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.

Coutinho blasts Miliband’s energy claims as ‘total nonsense’

12 November 2024 9:37 pm

While Sir Keir Starmer faces the world’s media today at Cop29 in Baku, his Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is on…

Gary Lineker to leave Match of the Day

12 November 2024 6:54 am

After years of tweaking the tail of BBC bosses, it seems that Gary Lineker has finally had enough. The left-wing…

May backs Hague for Oxford Chancellor bid

12 November 2024 3:08 am

In a year of elections, none are bigger than that for Oxford Chancellor. Just five candidates remain in the race…

SNP health secretary under fire over football

12 November 2024 12:23 am

What is it with separatist health secretaries claiming from the public purse for the footie? First there was the £11,000…

JK Rowling blasts Alastair Campbell over women’s rights remarks

11 November 2024 9:58 pm

Has The Rest is Politics podcast peaked? Its hosts have certainly had a rather rocky ride of late – with…

Labour minister obfuscates over defence spend target

11 November 2024 8:15 pm

While Sir Keir Starmer is in France this Armistice Day to place wreaths at the Arc de Triomphe, the Prime…

Could Streeting’s smoking ban breach Brexit terms?

10 November 2024 9:11 pm

Labour ministers are very keen to be good Europeans. But could the cause of closer continental ties come at the…

BBC under fire over Amsterdam attack coverage

9 November 2024 12:22 am

Football fans are known to get a little rowdy after a game, but the horror that broke out after the…

Labour appoints Chagos chief to run national security

8 November 2024 11:42 pm

In an uncertain age, who do you want keeping the nation safe? How about the guy who just bartered away…

Oxford Chancellor race in new transparency row

8 November 2024 11:24 pm

It’s the election drama obsessing much of Westminster. No, not Donald v Kamala but rather the race to be Chancellor…

What does a Trump victory mean for Prince Harry?

8 November 2024 8:20 pm

Dear oh dear. Donald Trump’s presidential victory has not thrilled everyone – and, Mr S suspects, least of all Prince…

Is Rishi Sunak off already?

8 November 2024 4:39 am

It’s less than a week since he formally handed over the reins of power – but Rishi Sunak is wasting…

Guardian staff get therapy for Trump triumph

8 November 2024 3:20 am

While Republicans across the US celebrate Donald Trump’s victory and eagerly await his return to the White House, those that…

Did 100 Labour activists scare off 400k Democrat voters?

8 November 2024 12:52 am

Was it Labour wot lost it? It was less than a month ago, as Kamala Harris appeared to be riding…

Mike Amesbury due in court as Reform eyes seat

7 November 2024 11:44 pm

It’s never too long before Labour’s woes are back in the news. Now suspended MP Mike Amesbury has been summonsed…

Will these celebs really leave the US over Trump?

7 November 2024 11:20 pm

Despite receiving the backing of a whole host of A-listers, including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris still…

Downing Street’s Diwali debacle

7 November 2024 8:37 pm

Twelve months ago, it was Rishi Sunak who was lighting a candle outside No. 10. So with a new regime…

Labour minister refuses to deny Trump has ‘Nazi sympathies’

7 November 2024 8:07 pm

The US election has been and gone and Donald Trump emerged victorious, with the former president set to re-enter the…

Full list: the Cabinet members who blasted Trump

7 November 2024 1:05 am

Donald Trump has won the US election, and will become the 47th president of the United States. But while the…

SNP members slam Swinney’s support of Kamala

7 November 2024 12:35 am

It’s not been First Minister John Swinney’s year. Not only did his Westminster group fail fantastically at the July poll…

Six Brits who had a bad election night

6 November 2024 9:28 pm

So Donald Trump is heading for the White House once again. It’s a result that has stunned much of the…

Watch: Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell baffled by Trump’s victory

6 November 2024 5:04 pm

Donald Trump is on course to win the US election – and it’s safe to say that Rory Stewart and…

Five of Labour’s worst Trump attacks

6 November 2024 12:45 am

The countdown is on, with just days left until the result of the US presidential election is announced. With pollsters…

Farage: Reform membership has surged since Badenoch win

5 November 2024 9:37 pm

At long last, the Tory leadership race concluded at the weekend after Kemi Badenoch was crowned victor on Saturday. But…

Gamblers are putting their money on a Trump triumph

5 November 2024 8:35 pm

It’s polling day across the pond and Steerpike is keen to have a flutter. Opinion polling in the US election…