BBC presenter under fire over failure to declare extra work
Another day, another drama at the BBC. Now it transpires that one of the corporation’s top newsreaders Clive Myrie failed…
Will Sue Gray get a peerage?
Sue Gray may no longer be Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff but that doesn’t mean she isn’t still making…
Poll: public back NFU over Reeves
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. These words of wisdom are yet to be heeded by the bright young…
Conservative Home founder joins Reform
The ravens really are leaving the Tower. Last week, it was Andrea Jenkyns quitting the Tories; this week it is…
Commons back proportional representation bill
There have been a lot of political firsts this year: Labour’s supermajority, Reform UK’s Westminster seats and the incorporation of…
Public trust in SNP government collapses
When it rains for Scotland’s Nats, it pours. It now transpires – according to the Scottish government’s very own survey…
Will Louise Haigh receive a golden goodbye?
Well, well, well. Before Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot got into government, Starmer’s army was quite happy to commit to…
Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
There are less than 50 days until Donald Trump takes back the White House – so the Democrats are now…
The National’s latest journalistic triumph
Oh dear. It seems that Scotland’s self-identifying ‘newspaper’ is at it again. On Saturday, the great and the good of…
New MPs were more likely to back assisted dying
Does wisdom come with age? MPs have just voted by a margin of 55 to back a bill to legalise…
Flashback: Rachel Reeves’ battle for winter fuel allowance
It’s fuel poverty awareness day today. So what better time to reflect on Labour decision to pull payments for pensioners,…
Swing seats back another election
For more than a decade, viral petitions demanding an immediate election were the preserve of Remainiacs and much of the…
Starmer’s local media round: the lowlights
It’s been another bad week for the government, with rows over farmers, ships and businesses too. So what better time…
Republicans rage against state of UK free speech
‘Two countries separated by a common language’ is how transatlantic relations are often defined. But these days it really does…
Police drop probe into Allison Pearson
At last, an outbreak of common sense from Essex Police. After a mounting backlash – with Boris Johnson, Elon Musk…
Starmer’s spinner squirms on Netanyahu arrest
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so it’s more bad news for the government. This afternoon the men and…
Jon Sopel’s Twitter U-turn
Dear oh dear. The left-wing Twitter scourge hasn’t gone quite as well as users may have hoped. Following Donald Trump’s…
Why is the BBC staying silent on Reeves’s CV claims?
Rachel Reeves remains in the spotlight after weeks of scrutiny over her rather curious CV claims. Mr S documented the…
Watch: Clarkson blasts BBC in farmers’ protest interview
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster this morning to protest the Labour government’s new inheritance tax plans. As protesters brandished…
Watch: Mandelson urges PM to end ‘feud’ with Musk
Well, well, well. Picking a fight with Elon Musk is hardly the wisest decision Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot have…
Full timeline: Rachel Reeves’s CV claims
Dear oh dear. Rachel Reeves has ended up in something of a pickle over her employment history, with the Chancellor…
British Sikhs blast Starmer’s ‘incompetence’
Another day, another Downing Street drama. This time No. 10 is in trouble with the British Sikh community after it…
Parliament shells out £900k on cobblestones
Whether it’s falling masonry or rats, staff in the Houses of Parliament have to put up with a lot in…
Watch: Haka protest disrupts New Zealand’s parliament
To New Zealand, where parliamentary proceedings have become rather, er, heated during discussions on the Treaty Principles Bill. During a…
Clifton Suspension Bridge quits Musk’s Twitter
First they came for the Guardian, and then they came for the Clifton Suspension Bridge. In a move that will…
