Through the Keirhole: Starmer plots TV drama
Pitch: a struggling politician eager to make his mark. He’s 10 points behind in the polls, leading a fractitious party and struggling…
Greens team up with Tories to kill the 'progressive alliance'
There has been much talk in recent years about the prospect of a so-called ‘progressive alliance’ coming together to lock…
The world's unluckiest anti-racist: Corbyn's greatest hits
Rallies for Palestine were held across the country this weekend which meant of course a starring role for one Jeremy…
Prince Harry: America’s free speech protection is 'bonkers'
Much has been written here in the UK about Prince Harry’s Thursday appearance on Hollywood actor Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast.…
Americans baffled by monarch's role in Queen's Speech
Her Majesty the Queen might have thought any concerns about the State Opening of Parliament were behind her on Tuesday,…
Tories unveil anti-woke manifesto
TheQueen’s Speech yesterday may have seen the government’s fairly dry visionfor modern Britain but a group of Conservative backbench MPs…
Build Le Wall: Barnier backs a French migration ban
Since the conclusion of Brexit, former EU negotiator Michel Barnier has been keeping himself busy, releasing his own ‘secret journal’…
Jon Lansman finally gets a left victory
While the Conservatives in Cornwall may celebrate winning control of the council in last week’s election, they had one notable…
Diane Abbott calls for Labour to embrace free movement
Left-wing figures are picking over the carcass of the Labour party this morning, after the party performed poorly in Hartlepool…
Defeated Labour councillor: ‘The voters have let us down’
With dozens of Labour councillors defeated across the country, the recriminations and inquests have already begun. Various reasons have been…
Laurence Fox loses his deposit
The London election results have finally been declared and it turns out the poll were not lying: Laurence Fox is…
Hartlepool meltdown: best of the left round-up
Oh dear. Labour’s loss of Hartlepool on a 16 point swing to the Tories has not gone down well with…
Las Vegas resident urges Scots to vote SNP
Sunday’s anti-climactic finale looked set to be the biggest Line of Duty let-down for fans of the hit BBC series.…
Watch: Hillary Clinton blames the Russians for Brexit
Ever since the Brexit vote in 2016, there has been a committed group of activists and politicians convinced that only…
BBC makes a cameo in SNP election campaign
The SNP’s latest election graphic will make for uncomfortable viewing at BBC Scotland. As tweeted by Nicola Sturgeon today, the…
Zac Goldsmith, No. 10's rapid rebuttal service
It’s a tough gig defending this government. So tough in fact that the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson Allegra Stratton left…
A politician's guide to non-denial denials
Michael Gove was deployed to the Commons on Monday afternoon to answers questions on the ministerial code, an hour-long appearance…
Merkel's vaccine nationalism threatens India
You might have thought that Europe’s leaders would be wary of handing Brussels greater powers, given the various mishaps of the…
Pollster consistently overstated Scottish independence support
Few events are as eagerly anticipated in Scotland as the release of a bombshell new poll. Unionists and nationalists eagerly…
Has the shine come off Saint Jacinda?
For a short time it seemed as if Jacinda Ardern, the popular premier of New Zealand, could do no wrong…
Now even Richard Dawkins is cancelled by the humanists
For years, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins enjoyed the acclaim and approval heaped upon him by universities and institutes across the…
China's belt and road to nowhere
Sinoscepticism is on the rise in Parliament, with China’s controversial ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ increasingly being the subject of attention…
Trudeau's Canada hit by Covid third wave
It was just two days ago that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was claiming in his country’s parliament that Britain was ‘facing a…
Labour’s union trouble
It’s arguably been a good week for Labour, as the Tory party becomes more and more implicated in the Greensill…
Trudeau claims Britain faces 'very serious third wave'
Steerpike was surprised to learn this morning that the UK is facing a ‘very serious third wave’ – not from…
