! Boris! For a week now, the cry has been incessant among our national media. Liberated from his parliamentary…
Boris gets a Mail column
It’s bad news for Rishi Sunak on the front page of the Daily Mail. No, not the splash about a…
Boris Johnson: ‘I’ll be back’
Boris Johnson formally resigned as an MP yesterday – but don’t expect the former PM to throw in the towel…
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finance investigation
Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the probe into SNP finances. A spokesperson for Nicola Sturgeon confirmed: ‘Nicola…
Saint Jacinda becomes a dame
‘I was in two minds about accepting this acknowledgment,’ says the now Dame Jacinda Ardern, reflecting on how ‘humbled’ she…
What does the BBC have against Oxbridge-educated white men?
Has the BBC been taking diversity hiring tips from the RAF? Leaked emails released last week showed RAF officials urging the recruitment…
Prince Harry no-shows on first day in court
For a man who says that his ‘life’s work’ is to change the British ‘media landscape’, Prince Harry has a…
Watch: Australians mock UK trade deal
Huzzah! The momentous day has arrived at last: finally Britain can reap the Brexit benefits and enjoy some delicious free-trade…
Watch: Biden falls over (again) at Air Force graduation
President Biden continues to project strength ahead of the 2024 election — by tumbling on stage at the US Air…
Does BBC Verify need to review the Beeb’s own output?
Much has been made about the BBC’s new Verify service, launched last week. According to the Corporation’s glutinous press release,…
Phillip Schofield resigns and admits affair with ‘younger male’
And so the extraordinary Phillip Schofield row rumbles on. Earlier this week it was announced that Schofield was steeping down…
Will Ron DeSantis announce he’s running for president on Twitter?
Ron DeSantis is set to announce his 2024 presidential bid during a Twitter Space with the app’s ‘chief Twit’ Elon…
Boris referred to the police over lockdown breaches (again)
Just when Boris thought the worst was over with Partygate. The former Prime Minister has today been referred to the…
Prince Harry loses his police protection legal challenge
It turns out that Home Office can get some things right. The department’s lawyers have today triumphed in their battle…
Gary Lineker honoured for his activism by Amnesty
They say genius is never appreciated in its own time. So we can only be grateful that Gary Lineker’s activism…
Did Suella Braverman break the ministerial code?
Fresh from claiming the scalp of Dominic Raab, is the civil service now after Suella Braverman? The Sunday Times reports…
Is Jill Biden calling the Nato leadership shots?
Ben Wallace has confirmed the worst-kept secret in Westminster: he’s the likely UK candidate for the Secretary General of Nato.…
New European’s Will Self destructs in Guardian feud
‘Think without borders,’ declares the masthead of the New European. But while the pro-EU paper claims to be an advocate…
Cambridge Footlights launch ‘sensitivity reading’ service
Here’s something that will make John Cleese splutter on his cornflakes. The Cambridge Footlights – whose alumni include Peter Cook,…
Ministers block release of draft coronation playlist
It was Yes Minister which joked that open government is ‘a contradiction in terms: you can be open or you…
Brit-bashing Eurovision entry finishes second bottom
It’s fair to say there was some controversy about the selection of Mae Muller as Britain’s entry to this year’s…
Varadkar red-faced after his boyfriend’s coronation messages leak
Oh dear. It was all meant to be going so well for British-Irish relations. Earlier this month both the Irish…
Prince Harry’s phone hacking muddle
Prince Harry is no stranger to demanding that everyone, everywhere should mind their own business and give him privacy –…
