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Zack Polanski Defends Iranian Regime: It Was Already at the Negotiating Table

John Healey Refuses Six Times to Say if UK Backs Strikes on Iran

Minister Josh Simons Resigns Over Labour Smear Scandal

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 923,423 visitors visited 885,023 times viewing 905,420 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: IN FULL: All the Worst Parts of Labour’s Gibraltar Sellout Peter Mandelson Arrested by Metropolitan Police No10 Plots to Sack Streeting and Retain Reeves Gorton & Denton Green Candidate Produces Video Entirely in Urdu…

Starmer’s Chagos Deal Causes Diplomatic Fight Between UK Allies Mauritius and The Maldives

Chaos tonight in Starmer’s Chagos negotiations as the Government of the Maldives has formally objected to his Chagos deal and is now seeking to block it. This is a disaster for Starmer as the Maldives are a key friendly country in the region and also enjoy good relations with the US… A press note issued…

Guido Whispers: Dented Confidence

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Tory Frontbenchers Dig Into Their Old Messages to Attack Jenrick

Some less scrupulous Tory frontbenchers are scrolling back up their written records to see what they can dig up on Reform’s Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick. No love lost between old brothers… The Times ran a story midweek detailing that Jenrick, six months before his defection, asked “a senior Conservative figure” for information on Yusuf after…

Tobacco and Alcohol Revenue Plummets as Reeves Creates New Black Hole

Latest figures released by HMRC on tobacco and alcohol duty show that the Exchequer is facing an increasing black hole in its sin tax revenue and nanny state policies are inflating a huge black market. As Guido has been warning for some time now… Tobacco duty revenue is down from £10.4 billion to £7.9 billion.…

UK Temporarily Withdraws Staff From Iran Embassy

The Foreign Office has said this afternoon: “Due to the ongoing security situation, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely.” Tensions ramping up…

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Starmer Attempts to Reassure Labour MPs With Letter After By-Election Disaster

Starmer has written to Labour MPs about Gorton & Denton. It’s George Galloway’s fault apparently… “Dear Colleagues, The result in Gorton and Denton is deeply disappointing. Instead of a Labour MP who can be a local champion delivering for Gorton and Denton alongside a Labour Government and a Labour mayor, the people of Gorton and…

Judges Slap Down CPS’ Attempt to Prosecute Acquitted Quran Burner

Judges have backed Hamit Coskun – convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence after he burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Consulate – and quashed the Crown Prosecution Service’s appeal against him. Coskun’s conviction was overturned in October – now the CPS’ appeal has been slapped down… This prevents the introduction…