Watch: Tice forgets names of Reform defectors
Oh dear. Poor Richard Tice is the latest politician to have an embarrassing memory lapse. During his first trip to…
NHS Scotland: call bearded trans staff ‘women’
It seems that NHS Scotland still hasn’t learned the lessons from the Sandie Peggie furore. Now it turns out that…
Nandy blasts Beeb over Gaza documentary
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – which means there’s more bad news for the BBC. Now the government has…
Speaker splurges £180k on luxury trips
Is Lindsay Hoyle turning into John Bercow? Mr S first asked the question in January after revealing that the Speakers’…
Assisted dying panel rejects Down’s Syndrome safeguard
The western world might be collapsing but here in Westminster it is business as usual. In one of parliament’s dusty…
JD Vance accused of ‘disrespect’ to British troops
As if transatlantic relations could not get any worse. Barely 72 hours after the Oval Office bust up, the Trump administration…
Tory MP: Trump is a ‘Russian asset’
Graham Stuart is perhaps not the best-known Tory backbencher, but the former energy minister has catapulted himself into the national…
‘Struggling’ Rayner gets her third aide
When you’ve got a majority of 167, how do you keep control? The answer, it seems, is jobs for the…
Lee Anderson attacks ‘pathetic’ Ben Habib
There’s a drama a day in Westminster. Today’s bust-up is between Reform MP Lee Anderson and the party’s former deputy leader Ben…
Farage blasts Zelensky over Trump meeting
The extraordinary scenes that came from the White House on Friday were the talk of the weekend – and relations…
Watch: Mandelson says Kyiv should back Trump plan
Oh dear. It has only been 22 days since Peter Mandelson formally became Britain’s Ambassador to Washington – and he…
Watch: Starmer rejects SNP call to cancel Trump state visit
Well, you can’t say they don’t try. With Europe still reeling from Donald Trump’s oval office bust-up with Ukrainian president…
SNP face fresh exodus as thousands desert party
Dear oh dear. Just as positive polling had lifted the spirits of the Scottish Nats, news of their membership exodus…
Trump: Joe or Hunter Biden left cocaine in the White House
Back in 2023, when Joe Biden was President of the United States, there was something of a drugs scandal in…
Trump: I was surprised to get on well with Starmer
By most accounts, Keir Starmer seems to have done a good job keeping Donald Trump on side when the two…
BBC apologises for ‘serious flaws’ in Gaza documentary
The Beeb is better at becoming the news than making it these days. The last fortnight has seen the corporation…
Reform announce Olympic gold medallist as mayoral candidate
As Prime Minister Keir Starmer is making headlines stateside after his big talk with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage is busy…
Gary Lineker defends Gaza documentary pulled by the BBC
It’s a day ending in a ‘y’ which can only mean one thing – noted geopolitics expert Gary Lineker inflicting his…
From the archives: Rupert Lowe’s first fight for freedom
These days, it’s rare to find an MP who is consistent in his politics. So Mr S was delighted to…
How will the Chagos deal be funded?
To the Commons, where Prime Minister’s Questions has this afternoon taken place. Sir Keir Starmer was asked a ranged of…
Chagos judge also supported slavery reparations
Well, well, well. It turns out that an international judge who ruled against Britain on the Chagos Islands has also,…
Trump reveals glamorous Gaza vision
To Donald Trump. The US president has shared a rather interesting video on his Truth Social platform, depicting an AI-generated…
Watch: Starmer apologises over defence statement leak
Uh oh. Sir Keir Starmer made a big statement in the Commons today on raising defence spending – but before…
Starmer to raise defence spending to 2.5%
To the Commons, where Sir Keir Starmer has just made a rather big announcement on the issue of defence. The…
Assisted dying committee votes down palliative amendment
Back to Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, which continues to undergo scrutiny as it makes its passage through parliament. This…
