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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

WATCH: Burnham Sworn in as Labour MP for Makerfield

Labour MPs damaging their vocal chords with all the cheering…

Politics
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham Doesn’t Rule Out Snap Election

Andy Burnham has just arrived in London, and has already opened the door to an early election. Asked if he would call one, Burnham said:  “I think you’re jumping several hurdles there. My priority today is be sworn in… as the MP for Makerfield. And it’s been very kind of sad for me today to…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Starmer Pulls Out of Delivering G7 Statement to Parliament

David Lammy is taking Starmer’s place at the despatch box this afternoon to give the G7 statement. Despite being at the very same despatch box for DPMQs while Starmer was… at the G7. Badenoch is still responding for the Opposition. The Tories are going all over this: “Kemi is the only leader actually turning up…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Badenoch Calls for General Election if Burnham Cannot Fund Defence

Badenoch just now: “If Andy Burnham does not have any answers on national security, we should have a General Election now.” She added she was “not worried” about a General Election and Reform is “not ready for governing”…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham Repeatedly Called for General Election After Tories Changed Leader

Here is the soon-to-be Prime Minister Andy Burnham repeatedly calling for a General Election in 2022, after the Tories dumped their leader: “We need to start demanding a General Election at the end of this Tory leadership election. They were all elected on a manifesto promise to level up the North and are all abandoning…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Farage Calls for General Election as Starmer Quits

Nigel Farage, writing on his Substack: “Starmer isn’t the first Prime Minister I’ve deposed, and he won’t be the last. David Cameron. Theresa May. Rishi Sunak. And next up – Andy Burnham. The reason each leader has failed is the same. “What the political class fails to understand is that the electorate won’t accept being…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

LIVE: Starmer to Make Statement on Downing Street

He’s going.

Politics
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Downing Street Staff Setting Up Lectern Outside Number 10

Get ready. Stay tuned to Guido…

Politics
Guido Fawkes21 Jun 2026

Peter Kyle Confirms Starmer is Considering Resigning

Peter Kyle on the Sunday broadcast round: “I don’t want to come on here and be delusional that there is no process, there are no forces at work which are challenging the Prime Minister as leader. That is clearly the case… [Starmer] is taking time to think through what the political realities are today compared…

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Guido Fawkes20 Jun 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,012,242 visitors visited 953,224 times viewing 933,501 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: John Healey Savages Reeves in Resignation Speech ‘Voters HATE Starmer Here!’ Who Will Win the Makerfield By-Election? Transport Secretary Flunks Basic Maths in Letter on British Buses Cambridge Deletes Men’s College Rowing Category Labour…

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Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Burnham Sympathisers in Cabinet Try to Convince Keir to Make Way for Andy

Starmer has been calling around the Cabinet today to try and shore up his support. The No10 line is still: He will fight… Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has told him to set out a timetable for his departure. The Cabinet is still split and is said to have waverers… Naturally the wind is going out…

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Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Assisted Suicide Bill Sponsors Embarrass Themselves and Alienate Colleagues

It’s all going wrong for the MPs behind reintroducing the Assisted Suicide Bill in this session. Peter Bedford, one of the MPs to sponsor Lauren Edwards MP’s Private Members Bill – which has Labour MPs tearing their hair out – has been whinging online about “misleading” reporting of his comments to a constituent over the…

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