Mandrake
16 April 2024
Boris Johnson's cold feet over his GB News show
The former PM is having doubts about being associated with the station, one insider tells Mandrake
Read the full article09 April 2024
Taxpayers foot the bill of Shapps’ MoD extravagance
The defence secretary has splashed out £192,000 on entertainment and hospitality in his first six months in office
Read the full article02 April 2024
Is an early general election on the way?
Rishi Sunak, for all his public protestations, is pessimistic about whether he will be able to hang on until June
Read the full article19 March 2024
Mail hails Mordaunt as the Tories' last chance
The change of heart is said to have stuck in the craw of editor-in-chief Paul Dacre
Read the full article12 March 2024
The plot to reinstate Boris Johnson as prime minister
Johnson superfan and “mad redhead” Lady Judith McAlpine has emerged as the instigator of the madcap scheme
Read the full article05 March 2024
Was the Mail behind Sunak’s night-time address?
The prime minister’s speech to the nation followed a meeting with the paper’s editor-in-chief
Read the full article27 February 2024
RedBird IMI’s Telegraph bid is a headache for Sunak
He may make it Labour’s problem when they come into office
Read the full article20 February 2024
Boris continues to be bankrolled
The former prime minister may be making millions now he’s left office, but he still can’t resist a freebie holiday
Read the full article13 February 2024
Sunak ponders Johnson's return to frontline politics
Mandrake hears the former prime minister has named his price; a life peerage
Read the full article06 February 2024
Sir Ed Davey breaks his silence over the Post Office scandal
Davey is desperately trying to fight off allegations of being “the invisible man”
Read the full article30 January 2024
Murdoch touts Kemi Badenoch as next Tory leader
The Sun ran an article under a headline championing the business secretary as the ‘new Mrs T’
Read the full article23 January 2024
David Cameron’s having second thoughts
The former prime minister’s return to frontline politics hasn’t gone quite as he expected
Read the full article16 January 2024
George Osborne hunts for a director
Mandrake hears the British Museum is struggling to find a suitable candidate for the role
Read the full article09 January 2024
Watch out, Dominic Cummings is on manoeuvres
Mandrake hears that he’s a little short of cash these days...
Read the full article02 January 2024
Sunak's personal battle over Ukraine
Ultimately, the prime minister knows which side his bread is buttered
Read the full article22 December 2023
Mail 'in bid to poach Telegraph editor'
Chris Evans may swap one right-wing title for another
Read the full article22 December 2023
Is Boris Johnson plotting a comeback in 2024?
Theresa May and David Cameron already have plans to stop him
Read the full article18 December 2023
How Michelle Mone tried to silence the New European
The lying baroness’s web of deceit has been revealed after her disastrous Laura Kuenssberg interview
Read the full article12 December 2023
The New European told Michelle Mone to ‘sail on’
In August, the Conservative life peer threatened legal action over our ‘Stop This Boat’ front page
Read the full article05 December 2023
Sir Ed Davey rebrands to save his leadership
The party plan to appeal to the “yoof” vote by rebranding as the Dem Libs...
Read the full article28 November 2023
Lord Rothermere has an unlikely new fan
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article21 November 2023
Boris Johnson was I’m a Celebrity producers’ first choice
Nigel Farage was only unveiled after the show’s producers were told the former prime minister had “too many other contractual obligations”
Read the full article17 November 2023
New Statesman staggers towards redundancies as global expansion plans falter
‘Colossal failure of leadership’ at title, says former star writer Stephen Bush
Read the full article14 November 2023
Who funds Rishi Sunak's jet-setting?
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article07 November 2023
Brexiteers are using the National Trust for their war on 'woke'
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article31 October 2023
What the next election has in store for Michael Gove
What will become of the Blackadder of British politics?
Read the full article17 October 2023
Will Rishi Sunak's financial feud pay off?
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article10 October 2023
The Telegraph throws its weight behind the National Trust's anti-woke wing
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article03 October 2023
Ofcom's reputation is on the line
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article26 September 2023
How the Tories cost taxpayers
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Read the full article25 September 2023
Rejoin marchers angered by BBC's lack of coverage
Complaints made to corporation as organiser calls snub "pathetic"
Read the full article19 September 2023
The Tories receive a timely donation
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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