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Guido Fawkes22 Mar 2026

Reed: No Evidence Iranian Missiles Capable of Striking London

Housing Secretary Steve Reed speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning:  “There is no specific assessment that the Iranians are targeting the UK or [that they] even could if they wanted to…” On why Israel claimed Iran had that capability: “You would need to speak to the Israelis… Whatever people might say, the UK is not…

Housing
Guido Fawkes20 Mar 2026

UK 10-Year Gilts On Track for 2008 Financial Crisis Levels

Markets turning, gilts spiking. Good job Reeves has “the right economic plan”, apparently…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes19 Mar 2026

Consultants Sell £150 Zoom Course on ‘Engaging’ Reform “Without Losing Integrity”

Businesses struggling with the ethics of engaging with the party currently leading in the polls are in luck. The ‘Leading on the Line’ strategy course is now available, for the small sum of £150 per person, to coach anyone afraid of losing their integrity by ‘engaging’ with Reform UK. Apparently Reform’s plan isn’t just about…

ReformHousing
Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

NIMBY Tories Buy Facebook Ads to Block Building Homes on Car Park

West Oxfordshire Conservatives are paying for Facebook ads to campaign against building flats on a car park in Witney. It happens to be a brownfield site… If you open a dictionary and look for the definition of ‘NIMBY’, you’ll probably find that advert…

Housing
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Nearly a Million Self-Employed Brits Face New Quarterly Tax Returns

HMRC data published today shows 864,000 self-employed workers and landlords will be forced into quarterly digital tax reporting when ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ goes live in April. The construction sector is the worst affected, with 251,000 businesses caught by the new rules. That is nearly a third of the total. One-man band plumbers,…

PoliticsEconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Britain’s Inheritance Tax ‘One of the Harshest in the World’

A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs has found the UK’s death tax rate is “far more punishing” than even the 40% headline figure appears. It is brutal for parents hoping to provide for their children… The British tax code offers no lower rate or exemption for assets passed on to children, unlike…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Labour Boasts About “A Growing Economy” Twelve Hours Before Achieving 0% Growth

There is a whole section in the latest ‘The Labour Rosette’ newsletter to party members, published at 6.31pm last night, dedicated to the government’s ‘right economic plan’. Apparently Labour has “restored stability to our public finances” and the economy is “resilient”.  It even reheats the closer to Reeves’ snooze-fest of a Spring Statement: “My plan is…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026

Britain Deploys Auxiliary Support Ship to Eastern Mediterranean

Reports are emerging that the RFA Lyme Bay – part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary – has now been routed to the Eastern Mediterranean. HMS Dragon has still not left port… Lyme Bay is currently in Gibraltar. It is a sealift ship capable of transporting a variety of assets – and people – and is…

Housing
Guido Fawkes9 Mar 2026

Oil Price Flies and Government Borrowing Costs Surge

Oil prices rose to $119 a barrel last night – the highest since 2022 and up from $54 this time last month. Brent crude currently hovering between $100 and $110… Yield on 10-year UK government bonds has jumped to 4.7% from a low of 4.23% on the 27th February. 25-year bond yields are at their…

Housing
Guido Fawkes6 Mar 2026

Police Search House of Ex-Tom Watson Aide in China Spy Investigation

A former staffer to ex-Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has had his property searched by police in connection to an ongoing investigation into Chinese espionage. Police doing a lot in quick succession… James Robinson was director of communications for Watson from 2015 to 2018, after which he founded a PR agency. He is also married…

HousingCrime
Guido Fawkes5 Mar 2026

Spain Sends Frigate to Cyprus Which Will Arrive Before Royal Navy Destroyer

The Spanish Ministry of Defence has announced that its advanced frigate the Cristóbal Colón will sail to Cyprus to defend the island. It is set to get there at roughly the same time HMS Dragon leaves port in Britain… The frigate is currently sailing with the French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle for training…

DefenceHousing
Guido Fawkes3 Mar 2026

Trump Escalates War of Words with ‘Not Helpful’ Starmer

Donald Trump has attacked Keir Starmer again, this time in The Sun: “[Starmer] has not been helpful. I never thought I’d see that. I never thought I’d see that from the UK. We love the UK…. It’s a different world, actually. It’s just a much different kind of relationship that we’ve had with your country…

DefenceHousing