Rats in a Sack
28 May 2026
The Democrat candidate attacked as a ‘vegan’ by MAGA… for eating an egg and cheese taco
James Talarico is facing a pile-on from senor Republicans who appear not to know what a vegan actually is
Read the full article27 May 2026
Lib Dem grumblings grow about Ed Davey’s leadership
Just two years after a historic general election success, MPs are wondering where the party is going under their stunt-loving leader
Read the full article27 May 2026
Could the ostracised JD Vance pull out of the 2028 presidential race?
The vice-president, increasingly outside the Trump inner circle due to his dovish views on Iran, is said to be considering sitting out the next election
Read the full article27 May 2026
Reform’s Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon – the gift that keeps giving
To his sexism, graphic language and admittance he voted Remain can now be added homophobia and Covid scepticism
Read the full article26 May 2026
Don’t mention the photo: Reform man snapped giving Nazi salute bags plum job
A Senedd candidate forced to step down after an unfortunate picture emerged has been appointed a special adviser to the party's Welsh leader
Read the full article26 May 2026
The Nicola Sturgeon Show must go on
The small matter of her ex-husband pleading guilty to embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP won't stop the former first minister's book tour
Read the full article26 May 2026
Was Reform’s Makerfield by-election candidate… a Remainer?
He's been accused of sexism and vile social media posts. But has Robert Kenyon committed a far more serious sin in Nigel Farage's eyes?
Read the full article26 May 2026
Reform at war as the Jenrick-Yusuf ‘bromance’ finally comes to an end
Zia Yusuf has hit out on social media at his 'shadow cabinet' colleague Robert Jenrick, bringing their simmering animosity back to the surface
Read the full article26 May 2026
Will Restore Britain supporters welcome Rupert Lowe’s happy family news?
The hard right leader's son has married the daughter of Karim Mezran, an eminent Libyan scholar
Read the full article25 May 2026
Elon Musk objects to Lupita Nyong’o – is anyone really surprised?
The car salesman was on social media complaining about a casting decision in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey. What Musk showed was that he doesn’t really know anything about classical civilisation
Read the full article25 May 2026
Nigel Farage has more questions to answer over his phone hacking claim
Reform’s leader claims the Russians illegally obtained details of his £5m gift from a crypto billionaire
Read the full article22 May 2026
TV critic Trump gets his ratings wrong
The president mocked the 'very poorly rated' Late Show with Stephen Colbert as it bowed out - as the most-watched late-night show in the US
Read the full article22 May 2026
AI isn’t a threat, says noted science expert Toby Young
The Conservative peer has assured Spectator readers that artificial intelligence is nothing to worry about - just like climate change
Read the full article22 May 2026
The right wing press continues its campaign against Andy Burnham
The Mail's Christian Calgie wrote a 'woe-is-me' story after the Manchester mayor objected to him gatecrashing an awards ceremony for vulnerable adults
Read the full article21 May 2026
Reform’s new offer: swear at a woman, get a peerage
When a truck driver hurled foul-mouthed abuse at chancellor Rachel Reeves, Nigel Farage's party was quick to offer him a reward
Read the full article20 May 2026
The right wing media are losing their minds over Andy Burnham
The Telegraph, Sun and Mail keep pumping out hysterical stories about Labour’s leadership hopeful
Read the full article20 May 2026
Nigel Farage’s fascist-adjacent Makerfield candidate
Why does this keep happening in the Reform party? And if this is what happens in a high-profile by-election, just imagine who might slip through the net at the next general election
Read the full article19 May 2026
Who really paid for Nigel Farage’s £1.4m Surrey house?
Reform’s leader says Christopher Harborne did not fund the property – but who did remains in question
Read the full article19 May 2026
Was Donald Trump really sent by God to build a ballroom?
A Christian author used a Washington DC event backed by Trump to say God had ‘raised up’ the president to build his gaudy ballroom
Read the full article19 May 2026
The shaming of Reform’s ‘habitual liar’ on Essex council
He claimed a Labour councillor has asked about ‘how much cash he can grab’ - but the story fell apart
Read the full article19 May 2026
Reform’s Andy Burnham claims are a pure fairytale
The party claimed the Manchester mayor was set to inherit a seat in Norfolk – something its serving MP says was ‘hallucinatory Jackanory’
Read the full article19 May 2026
David Frost’s nice little Hungarian earner
The Brexit-bodging peer is reported to have been paid €43,000 via the Orbán regime-funded Danube Institute for his time as a visiting fellow
Read the full article15 May 2026
Farage’s ever-changing story of his £5 million ‘gift’
Was it for his security or a reward for campaigning for Brexit? And how did the 'skint' Farage buy a £1.4 million house in cash?
Read the full article14 May 2026
Media misses half of Harry’s story
The press have gone big with Prince Harry's attack on antisemitism - but had less to say about his similar warnings on anti-Muslim hate
Read the full article13 May 2026
Dozy Donald Trump nods off in public… again
The president appeared to drift off to sleep at his own event on maternal health this week. It's far from the first time it's happened
Read the full article13 May 2026
Rupert Murdoch’s Talk rapped for misleading Met Office claims
The online TV channel has been reprimanded by Ofcom for broadcasting claims the meteorologist simply makes up weather reports
Read the full article13 May 2026
Does under-investigation Nigel Farage really ‘not take legal action often’?
The Reform leader - under investigation by the Commons authorities over a £5 million donation - is very keen to make legal threats to opponents
Read the full article12 May 2026
Talk Plagiarism To Me: BBC pilfers podcast’s name
The title of the Corporation’s new history podcast is remarkably similar to that of an indie show about the 1990s
Read the full article11 May 2026
Tories at war over having more babies
Boris Johnson and Miriam Cates are engaged in a very public tiff about whether the government should be telling people to breed more
Read the full article11 May 2026
Another forensic examination by the Daily Express’s Martyn Brown-Nose
A month after his lovely day out with Nigel Farage, the paper's political editor had a less-than-penetrating interview with Kemi Badenoch
Read the full article11 May 2026
Don’t speak to any media except GB News, Reform tells new councillors
The party is continuing its policy of boycotting local news outlets which try to ask its elected representatives questions
Read the full article10 May 2026
Your chance to mingle with Matt Goodwin and Jacob Rees-Mogg… for just £10,000
Tickets for Liz Truss's Conservative Political Action Conference are selling like cold cakes despite the opportunity to meet with some of its stars
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