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Guido Fawkes20 Mar 2026

Hermer Lashes Out at Tories Over Trafalgar Square Muslim Prayer Row

Attorney General Richard Hermer has waded into the Trafalgar Square Muslim prayer row, telling The Guardian: “Nick Timothy has said that mass prayer in public places is an act of ‘domination’. But when he and Kemi Badenoch were questioned about his appalling views, they seemed to only have an issue with Muslim events. Timothy and…

Defence
Guido Fawkes20 Mar 2026

Government Borrowing Soars to £14.3 Billion in February

New ONS figures show government borrowing hit a whopping £14.3 billion in February. More than double the forecasts, and the second-highest level for February since records began. Far above the £7.4 billion predicted by the OBR… All this is before the Iran war started. Look at ten-year bond yield since March… Uh oh…

Defence
Guido Fawkes19 Mar 2026

Bursting the Bubble: YouGov War Over

Welcome to Bursting the Bubble, the data deep-dive that tells you what’s really happening outside the Westminster village. Exclusively for Guido members… Get access to Guido’s own poll of polls, and an instant breakdown of all the latest electoral data across Britain, by becoming a member today. Click here to join and get 50% off…

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Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

Labour Lays Groundwork to Gut FOIs with China Blame Game

In the FT this morning: “British officials are concerned that China is exploiting the UK’s freedom of information [FoI] legislation to collate unclassified data that risks revealing sensitive information. Government figures believe they have detected a pattern of requests relating to the UK’s defence and national security, raising suspicions that Beijing may be behind a…

Defence
Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

Rayner Warns Labour “Running Out of Time” Under Starmer

The key quotes from Rayner’s speech last night at Mainstream’s spring reception in Westminster: “As a party and a movement, we cannot hide. We cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline. There’s no safe ground for us, and we’re running out of time. The change that people wanted so desperately to…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Gullible Powell Fell for Iranian Disarmament Plan Just Days Before Trump Launched War

Another stunning performance from ‘the real Foreign Secretary’ and Chagos sellout architect Jonathan Powell is revealed in The Guardian this afternoon. It has emerged Starmer’s National Security Advisor attended denuclearisation talks in Geneva in February between the Americans and Iranians. What did he have to offer? Not much by the sounds of it: “Powell thought…

Defence
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Miliband Tells Pubs to Serve Warmer Beer to Cut Costs

Miliband’s suggestions to pubs clinging on for dear life: switch off your fridges overnight, serve warmer beer, and turn off the ovens. And the taxpayer has coughed up £350,000 to produce these measures… DESNZ pumped that cash into Zero Carbon Services’ ‘energy and carbon reduction tool’ which was rolled out to 525 pubs, restaurants, and…

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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Labour Wars: Just a While Longer…

Guido members get exclusive access to Labour Wars, the inside track on what’s really happening at the top of government. Tomorrow’s news, today… Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, like our recent Save Chagos Boat Party. Click here to become a member today…

Defence
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

WATCH: Healey Admits Britain’s ‘War Footing’ Defence Investment Plan Still Not Ready

Missing: Britain’s “war-fighting readiness” defence investment plan. Expected arrival date: last autumn…

Defence
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Starmer: Britain Will Not Be Drawn Into the Wider War With Iran

No commitment to send warships to the Strait…

Defence
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Gulf Allies Blast Starmer’s ‘Wholly Inadequate’ Response to Iran War

Gulf allies are unimpressed with Starmer’s plodding response to the Iran war, particularly with the failure to send necessary defensive resources to the region in the opening days of the conflict. The quotes from diplomatic and military sources speaking to Politico: “No. 10 was determined to downplay any risk or perception of us getting involved…

Defence
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

McFadden: UK Must Navigate ‘Transactional’ White House as Trump Pushes on Hormuz

McFadden on Sky News this morning, responding to Trump’s claim that NATO faces a “very bad future” if allies don’t deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz: “Well, that’s the president right there. The quote that you’ve just given has summed him up. It’s a very transactional presidency, and our job is to navigate this,…

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