Moggmentum reaches the Commons
Although Moggmentum has been building for some time among the Tory grassroots, conventional wisdom dictates that Jacob Rees-Mogg is still…
Nigel Farage offers May a Brexit incentive
Theresa May has come under some pressure these last few weeks over her plan for Britain’s post Brexit trade relationship.…
Naz Shah gets another NHS payday
‘Happy 70th Birthday to our wonderful NHS,’ the Labour MP Naz Shah tweeted earlier today. Shah isn’t the only one…
The Spectator’s 190th birthday party, in pictures
With just two days to go until Theresa May’s big Chequers away day, the Cabinet headed to 22 Old Queen…
Watch: Theresa May’s Brexit gaffe
Theresa May has promised repeatedly that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ but it seems she is still confused about what exactly Britain’s…
Jared O’Mara, Labour MP
Good news for people who love bad news. Jared O’Mara, a former member of the Labour Women and Equalities select…
Paul Mason’s England World Cup identity crisis
Paul Mason wasn’t the only England fan celebrating last night’s World Cup win over Colombia but he is perhaps one…
The Guardian fails to get into the World Cup spirit
England’s crunch World Cup game against Colombia is only a few hours away now and the whole country is getting…
Brexit football chant competition: the winners
Tonight England faces Colombia in a crunch World Cup match that could see Harry Kane’s team put on the path…
Watch: Siri interrupts Gavin Williamson in the Chamber
It’s safe to say that Gavin Williamson has had a difficult few weeks. After the Mail on Sunday splashed on…
Tory Brexit wars: Ed Vaizey vs Owen Paterson
The big Brexit crunch meeting at Chequers isn’t until Friday but already Tory civil war is breaking out into the open. The…
DexEU chief: staff should try 10 minutes of ‘chairobics’ a day
As the Cabinet’s Brexit crunch meeting draws closer, there’s heightened speculation that it’s Olly Robbins – the Prime Minister’s Europe…
Watch: Kit Malthouse wrong-foots his boss
Oh dear. Esther McVey has rather a lot on her plate right now with the faltering universal credit roll out.…
No more BBC Mairs for Boris Johnson
The news that Eddie Mair is departing the BBC for LBC has been met with disappointment by his former comrades.…
Sajid Javid takes the lead
According to weekend reports there are now 20 Tory MPs preparing leadership bids should Theresa May fall. However, one minister…
Confirmed: Cameron did ask Obama to say Brexit Britain would be ‘back of the queue’
When Barack Obama warned Brits on a visit to the UK ahead of the EU referendum that a vote for…
US ambassador’s Independence Day party: special relationship ‘alive and well’
To the American ambassador’s (early) independence day party. Despite the ambassador now possessing a shiny new embassy in south London…
Osborne at a loss over Evening Standard
Evening Standard editor, Kissinger Fellow, Honorary Economics Professor, Blackrock Advisor and Stanford Visiting fellow George Osborne is a skilled man…
Danny Dyer on Brexit and Cameron: ‘where is the geezer?’
England may have lost their World Cup match to Belgium but happily some Thursday night entertainment was found in ITV’s…
Breaking: FT backs Brussels
In a way, tonight’s England vs Belgium football match ought to be win-win. If England beats Belgium there will be…
Matt Hancock’s World Cup struggle
Ahead of England’s crunch World Cup game against Belgium tonight, you might expect that support for the Three Lions is…
Brexit football chant competition: ‘He’s here, he’s there! He’s a citizen of nowhere: Barnier, Barnier!’
Congratulations to Radio 4’s Today programme for the amusing item on Brexit football chants. Very good. Radio 4 being Radio…
Love Island fever sweeps the Labour backbenches
Recess is fast approaching and many MPs are looking for a hobby to occupy them over the long summer break. Happily,…
Liz Truss and the last straw
Oh dear. Although free-thinking Cabinet members are not hard to come by nowadays, Liz Truss still managed to cause a…
John McDonnell fails to put on a united front
Is Len McCluskey a signed up member of a ‘corporate cartel’? That’s what his close ally John McDonnell appeared to…
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