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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Starmer Insists Healey Is Wrong and Says He Will Fight a Leadership Election

Starmer has disagreed publicly with Healey over his resignation and promised to fight a leadership contest. Still going… In an interview with Chris Mason on the BBC Starmer said of Healey: “I have the highest respect for the individuals that you have quoted and they say there’s not enough. But I don’t agree.” He also…

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Downing Street Says Defence Investment Plan Is Still Being “Finalised” With Dan Jarvis

The Defence Investment Plan is still being “finalised,” Downing Street has said just now. Clown government latest… At the Lobby briefing of political journalists Starmer’s spokesman said: “Work to finalise the Defence Investment Plan continues at pace with the new Defence Secretary.” Still not ready… The spokesman would not say if Dan Jarvis had approved…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Swiss Vote on Permanent Population Cap on Knife Edge

A Swiss referendum on whether to cap the total population of the country – a world first – is on a knife edge. Swiss citizens go to the polls on Sunday… The proposal championed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) would institute a cap at 10 million from a current total of 9.1 million people.…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Farage: Right Now I’m the Only Person Who Could Be Prime Minister

Farage’s answer to Nick Ferrari’s question “do you want to be Prime Minister” is more caveated than most: “Do you know something? Not for the sake of the office or the title because I couldn’t give a damn about that. Never been interested in that. For me, politics is not about what I become in…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Downing Street Releases Desperate Stock Footage of Dan Jarvis in No10

Footage of the new Defence Secretary this morning meeting Starmer and Richard Knighton, Chief of the Defence Staff. Putin quaking in his boots…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Medhi Hasan’s New ‘Zeteo UK’ Produces No Content in Three Days

Mehdi Hasan’s expansion of his ‘Zeteo’ media brand to the UK via Substack is going slowly. The general idea when shaking up the establishment is to publish some material… Since launching Zeteo UK has produced two bits of content. One is an interview with its own political editor about how necessary it is. The other…

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Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Wes Streeting Plies Labour MPs With ‘Health & Social Care’ Drinks

Ambitious backbencher Wes Streeting is inviting Labour MPs for drinks in London to win them over. Supported by his all-resigned ministerial team… Invites are going out: “Dear colleague, Please find an invite from Wes to join him, Zubir, Rosie, Steve and Joe for a drink next Tuesday to thank you for your support over two…

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Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Labour Quickly Removes Evidence of John Healey’s Existence

Labour is getting better and better at digitally scrubbing all evidence of a departing Cabinet minister. It’s had plenty of practice by now… Healey has already been removed from the party’s website. He first disappeared from the full list of Cabinet ministers, and in the last few minutes has been replaced by David Lammy on…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Miliband Digs in Over Net Zero in Funding Clash With Starmer

Ed Miliband is at war with Number 10 over its attempts to slash DESNZ’s budget by at least 1% to help fund the elusive Defence Investment Plan (DIP). According to the Telegraph, Miliband has gone studs up over demands to squeeze around £600m from the department. Will someone think of the heat pumps… Currently, around…

PoliticsEconomyDefenceEnvironmentHousing
Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

LibDem Council Demands Urgent Meeting With Wrong Cabinet Minister

The LibDem Leader of Wiltshire County Council, Ian Thorn, was recently asked by the council to write to the Transport Secretary about funding for the A303. Easy job… He sent it to Shabana Mahmood by mistake. Something about piss ups and breweries…

Politics
Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Keir Fights On, Benches Emptying, While Kemi Calmly Cuts Him Down

Among the many advantages of not being prime minister – an end to speed-grieving for dead citizens, lie-in on Wednesdays, no more phone calls – is not having to discuss Inflammatory Bowel Disease with backbenchers. Tom Gordon offered his personal experience of the affliction (he didn’t get the ripple of applause that MPs get confessing…

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Kendall: Labour’s New Online Safety Act Regulations Will Control Content “During Times of Crisis”

Tech Secretary Liz Kendall said this afternoon: “Those who use social media to incite violence and disorder are breaking the law. Next week we will lay in Parliament an update to the Online Safety Act requiring services to take quicker action to remove illegal content circulating during times of crisis.” Team Burnham is even more…

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