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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Labour Wars: Who Thinks Shabana Mahmood Should be Chancellor?

Who is briefing about Shabana Mahmood’s ‘reluctance’ to be Chancellor under Burnham? What’s disgraced Labour peer Matthew Doyle doing in Westminster? What are transparency enthusiasts looking forward to reading from Andy Burnham after his potential election to the Commons? Find out all that and more below… Guido members get exclusive access to Labour Wars, the…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Labour Furious at Lauren Edwards for Plan to Bring Back Assisted Suicide Bill

On Friday, Guido noted the inevitable civil war that would ensue if a Labour MP brought back the assisted suicide Bill. Just a few days later that civil war is now raging after Rochester & Strood MP, Lauren Edwards, announced her politically clueless plan to bring back Kim Leadbeater’s failed Bill… Labour MPs are in…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Powell Vetting Questions Unresolved After Mandelson Furore

Morgan McSweeney told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee: “Jonathan Powell got appointed too before the necessary [vetting] work”. Westminster has moved on since the release of the damning Mandelson files, Guido has not… Leaked emails show that Jonathan Powell was working in Syria from at least 2012 onwards – including negotiating with terror groups. As…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

WATCH: Defence Ministers Dragged to House of Commons to Answer Questions on Defence Investment Plan

The Speaker has granted Kemi Badenoch an Urgent Question to drag defence ministers to the Commons to discuss the Defence Investment Plan: “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the ability of the armed…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

LIVE: Badenoch Gives Speech on Defence

After James Cartlidge failed to answer on Sunday how the Tories would fund a major boost to defence spending. At least they don’t make it up on the hoof… Badenoch sets out three Tory ‘tests’ for the DIP: Full £28 billion must be committed. Funding for plan must not be backloaded to next parliament. Funding…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

REPORT: Architect of Single Market Entry Warns Labour’s EU ‘Reset’ Will Cost Billions

A new Policy Exchange report by Lord Lilley, the Trade Secretary who oversaw Britain’s 1992 entry into the single market, warns that Labour’s disastrous EU ‘reset’ will impose costs exceeding the government’s own estimates of the supposed benefits, all while leaving Britain with no vote over future rule changes. Of which there are guaranteed to…

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Guido Fawkes14 Jun 2026

Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge: Tories ‘Willing to Cut Welfare’ to Fund 3% on Defence

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Guido Fawkes14 Jun 2026

Nandy: Discussions Are Ongoing in ‘Real Time’ on Defence Investment Plan

Lisa Nandy on whether Dan Jarvis will get more cash than Healey was offered, Lisa Nandy said on Sky News: “I don’t know. I don’t know what stage the negotiations had reached when John Healey decided to resign. I like him and respect him. And I think he will have taken that, not taking that…

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Southwark Council Takes Possession of Council Flat Occupied by Sierra Leone’s Fist Lady

Southwark Council has evicted the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio, who lives in a palace, from her council flat in South London. Whatever will she do… It follows a year-long investigation. She defended her use of the property recently, saying: “My children are all British citizens… I’m paying for my council house myself.…

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Labour MPs in Civil War Over Another Assisted Suicide Bill

The PLP risks being plunged into further open warfare over whether there should be a new attempt to legalise assisted suicide in the UK. The issue and its voluminous legislation tore the PLP apart in an endless battle during the last session… Now it looks like Labour MPs are set to conclude it’s too much…

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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…

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

SAS Regimental Association Says Carns’ Resignation Proves Labour Troubles Bill Is “Fundamentally Flawed”

The Special Air Service Regimental Association – of whom the Prince of Wales is patron – has said that Al Carns’ resignation proves the Troubles Bill is not fit for purpose: “The resignation letter of Al Carns as outgoing Minister of the Armed Forces reveals that the government’s approach to dealing with the legacy of…

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