Number of civil servants on £100k almost doubles
It looks like trimming the fat isn’t going too well at the civil service, despite the government’s middling efforts. Between…
SNP splashes taxpayers’ cash on ‘How to run a government’ book
As if there aren’t enough questions about the SNP’s spending habits, it turns out the Nats have been using £55,000…
Sadiq Khan takes a pop at Lee Anderson over asylum seeker comments
Has Lee Anderson finally gone too far? Still reeling after finding out his son turned vegetarian at university (‘shocking, absolutely shocking’), the…
Sir Humphrey covers up, again
Good old Sir Humphrey. Tories, Labour, Lib Dems – whoever is in power, he always seems to win. In recent…
Nicola Sturgeon’s splurges on airport VIP services
Despite it being the SNP’s main political goal, Scotland came no closer to becoming an independent state during Nicola Sturgeon’s…
Watch: Matt Hancock’s cringeworthy Barbie singalong
Can Matt Hancock sink any lower? Considering that only last year he lost the whip for abandoning his constituents to…
Could Corbyn derail Sadiq’s mayoral campaign?
Since the election date for next year’s London mayoral election was announced, Sadiq Khan has been putting on a show…
Inside the tussle over the Truss gongs
Another month, another resignation honours list. It was a row over Boris Johnson’s peerages that led to Rishi Sunak facing…
Five of the worst Gary Neville moments
Having previously been known simply as ‘that footy pundit off the telly’, over the past year Gary Neville seems to…
Rishi Sunak, the ‘Swiftie’
Taylor Swift mania has hit Los Angeles this weekend as the best-selling songstress takes her sold out Eras tour to…
Why won’t Keir Mather apologise to Germaine Greer?
Labour’s newest and youngest MP, Keir Mather, is fresh out of Oxford – and on a path to the very…
Eddie Izzard tries again to become a Labour MP
As the earth orbits the sun and leopards avoid changing their spots, so Eddie Izzard is again attempting to become…
Watch: Tory minister prepares for a Labour election win
Oh dear. It seems Health Minister Maria Caulfield failed to get the memo on government lines to take this morning,…
Where did it go wrong for the Scottish Greens?
Dear oh dear. Things haven’t been going well for for the Green party lately and now they’ve just got a…
‘Do you not speak English?’: Trump ally blasts BBC’s Chris Mason
Poor old BBC political editor Chris Mason got a rude awakening during his interview with Donald Trump’s former aide this…
Coutts gives Nigel Farage his account back
Is Nigel Farage’s war with Coutts finally over? The former Brexit party leader has claimed that the bank – which…
Watch: Trump calls Biden a ‘dumb son of a b****’
It feels as if almost every American presidential election is billed as the ‘nastiest in US history’. Steerpike, contrarian that…
Listen: Sunak hits back at BBC host over ‘private jet’ jibe
Rishi Sunak is up in Scotland today, hoping to woo voters with his plan to issue hundreds of new oil…
Nigel Farage faces another media battle
It never stops for Nigel ‘Rocky’ Farage. Having seen off the chief executive of both NatWest and Coutts in successive…
Has Gina Miller also fallen victim to ‘debanking’?
It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side…
Farage claims another scalp as Coutts boss quits
Two down, one to go. Following the humiliating midnight departure of NatWest chief Alison Rose, Peter Flavel is the next…
Listen: Nigel Farage snaps at ‘condescending’ Nick Robinson
Nigel Farage blasted Nick Robinson for his ‘condescending tone’ during a fiery interview on the Today programme. The BBC host…
Why Alison Rose had to quit as NatWest chief
Last night, the board of NatWest announced that it had ‘full confidence’ in Dame Alison Rose as its chief executive.…
Cameron shines at gay marriage reception
It’s ten years this month since legislation to legalise same-sex marriage was passed by parliament. So what better way to…
BBC issues another grovelling apology
Sorry doesn’t seem to be the hardest word over at the BBC. The Corporation has had to issue another grovelling apology –…
