Isabel Oakeshott’s real scoop-getting record
Former Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott has taken to the Spectator to bemoan missing the scoop about Matt Hancock’s infidelity. The former h...
Author: Marchamont
Journalist, pamphleteer and propagandist rarely mistaken for a man of principle. Still trying to back the winning side in the English Civil War.
Andrea Leadsom picks her favourite Tory toy boys
Among the humiliations for Paul Williams in his run to become Hartlepool MP was the revelation that he had asked Twitter who their “favourite Tory milf” was in ...
Fleet Street’s dubious support for meritocracy
The meritocracy is striking back. Responding to years of denouncement from Ivy League academics and leftish wonks, Adrian Wooldridge is about to publish The Ari...
GLA claimed £240k in lost London election deposits
Competing in the London elections is a pricey affair. Contesting the mayoralty requires a £10,000 deposit, refundable only if you get over 5% of first round vot...
The phoney outrage over Labour NEC member’s call to deport Patel
Twitter is a professional hazard for any ambitious person. And the latest tweeter to make a twat of himself is Howard Beckett, a candidate to lead the union Uni...