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.

‘You are a nasty person’: Trump turns on moderator

11 May 2023 6:54 pm

Well, that was eventful. Fresh from being found guilty of sexual abuse, Donald Trump rocked up last night at a…

Prince Harry’s ghostwriter takes aim at the British press

9 May 2023 3:14 am

Prince Harry kept a dignified silence at his father’s coronation – even if he opted to make a hasty exit…

Was Tucker Carlson getting too big for his boots?

25 April 2023 3:38 am

All change at Murdoch Towers: Tucker Carlson has hosted his last primetime show at Fox News. His departure was clearly…

Fox settles in Dominion defamation case

19 April 2023 3:59 pm

Talk about denying us a grand finale. Moments before the defamation ‘trial of the century’ was due to begin, media…

Six things we know about the Fox Dominion defamation trial

18 April 2023 6:39 pm

Who needs Succession when we have Dominion? A billion-dollar lawsuit involving a media tycoon, the 2020 presidential race and a…

Sleaze watchdog probes Sunak’s interests

17 April 2023 10:48 pm

Bang goes Rishi Sunak’s big maths speech. Fresh from delivering a paean to the joys of numeracy, the Prime Minister…

Brecon Beacons sheds its name and logo in eco-crusade

17 April 2023 8:46 pm

‘The simplest way to explain the behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation’ claimed Robert Conquest ‘is to assume that it is…

Take the Rishi Sunak maths challenge

17 April 2023 7:20 pm

Rishi Sunak is back in the headlines today, saying it’s time for greater maths literacy. But when it comes to…

Are Labour’s attack ads that successful?

12 April 2023 8:27 pm

Over at Labour HQ, there’s a mood of triumphalism about the party’s string of attack adverts. Newspapers are full of…

Coronation carriage canned for Speaker Hoyle

11 April 2023 5:42 am

It’s less than a month to go until the Coronation and already the media are going mad for anything royal-related.…

Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s final cringeworthy speech as PM

5 April 2023 10:36 pm

It’s a bad time for soporific narcissists in office. Just weeks after the self-indulgent grandstanding of Nicola Sturgeon’s farewell press…

What’s going on with Carol Vorderman?

4 April 2023 7:49 pm

It seems that Labour have a secret weapon in their local election campaign. For months now, Carol Vorderman has been…

Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s successor struggles to define a woman

3 April 2023 10:22 pm

Is Labour’s state of confusion about sex and gender going global? Labour leader Keir Starmer was widely mocked this weekend…

Now Humza’s henchman takes aim at Rod

3 April 2023 6:34 pm

There’s no shortage of problems in Humza Yousaf’s in-tray as he gets his feet under the desk at Bute House.…

Gary Lineker scores a victory over the taxman

29 March 2023 3:44 am

The good news just keeps coming for Gary Lineker. The Match of the Day host has won his appeal against…

The Guardian cancels itself, at last

29 March 2023 3:07 am

The world’s wokest newspaper is at it again. Few voices were more vocal about race and reparations in that statue-toppling…

Prince Harry relaunches his anti-press crusade

27 March 2023 8:28 pm

The renegade royal is back. Having spent the past few years endlessly invading the privacy of others for financial gain,…

Liz puts the Trussketers in the Lords

25 March 2023 5:47 am

Even out of office, she’s still causing chaos. Details of Liz Truss’s resignation honours list have been leaked to the…

Tory MP: Boris’s hearing like OJ Simpson’s trial

23 March 2023 11:43 pm

Whether it was No. 10 parties or Chris Pincher’s misconduct claims, Tory MPs grew used to having defend Boris Johnson…

Rishi publishes his six-figure tax bill

23 March 2023 4:08 am

It’s a good day to bury bad news. After months of stalling, No. 10 have chosen today of all days…

Budget Poll: half of voters see Tories as a high tax party

21 March 2023 2:27 am

It wasn’t so long ago that the Conservatives won a landslide on Boris Johnson’s pledge not to put up income…

Boris gets a boost as local Tories reselect him

17 March 2023 9:35 am

It’s a big week for Boris Johnson as he prepares to give evidence before the Privileges Committee next Wednesday. So…

Is Rishi Sunak really Enoch Powell in disguise?

16 March 2023 9:33 pm

It may seem like a bizarre question but it’s the one that is obsessing much of the left: is Rishi…

Rishi’s Richmond flourish in No. 10

15 March 2023 2:48 am

During Boris Johnson’s tenure, No 10. Downing Street seemed to anthropomorphise into being political actors itself. From partygate to wallpapergate,…

Will Rishi invite Biden to his California pad?

15 March 2023 2:30 am

When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister last October, Joe Biden phoned him to reaffirm the ‘special relationship’. But when the two leaders…