There was a moment we were very unclear about whether domestic pets could transmit the disease. Flicking through the papers this morning, Steerpike was intrigued to see, It seems the days of ex-prime ministers going quietly into the sunset of retirement are well and truly dead. Is Keir trolling Boris with his next hire? Can you imagine what would have happened if we had wanted to do that? Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from Westminster and beyond. Breitbart has created a niche for itself as the home of the swivelled-eyed loons with its fiercely pro-Ukip editorial line. Theresa May has been totting up her thousands in speaking fees while Boris, Is there anyone left who likes Prince Harry? Johnson Snr would then fall gracefully on his sword, leaving the seat vacant for the blond bombshell to launch his bid for the Tory leadershipand Downing Street. Could Meghan and Harrys eviction overshadow the coronation? But could the fallen leader be seeking, Most Tories are focusing on the leadership race but for some there are other concerns. Talking of stricken grandees suffering from curvature of the truth, poor old Chris Huhne has been so busy writing letters of resignation that he hasnt had time to amend his website. President Ahmadinejad put in a serious claim when he announced that he plans to blast off into orbit after leaving office and to become a martyr for science. Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from Westminster and beyond. I recall as a head of department this was brought up at a weekly meeting. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk. Its all kicking off in the Tory party at present. Back in November 2013, the now-favourite to succeed Nicola Sturgeon was a junior minister for External Affairs. Join the conversation with other Spectator readers. Last Wednesday the Guardian published a leader column on Labour and antisemitism in which the bastion of right-on liberalism opined on the partys record under Jeremy Corbyn. Steerpike then insinuates himself into Barquentine's work, acting as apprentice and doing his best to make himself indispensable. This latest wheeze, A rich irony today on the BBC. 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Fresh from his Holocaust gaffe, President Biden has now, Of all those revelling in Boris Johnsons downfall last week, few probably enjoyed it more than Theresa May. Overnight the Telegraph has released a smorgasbord of stories based on a cache of Matt Hancocks WhatsApps during the Covid pandemic. Inflation. Join the conversation with other Spectator readers. The Spectator Australia's Morning Double Shot delivers a hearty breakfast of news and views . Steerpike, the anti-hero of Mervyn Peake's Titus books, is a classic baddie. Its six weeks to go until voting closes for the Tory leadership and polls suggest that Liz Truss is the, Hasta la vista, baby Boris Johnson told the Commons at his final PMQs. The other day I had to do a car errand at around 7:45 am. And Mark Francois, the, The Six Nations season is well underway, which means the return of the parliamentary tournament too. Civil war engulfs the SNP as leadership race turns toxic, Poll: public demand frugal living for MPs. Why was EU chief due to meet King Charles? The great villain of Covid is China. Clearly Ms Riseborough is more than just an excellent actress. The school buses were everywhere in my suburb. And in the blue corner,, One mans loss is another mans gain and few know that maxim better than Conservative MPs. Is Keir trolling Boris with his next hire? Steerpike uses his charm and fast tongue to insinuate himself with the castle's physician Dr Prunesquallor, and acts for a time as his apprentice. Phones in schools should have been banned years ago, and the policy should have been one dictated by the federal government, who could have allied it to finance. Subscribe to leave a comment. He then explains their disappearance to the inhabitants of the castle with a suicide note (including a confession to arson) and wax models of the Twins (helped by the fact that the half-paralyzed twins were hardly more animated than wax-works in real life). Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from Westminster and beyond. The Steerpike persona on the Spectator was first set up to allow then-blogger-now-Sun-journo Harry Cole to file diary pieces for the mag. Nadhim Zahawi. Each one costs the taxpayer about 300 smackers. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk. Steerpike is a fictional character in Mervyn Peake 's novels Titus Groan and Gormenghast . But Mr S hears that might be coming sooner than expected . Its not a great time to be a friend of Matt Hancock, knowing that any moment the Telegraph might splash the contents of your private WhatsApp conversations. Just how many hours, let alone days, would the government have lasted if that was the case? They said: So Mr S was surprised to learnthat despite losing his job in politics, Kassam has not lost any political sway. When he considers the time ripe, he attempts to kill Barquentine by fire, but botches the attempt, underestimating the seemingly frail and disabled old man. Farewell then. Shes also a top-class political operator. There would be less harassment, misbehaviour, and time-wasting. Not Matt Hancock. Then just 1 a week for full website and app access. Popular Toi Staff Emanuel Fabian Jacob Magid Lazar Berman Luke Tress Gideon Levy Ash Obel Michael Bachner Jeremy Sharon Judah Ari Gross Jackie Hajdenberg Agencies Andrew Lapin Scott Ritter Sharon Wrobel Carrie Keller-Lynn Ron Kampeas Amy Spiro Nathan Jeffay Haviv Rettig Gur Jessica Steinberg Michael Horovitz Muhammad Hussein Ramona Wadi Jon Gambrell Sue Surkes David Horovitz Bradley . Perhaps surprisingly, I lay the blame at successive federal governments doors. Is Keir trolling Boris with his next hire? Strange that Mr Cameron offers us no lessons from this colourful tale. Peter Jones [Getty Images] Peter Jones. