Rats in a Sack
15 July 2025
Trump/Trump is no Frost/Nixon
The president was quizzed by his own daughter-in-law for a Fox News interview which avoided hard questions
Read the full article09 July 2025
Elon Musk’s AI Hitler problem
The techbro entrepreneur was worried that Grok, his AI system, was turning into a lefty, so he fiddled about to make it more right wing. The results were terrifying
Read the full article09 July 2025
The Reform Party revolution continues to eat itself
Another MP leaves Nigel Farage’s party, while the number of new councillors suspended or resigning continues to grow
Read the full article08 July 2025
Nadine Dorries is quids in at the Mail
The former culture secretary missed out on a seat in the Lords – but is doing very nicely courtesy of the struggling paper
Read the full article08 July 2025
Is Scott Bessent the biggest toady in the court of King Donald?
A series of sycophantic interviews should serve the Treasury secretary well in his ambition to be chair of the Federal Reserve
Read the full article08 July 2025
Tories’ Hall signs up for Rupert Lowe’s new project
The Conservatives’ former mayoral candidate is an advisor to Restore Britain – a new hard-right group with some extreme policies
Read the full article07 July 2025
Mr. Osborne nearly went to Washington
The former chancellor was under consideration by Keir Starmer's team to be the UK ambassador to America, The New World can reveal
Read the full article04 July 2025
Darren Grimes and the mysterious police advice
The GB News man turned councillor says police advised him not to hold surgeries with constituents. They say they told him no such thing
Read the full article04 July 2025
The long-awaited return of Paul Nuttall
The former UKIP leader is back in frontline politics as Reform's new vice chairman
Read the full article04 July 2025
Zarah Sultana’s new party already squabbling with itself
The former Labour MP announced she would co-lead the new outfit with Jeremy Corbyn - but appears not to have checked with him first
Read the full article04 July 2025
The BBC makes another musical muddle
The Beeb linked to a 'leaked' setlist for Oasis's comeback gig - except it was a spoof which claimed the band had set aside time for a fight
Read the full article03 July 2025
Tin-eared Jenrick strikes again
Robert Jenrick’s pivot to video continues, this time with an attack on Rachel Reeves so foul and ill-judged that even the right wing trolls are turning against him
Read the full article03 July 2025
Can someone drop a bomb on Rod Liddle please? Just hypothesising
The rent-a-gob Spectator columnist has proposed dropping a nuclear bomb on Glastonbury despite preaching free speech for Tommy Robinson
Read the full article02 July 2025
Richard Tice: art critic, and chicken
The Reform leader has a new, surprising area of expertise
Read the full article02 July 2025
Is Wales’s shortest-serving first minister heading for the Lords?
Vaughan Gething, who lasted 139 days as first minister, is rumoured to be in line for a peerage
Read the full article02 July 2025
Problem Page: I cried at work. What should I do?
“Raquelle” writes about her sense of betrayal by her boss “Keith” after a project goes wrong
Read the full article02 July 2025
Michael Gove and Sarah Vine: the political Prince Andrew and Fergie?
A Spectator reader made an unwelcome comparison to the ‘model divorced couple’ at an event about living with politicians
Read the full article02 July 2025
Standard hits upon groundbreaking idea – paying for newspapers
The struggling title is now back on sale in some London stores 16 years after going free
Read the full article02 July 2025
News UK’s Talk in line for a Sunny rebrand
The company’s unloved broadcasting arm may be about to get another new name – this time one with a familiar feel
Read the full article01 July 2025
No 10 fails to give backing to BBC director-general
The prime minister's spokesman declined an opportunity to throw the government's support behind Tim Davie, caught up in a Glastonbury row
Read the full article01 July 2025
The GB News revolution devours its own children
The channel’s presenters are said to be at war over stars’ alleged egos and a ‘blokey’ workplace culture
Read the full article01 July 2025
How a Reform government would face serious peer pressure
Nigel Farage’s party might need to create 835 new members of the House of Lords if it finds itself in government
Read the full article01 July 2025
Reform’s local government performance goes from bad to worse
From an 18-year-old council leader to missing cabinet members, Nigel Farage’s party is having a torrid time in office
Read the full article01 July 2025
Are relations at BBC Breakfast toast?
The on-screen chemistry between presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt can best be described as glacial
Read the full article26 June 2025
Who’s been mocking Jeff Bezos’s nuptials?
Daily Mail columnist Stephen Glover has hit out at those making fun of the Amazon tycoon's gaudy wedding. Perhaps he should look closer to home
Read the full article26 June 2025
A new Lowe for Rupert as he has his dog shot
The former Reform MP has taken a break from plotting a new party to have his gamekeeper shoot his sick labrador
Read the full article25 June 2025
Reform’s fantasy numbers simply Kent be serious
Nigel Farage’s party has promised to save £100m by getting council workers back into the office. But when it comes to its own people, things are a little different
Read the full article24 June 2025
Didn’t Matthew Goodwin have a terrible time the day he went to London?
The former academic turned hard right provocateur took a day trip to the capital and didn't like it one bit
Read the full article24 June 2025
Nigel Farage is unlucky with his choice of friends, again
The Talbot in Blackpool became Reform's first “branded” pub. But its co-owner has an unfortunate background
Read the full article24 June 2025
Never mind the Twitter b*llocks, here’s Andrew Neil
The Daily Mail columnist mocked those promoting an untrue conspiracy theory about Keir Starmer on social media - but not before amplifying the claims himself
Read the full article24 June 2025
GB News could have a stab at Michael Gove
The channel is toying with a regular show hosted by the former Tory minister and Brexit architect
Read the full article24 June 2025
Will Yusuf be the scapegoat for Reform’s unravelling Robin Hood tax?
Many in Reform would shed no tears were their former chairman's economic plans to fail
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