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Tout Out

As ‘The Tout’ announces he is “withdrawing his support” for ‘The Steeple Times’ due to our stance on “weird causes including Gina Miller”, we urge readers to back Campaign 2018   An occasional contributor to these...

Crown Chaos

Matthew Steeples highlights the incompetence of the CPS after witnessing a trial for an assault on his person fail due to their ineptitude and inability to file the correct paperwork   On 23rd April 2016, I...

Move Over Milo

As Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal is cancelled after he defends paedophilia, this rabid alt-right nut is also banished by The American Conservative Union and faces demands to be sacked by fellow employees at ‘Breitbart’   There...

The Demise of Donald

Donald Trump’s 75-minute outburst proves once and for all that he’s utterly off his rocker; may his demise please come quickly   Donald Trump and the press are living in two different realities. He has failed...

Rooting Out Rupert

Matthew Steeples highlights an especially unpleasant individual – Meet Rupert James, a ‘man’ with a hatred for Gina Miller and what he calls ‘Kaffir Boys’   Aside from being a typical example of an angry old...

Minding the McCanns

With their libel claim appeal failed ‘missing’ Madeleine McCann’s parents need to scale back and stop blaming others   £12 million of public money has been allocated to the search for Gerry and Kate McCann’s missing...

Supreme Mrs Miller

Gina Miller’s victory is a victory for democracy and decency   This morning the Supreme Court rejected the government’s challenge to the Brexit legal case brought by the courageous financier and philanthropist Gina Miller.   Outside the Supreme...

Hero of the Hour – Robert Harris

Matthew Steeples suggests Robert Harris is right to point out how Britain has changed and changed for the worse   The novelist Robert Harris was attacked this morning by the Daily Mail’s Stephen Glover as an...

The Dark Days

2017 brings a return to the “dark days of the 1930s”; be worried, be very worried   At Christmas, Prince Charles suggested we were in a worrying era akin to the 1930s and in recent days...

Save The Free Press

As #SaveTheSunNewspaper trends on Twitter, an analysis of the sorry state of the British press should act as a wake-up call to our nation suggests Matthew Steeples Yesterday, ‘Save The Sun Newspaper’ was all over...

A Curate’s Egg of an Ambassador

EU ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers’ resignation is rather like a curate’s egg; he shouldn’t have handled his departure as he did but the result might actually be rather for the positive   British Permanent Representive to...

Happy New Year 2017

Wishing all readers a Happy New Year and prosperity and cheer in 2017 and a New Year missive from Donald Trump   We thank all our readers for supporting us in 2016 – a year of...

2017 – A Step Into The Unknown

Matthew Steeples shares predictions for 2017   2016 has been a year when sense was turned on its head. Donald Trump being elected President of the United States of America and Brexit in Britain were not...

The Rise of The Angry Man

2016 has given the ‘angry man’ a voice suggests Matthew Steeples   Last night, in a bar in Chelsea, a middle-aged man came up to me and told me I’d “misunderstood” him. This individual, Richard Neagle,...

The Price of Doing Nothing

Matthew Steeples suggests George Osborne was entirely right to criticise the West’s failure to act over Aleppo   Yesterday, George Osborne rightly blamed the West for the horror of what is happening in Aleppo. He condemned...

Free Raif Badawi

Saudi Arabia should free Raif Badawi; we urge readers to support a message calling for his release   With rights come responsibilities and with freedom of speech and freedom of expression comes a responsibility to avoid...

Bitter Bailey

The Evening Standard’s interview with leading member of “The Club” photographer David Bailey is surprise, surprise nothing but a suck-up to a talented yet pompous prick of a man suggests Matthew Steeples   On Monday, the...

The Times They are a-Changin’ (and All it Takes is a Tweet)

Matthew Steeples highlights the workings and truths behind the changed political landscape of 2016   2016 will be remembered as the year when the world flipped convention on its head. With the brutal monster Fidel...

Forget The Emails

As the opinion website Vox.com exposes why Hillary Clinton’s email scandal doesn’t actually matter that much; we suggest it’s time American voters moved on and it’s time they dumped The Trump   Hillary Clinton undoubtedly messed...

Rabid Rupert

Matthew Steeples highlights an example of the kind of abuse Gina Miller has had to suffer for simply bringing a legal challenge that was most definitely necessary   Financier and philanthropist Gina Miller – a hero...

Racist Mail

As the Mail Online runs a truly racist headline article, Matthew Steeples suggests that civilised people everywhere should accept that our neighbours are actually our friends   Today the Mail Online ran a headline article...

Banish HGVs

Matthew Steeples suggests HGV trucks should not be allowed on London’s roads during the hours of daylight   Trucks are undoubtedly necessary to transport goods in London but with eight cyclists killed already this year on...

Trumping Branson

Self-described ‘entrepreneur’ Sir Richard Branson sticks his oar in with regard to the US elections and Donald Trump; we say he’s just as ghastly   Anyone sane loathes and detests Donald Trump but in voicing his...

Going for Gold

Matthew Steeples suggests though Zac Goldsmith MP proved himself a man of his word in standing down over the Heathrow decision, modern Britain actually needs yet more infrastructure improvements   Zac Goldsmith MP is undoubtedly a...

Going for Gold

Matthew Steeples suggests though Zac Goldsmith MP proved himself a man of his word in standing down over the Heathrow decision, modern Britain actually needs yet more infrastructure improvements   Zac Goldsmith MP is undoubtedly a...

The Etiquette of Brexit

Matthew Steeples shares a lesson about post-Brexit etiquette   This weekend I’ve encountered the worst of post-Brexit behaviour on both social media and in reality and it has led me to the realisation that whatever our...

Mild May

In setting out her vision for Britain, Theresa May simply tried – and then failed – to ape David Cameron   Yesterday, in Birmingham, Theresa May attempted to rouse the Conservative Party with a speech that...

Crazy Corbyn & Awful Abbott

Matthew Steeples suggests Jeremy Corbyn’s appointment of Diane Abbott as Home Secretary proves he’s beyond bonkers   I am honoured to be blocked on Twitter by Diane Abbott MP. She’s now Shadow Home Secretary and in...

Titanic May

Yet another departure from the £100 million inquiry into historic abuse proves Theresa May’s incompetence   #DarthVader Theresa May has done it again. Already onto its fourth chairwoman due to three prior appointments having had to...

Rod off Rob

As justice is finally served in ‘The Archers’, Matthew Steeples suggests it is time the series returned to its roots   During the past months listeners to BBC Radio 4’s The Archers have had to put...

May there be Grammar

Matthew Steeples suggests Theresa May is entirely right in her decision to reintroduce grammar schools   Don’t get me wrong: I loathe and detest Theresa May. She closed our police stations, she closed our fire stations...

A New Look

Welcome to the ‘new look’ The Steeple Times   We’ve had a somewhat enforced period of absence due to a visit from hackers connected to an especially pompous personality but now we’re delighted to announce we’re...