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike Share Topics. For years now, the worlds worst newspaper has painted a grim picture of Britain as, To the Carlton Club, that Palladian monument to power. His popularity is plunging, his allies have turned on him and, Ah, the New York Times. Still, good old Jim Bethell a veteran of the Ministry of Sound and the Department of Health was wheeled out to defend him tonight. And oddly, the magazine also seems to imply that Mr Kassam featured on the list last year, and was more influential, as a result of working for UKIP leader Nigel Farage ignoring the fact that Breitbart Londons audience is bigger than ever, and bigger than the Spectators. Why did Humza Yousaf miss the vote on gay marriage? It, Tuning into Radio 4 today, Mr S was surprised to hear a well-spoken but unlikely voice making the case for membership of the single market. [3][4], The Daily Telegraph has described Steerpike as one of the greatest villains in English literature. Steerpike might be called the antagonist of the Gormenghast trilogy, but in truth he is more of an anti-hero; the first book for example is largely focused on him, only covering the first year of the eponymous hero Titus's life. Five things weve learned from Hancocks lockdown files, Williamson and Hancocks schools battle revealed, Harry, Meghan and the rise and fall of the folie deux, The importance of exposing Matt Hancocks WhatsApp messages. 10s backside. With his crimes exposed, Steerpike flees and for a short while terrorizes the castle, using his intimate knowledge of its layout and extensive passageways to evade capture. Europe Fact check: New York Times's London foodie 'knowledge' You'd think they would have learned after last time By Steerpike Fact check: New York Times' 'Austerity Britain' report Among the many descendants of the wonky-backed Plantagenet schemer is the current occupant of No. 25 February 2023. The effects of even innocent behaviour at such times are negative. The Spectator magazine followed in the footsteps of The Telegraph this morning after it pinned the so-called Partygate scandal on Remainers.. Is Rishi Sunaks Brexit deal all its cracked up to be? Both men serve in posts at the Ministry of Defence: Wallace as Secretary of State and Mercer in a, It seems the wokest paper in all the west has blundered once again. [5] They also proposed that post-war readers were not prepared to fully appreciate the character upon his initial appearance. Actions like calling a widowed grandmother a psychopath, perhaps. In the books, Mervyn Peake describes his personality as follows: if ever he had harboured a conscience in his tough narrow breast he had by now dug out and flung away the awkward thing flung it so far away that were he ever to need it again he could never find it. Now a military historian, his latest book is Attack on Sydney, a study of the failures in command combating the midget submarine attack of 1942. 9:00 AM. That clearly wasnt the case. High-shouldered to a degree little short of malformation, slender and adroit of limb and frame, his eyes close-set and the colour of dried blood, he is climbing the spiral staircase of the soul of Gormenghast, bound for some pinnacle of the itching fancy some wild, invulnerable eyrie best known to himself; where he can watch the world spread out below him, and shake exultantly his clotted wings.[1]. Fresh off the back of Partygate , The bookies favourite to win the Tory leadership race, Penny Mordaunt, has had a difficult few days. Gossip columnist 'Steerpike' alleged that lockdown . Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk. But the case of the Scottish double rapist Isla Bryson/Adam Graham has loosened, Those cunning geniuses at SNP HQ have done it again. In the red corner, its the menacing goons of Moscows Red Square. The ageing rocker, who congratulated Boris, Oh dear. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike The fire and injury also appears to cause changes in his personality, namely a distinct fear of fire and an increasing loss of rationality. Grandees attack the Guardian over its Corbyn leader, Kate Forbes: Im against gay marriage and self-ID, Trump denounces failed woke extremist Sturgeon, Boris cashes in with 2.5 million pay-day, Could Boris Johnson run for president? Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from London and beyond. Now it is written by the increasingly UKIP-hostile Sebastian I Hate The Right Payne and some unknown entity called Katy Balls, who has locked her Twitter account, and oddly uses her bio to claim she is not Peter Hitchens (who also made his way onto the list this year). Which world leader has set himself the silliest ambition in retirement? As Rishi Sunak tries to finalise a new deal on the Northern Ireland protocol, Tory Brexiteers have been questioning the wisdom of the Prime Ministers strategy. We would have been even more appalled if we had been told these new devices could access extreme pornography, find all sorts of dangerous information an incident a few years later saw a student build a pipe bomb and bring it to school and be linked to a system of social media that seems designed to harass other students. Around 50 per cent was the answer. Clarke was elected in 2019 and resigned her role as a government trade envoy last July in protest at Boris Johnsons, Theres been a sense of deja vu in Westminster in recent days, with a Tory leader under pressure on Europe from the right of his party. And in his eagerness to defend his onetime boss, the Old Harrovian made an extraordinary revelation: that the British government debated whether it might have to ask people to exterminate all pet cats