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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Reform vs Restore Spat Hotting Up as Staff Tensions Boil Over

The Reform vs Restore battle is becoming more than an avatar of the personal dispute between Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe. As both ambitions in both camps soar, the troops are getting involved, as anyone on X will have noticed this week… Much of the tension revolves around the Tory past of Reform Shadow Chancellor…

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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Economy Flatlines at 0.0% Growth in January

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics shows that the economy flatlined in January. Your pre-Iran War growth is… zero. GDP grew by 0.1% in December and economists expected it to grow by 0.2% in January. Instead it posted 0% growth… Services showed no growth, production fell by 0.1%, and construction grew by…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

British Base Hit by Iranian Drone Swarm

British officials have revealed that an Iranian drone swarm hit a British military base in Iraq at Erbil, as a result of which several US soldiers were injured. Brigadier Guy Foden, assistant chief of staff for operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, said: “Erbil and Baghdad were both struck a number of times last night…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Polanski: The EU Should Act as Global Nuclear Policeman

Zack Polanski has claimed that the EU should take up the role of global military policeman. He previously said the UK should team up with Mexico and Brazil as NATO alternative… Matt Forde asked on his podcast with Polanski whose role it should be to police the globe seeing as “Britain has failed in its…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

New Ayatollah Releases First Audio Statement: Hormuz Will Remain Closed

A spoken message purportedly from Iran’s new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has just been read out on Iranian TV. It is his first… The main points: Closure of Strait of Hormuz should be continued. We believe in friendship with our neighbours. Iran only targets bases, and will continue. Thanks the military. Urges record turnout…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Badenoch: Labour MPs Discussing No-Confidence Vote in Starmer With Tory Whips

Badenoch has been speaking to pool reporters about how to get rid of Keir Starmer after the first Mandelson Files release yesterday proved that No10 rushed the vetting process, Starmer ignored warnings from senior advisers about Mandelson, and Mandelson was offered access to confidential material before his vetting was even complete. She said: “It is…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Ofcom Chief: Being Sued by Online Platforms Means We Are Having an Impact

Ofcom Chief Executive Melanie Dawes has inflamed the rhetorical (and legal) war against social media firms. Asked on the Today programme about ongoing legal action from US platform 4Chan – the first firm fined by Ofcom under the OSA – Dawes said legal action against the regulator is a good thing: “We’ve seen quite a…

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Guido Fawkes11 Mar 2026

Britain & Developed Economies Authorise Largest-Ever Oil Stockpile Release

The International Energy Agency’s 32 member countries have just agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil. The largest emergency stockpile release in history… This follows a decision earlier in the week to wait and observe the markets. Japan said earlier that it would release oil stockpiles unilaterally whether or not the IEA signatories agreed…

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Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026

The Right Angle: Root and Branch

Welcome back to the Right Angle, the insiders’ guide on the what’s happening on the British right. Exclusively for Guido members… The war in Iran is focusing minds at the top of both Reform and the Conservatives. Polling shows a majority of Brits disapprove of Trump’s campaign, and will take an even dimmer view when it…

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Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026

OBR: Oil Price Rise Could Hike Inflation by 1%

The OBR has said inflation could be 1% higher by the end of the year thanks to a long spike in energy prices. Just Reeves’s luck… David Miles, member of the OBR’s budget responsibility committee, told MPs in the Commons: “If there’s no change in the picture on prices from now on forward, we estimate…

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Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026

Chagos Legal Battle Set to Resume on Friday

Interesting news from the British Indian Ocean Territory Supreme Court this morning that it rejected permission for a full judicial review on the grounds of the rights of Chagossians to be consulted about Starmer’s deal. It was never the main legal action or the key grounds, it was merely a warm-up… There will now be…

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Guido Fawkes9 Mar 2026

Labour Wars: Don’t-Know-Darren in the Doghouse

Guido members get exclusive access to Labour Wars, the inside track on what’s really happening at the top of government. Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, like last week’s Save Chagos Boat Party. Click here to become a member today… What was behind Rachel Reeves’ Commons meltdown last…

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