Is this the BBC's best defence?
Proposals by Nadine Dorries to scrap the BBC licence fee have produced something of a meltdown over at Broadcasting House.…
Fresh fears over parliamentary police
It’s been a pretty dreadful week for security at the Palace of Westminster. First, there was the admission that a…
Will anyone stand by Prince Andrew now?
Well, at least someone’s having a worse week than Boris Johnson. For the Queen has announced this afternoon that Prince Andrew has…
Chinese spy suspect infiltrates parliament
As if there wasn’t enough drama in parliament today. Peers and MPs have just been warned that a suspected agent working for the…
Will the Queen get her just desserts?
Victoria sponge, cherries jubilee and coronation chicken: a trio of Britain’s best loved foods, all of which share a monarchical theme. Each of…
Will universities declare their China funding?
Britain’s leading universities are just one sector having to grapple with the recent decline in UK-China relations. Barely six years…
Guardian pulls poll after JK Rowling wins
Oh dear. There seems to be something of an ongoing campaign against JK Rowling at the moment. The Harry Potter writer…
Revealed: Huawei's Oxbridge millions
British universities have received twice as much funding from Huawei as previous estimates suggest, according to new figures obtained by The Spectator.…
David Cameron winds his office up
In 2021 we bid many things farewell: Philip Green’s retail empire, England’s Euro chances and Donald Trump’s presidency. And now, joining them…
Labour MP demands 'free movement for all'
New year, old Labour. As 2021 draws to a close and Keir Starmer’s managers seek to establish Labour as A…
Labour in limbo over Covid curbs
Wes Streeting has enjoyed something of a dream start since his promotion to shadow health secretary a month ago. Confident…
Diane Abbott’s Zero Covid crusade
With Christmas over, the turkey consumed and Maughamtide been and gone, the eyes of an anxious nation have turned once…
Braverman's brush with the law
Ah student politics: is there anything quite like it? The strange creatures it attracts, the passions it unleashes, the adolescent…
Liverpool's painting purge
Merseyside – the home of Roger McGough, Willy Russell and the Beatles. But it seems that despite the area’s reputation as…
The BBC's mysterious missing Xinjiang evidence
Parliament has packed up for the holidays, with MPs and peers spending their final days in SW1 desperately dodging the…
Mail exodus to The Times continues
The shenanigans at Northcliffe House have given Mr S much to write about in recent months. Whether it’s Geordie Greig’s…
Foreign honours for Hunt and May
Not many people here in Westminster have a good word to say about the Theresa May years. But down in tiny…
Four times Boris said this Christmas would be better than last
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…’ Or it certainly was until Omicron intervened. For the latest Covid variant has…
John Cleese’s cancel culture hypocrisy
‘Always look on the bright side of life’ sang Monty Python. But it seems that for at least one of the…
Revealed: Durham students’ chilling demands over 'Rod gate'
The spirit of the Stepford students is back with a vengeance at our top universities, judging by the hysteria which…
Remainers: Brexit led to Covid deaths
Oh dear. For four years, Best for Britain have fought the most ferocious rearguard action since Dunkirk, desperately seeking to overturn…
The Independent's double standards for JK Rowling
It’s fair to say that JK Rowling’s latest intervention has put the cat amongst the pigeons. The Harry Potter author…
Sir Humphrey wins again
The antics of the mandarin masters of Whitehall have long been of interest to Mr S. Back in September, Steerpike revealed…
Defra's trophy-worthy blunder
The Sunday People is not normally top of Steerpike’s reading list but Mr S was intrigued to see it yesterday…
Boris Johnson's Covid Christmas quiz
It’s hard to recall a more brutal set of Sundays for Boris Johnson. Today’s papers are dominated by ‘partygate’ in…