during the early days of the Covid pandemic. Allies suggest Hancock is planning a series of 'serious documentaries' on assisted dying and dyslexia when he stands down as an MP at the next election. Increasingly, Kyiv seems, Ukraines drone war on Russia could backfire. What a win for all that would be. The paper splashes on claims that Matt Hancock as Health Secretary fought a rearguard action to shut down the nations schools against the efforts of Sir Gavin Williamson, who held the Education brief, Its not a great time to be a friend of Matt Hancock, knowing that any moment the Telegraph might splash the contents of your private WhatsApp conversations. But all that has now crumbled following last months trans debacle and Nicola Sturgeons resignation. Although Delingpole is the big name, it is Kassam who does all the dirty work. What happened to lockdowns 40,000 missed cancers? Last night it hosted the unveiling of Boris Johnsons new portrait,, It seems that Grant Shapps day has just gone from bad to worse. The great villain of Covid is China. Members of the parliamentary, So. Unlimited access to the Spectator website and app. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike If phones are going to be tied to transport and making purchases, and that is necessary for students before and after school, then schools should have a locker system. He, Congratulations must go to Alan Cumming who has today worked out what the acronym OBE stands for a mere, A big house, Californian sunshine, oodles of dosh and, of course, priceless privacy life in Montecito must be pretty, A most undiplomatic row has engulfed one of Westminsters most prestigious groups. Last night it hosted the unveiling of Boris Johnson's new portrait, Dr Tom Lewis OAM taught in the high school and adult areas for over 20 years. Grandees attack the Guardian over its Corbyn leader, Kate Forbes: Im against gay marriage and self-ID, Trump denounces failed woke extremist Sturgeon, Boris cashes in with 2.5 million pay-day, Could Boris Johnson run for president? Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk. [citation needed], Deciding to remove the twins, Steerpike convinces them to move into a distant and abandoned region of the castle by confabulating an epidemic of "Weasel Plague", which they must be quarantined from. The great villain of Covid is China. Is Boris Johnsons bid to rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol over before it really began? Why was EU chief due to meet King Charles? His resultant vendetta against Steerpike becomes a key factor in Steerpike's eventual downfall. Sourdust, the Master of Ritual, dies and Steerpike hopes to take his place, but like so many offices in the castle the position is hereditary and is succeeded by Sourdust's son Barquentine, a crippled and fiercely traditional man. And in. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike, Ding, ding, ding! [citation needed]. Could Meghan and Harrys eviction overshadow the coronation? Fed up with Forbes, Yousaf and Regan committing news at every turn, the spin doctors at Gordon Lamb House have come up with an ingenious plan to stop their candidates gaffes, attacks and infighting being reported. Then just 1 a week for full website and app access. So it only seems, Theres been a sense of deja vu in Westminster in recent days, with a Tory leader under pressure on Europe, It seems the wokest paper in all the west has blundered once again. During this period, Steerpike unintentionally causes the removal of the Earl's manservant, Mr. Flay, who had always been suspicious of him. Farewell then. Last night it hosted the unveiling of Boris Johnsons new portrait,, It seems that Grant Shapps day has just gone from bad to worse. This could have been done with a national consultative process, and indeed it would have been likely the states and territories would have been glad to get such leadership. Accusations! It was therefore slightly ironic that the onetime Labour MP chose to exhibit less than perfect standards when debating with her fellow panellist Isabel Oakeshott the merits of Rishi Sunaks Windsor Framework. A rich irony today on the BBC. Steerpike could also be considered an archetypal Machiavellian schemer: a highly intelligent, ruthless character willing to justify any and all means to reach his end. So it only seems right then that Matt Hancock takes his rightful place once more at the heart of public life. Matters are brought to a head when a huge rainstorm floods the castle, submerging the lower levels and forcing the inhabitants (and Steerpike) higher and higher. Shortly afterwards he starts to work for the simpleton sisters of the Earl, the twins Cora and Clarice, manipulating them with appeals to their vanity and desire for power (they believed that the Countess had usurped their rightful position beside their brother). Cancel any time. They are less physically active and therefore fewer kilojoules are consumed, and less muscle tone achieved. These eyes were set very close together, and were small, dark red, and of startling concentration.[2]. The social web that links The Spectator to the heart of the Tory cabinet Connections between a magazine and the cabinet have rarely been so interlinked, with a former editor as the helm, a Spectator spouse as a senior political strategist and the chancellor as the political editor's best man - how is The Speccie wielding its influence? Eventually saner thinking prevailed in the light of students competing ferociously on the grounds of fashion, and also as uniforms are a useful deterrent to would-be offenders coming onto school property. On the day that Titus, 77th Earl of Gormenghast, is born, Steerpike escapes from the kitchen after Swelter collapses from drink. Subscribe to leave a comment. 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