British Library left counting the cost of cyber-attack
In most countries, it would be a major scandal if foreign hackers successfully mounted a major cyber-attack on the national…
Will Holly Valance be Liz Truss’s secret weapon?
They say politics is show business for ugly people. But at yesterday’s right-wing rally, one celebrity singer managed to disprove…
Watch: Rishi bets Piers £1,000 on Rwanda
Proper prime time viewing this afternoon with a PM on the ropes. TalkTV today broadcast Piers Morgan’s interview with Rishi…
Home Office afflicted by top talent crisis
Rishi Sunak has made ‘stopping the boats’ central to his premiership. So it is, er, sub-optimal then that word reaches…
Labour U-turns, yet again
Another day, another Labour U-turn. This morning it’s the turn of Rachel Reeves, who has done another copy and paste…
George Freeman: My £120,000 ministerial salary wasn’t enough
At £120,000 a year, George Freeman was in the top 3 per cent of earners as science minister – but…
Laurence Fox loses his libel case
Things go from bad to worse for Laurence Fox. In October, he was sacked from his GB News gig; in…
Labour suspend MP over Holocaust Memorial Day comments
Oh dear. Every time Labour looks just about electable, up pops one of Keir Starmer’s MPs to help make that…
Watch: Angela Rayner heckled by Palestine activists
It looks like the ructions over Labour’s Palestine position aren’t ending anytime soon. Since the horrifying Hamas massacre on October…
Andrew Neil: it would be absurd for the UAE to own The Spectator
Last night The Spectator’s chairman, Andrew Neil, spoke for the first time about the sale of this magazine and the…
Sturgeon’s foul-mouthed Boris-bashing revealed
If there’s one thing that both Covid Inquiries have reliably provided, it’s expletives. Use of foul-mouthed language was popular among…
Downing Street aide defects to the dark side
So, who is the Conservative Britain Alliance? Westminster is virtually swamped these days with an alphabet-spaghetti-esque collection of different acronyms,…
Simon Clarke breaks his silence
Well, that was quick. Less than 24 hours after Simon Clarke called for Rishi Sunak to resign and tweeted ‘I…
Foreign Office blows £110k on KCL counter-terrorist courses
It was ten days ago that Mr S brought news of the latest controversy to embroil our ancient seats of…
Tory WhatsApp group rows in behind Sunak
It’s a fun night on Tory WhatsApp tonight. Sir Simon Clarke – a cabinet minister under Boris Johnson and Liz…
Prince Harry faces £750k libel bill
It seems the renegade royal has run away again. All of Fleet Street was eagerly anticipating the mother of all…
The curious case of Nicola Sturgeon’s missing WhatsApps
The saga of the Scottish Government’s WhatsApps continues to rumble on. The SNP regime has never been slow in condemning…
Starmer flip-flops on his CPS record
He’s at it again. Like those unscrupulous bosses he professes to despise, Sir Keir Starmer enjoys taking the credit when…
Sergei Lavrov: War has had a ‘positive impact on life in Russia’
Just when you thought Putin’s regime couldn’t sink any lower, it somehow manages to. Like something out of George Orwell’s 1984,…
Now even Humza distances himself from the SNP
You know your brand is struggling when even the boss wants to ditch it. For it seems that hapless Humza…
Lee Anderson: Laughing Labour MPs stopped me voting against Rwanda Bill
Tory MP Lee Anderson’s name was a curious omission from the list of rebels who voted against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda…
Watch: Rishi goes for Keir on his legal record
A feisty edition of PMQs today, following the drama in the House yesterday evening. As predicted, Sir Keir Starmer opted…
Do Scotland’s politicians deserve their bumper pay rise?
Bumping up politicians’ pay seldom goes down well, especially in times of economic hardship. But the news that members of…
The ministerial casualties from a 1997-style wipeout
It’s blue Monday today for Tory MPs as they read the findings of the Daily Telegraph’s mammoth new poll. The…
Civil servants urged to ‘suppress’ Douglas Murray in counterterrorist lecture
For all the talk of a Tory ‘war on woke Whitehall’, more examples just keep cropping up. In an article…
