Monty Confidanté
A Westminster insider serves up the spiciest gossip from the heart of power
Monty Confidanté: ‘The prime minister's in the doghouse over his bungling of the offshore business’
This week: our society columnist reveals the financial affairs of Piggy’s eccentric relatives. Plus: the latest Famous Fivesome Superinjunction
Monty Confidanté: 'A business secretary is basically Fredo Corleone'
This week: our society columnist watches the steel saga unfold. Plus: Fatsmo is recruited to sex up the ‘stay’ campaign
Monty Confidanté: ‘While Piggy’s away, Tray takes over Chequers for the Easter break’
This week: our society columnist reveals what happened when the Camerons left the country, and joins a crowd of mournful hacks saying farewell to the Indy
Monty Confidanté: IDS’s resignation leads to 'no-speaks all round'
This week: our society columnist sees the Tory party descend into civil war, while ‘Bo-Job’ shows off his comedy ‘Northern Power’ouse’ accent
Monty Confidanté: The chancellor’s policies are reversing the plotline of A Christmas Carol
This week: our society columnist watched ‘Skids’ warm up for budget day with a jazz-funk erotic revue at Nanny’s Pantry
Monty Confidanté: ‘The Murdoch wedding started with a cortisone injection’
This month: our society columnist attends the latest Murdoch merger before weighing up his loyalties between Tory rivals ‘Piggy’ and ‘Bo-Job’
Monty Confidanté: ‘Doing poppers is one of the great illicit thrills of a political career’
This month: our society columnist laughs in the face of the ‘nannyish health lobby’ and looks forward to the Lord Mayor’s Three-Legged Controversialist Pancake Race
Monty Confidanté: ‘Her Majesty remains as gossipy as ever’
This month: our society columnist reveals how his royal pal interrupted her busy schedule of watching Cash in the Attic to dish the dirt on the ‘stupidest prime minister she’s ever had’
Monty Confidanté: ‘Boxing Day at Chequers is a very tedious affair’
This month: our society columnist readies his excuses for the Camerons’ Christmas bash and takes in the opera with his ‘proto-feminist friend’ Germaine Greer
Monty Confidanté: 'Blair on the bonfire again? Spineless'
This month: our society columnist considers poppy one-upmanship and finding a politically correct effigy to burn
Monty Confidanté: inside the spanking supper club and going wild with Jeremy Corbyn
In the first of his monthly dispatches from the drinking dens of the power elite, our columnist shares what he heard in ‘Nanny’s Pantry’