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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

UK Trade Gap More Than Doubles as Exports Collapse

HMRC figures out today show UK goods exports fell 21.6% year-on-year in February, dragging the trade deficit to £31 billion. More than double the £14.2 billion recorded a year earlier… Firms are selling less to the rest of the world because Labour has made it more expensive to employ people and more expensive to invest.…

Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Business Secretary Pre-Emptively ‘Frustrated’ at GDP Downturn from Iran War

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the economy grew by 0.5% in February, following upwardly revised growth of 0.1% in January. The Iran war beginning on the 27th of February will have something to say about March’s figures… ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said: “Growth increased further in the three months to…

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Green Party Fails to Delete Candidate’s Videos ‘Blaming Israel’ for Bondi Beach Tragedy and Attack on RAF Base

A Green candidate in the local elections has failed to delete numerous videos on his social media despite the party promising they would be removed. The party has also kept him on as a candidate despite being alerted to his posts by the press days before close of nominations last Thursday… Mark Adderley, a Green…

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Our National Embarrassment Red Faced With Anger and Possibly Shame

The Sketch will always speak up for the underdog – the disparaged, the dismissed, the bullied, the vulnerable. President Tump has few supporters in Parliament these days, so in the spirit of Ofcom, let us try for some balance. Ed Davey referred to the President threatening to rip up the UK’s trade deal as a…

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Croissants Banned, Kebabs Cleared in Labour’s Pointless Junk Food Ad Ban

The first rulings under Labour’s junk food ad ban are in. A Lidl Instagram post featuring croissants and cheese pretzels has been banned. An ad for German Doner Kebab featuring an “Inferno OG chicken kebab” and a “chicken doner burrito” has been cleared. So according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), croissants are junk food,…

Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Government Considers Early Prorogation of Parliament

The King’s Speech – opening the new parliamentary session – is on 13 May, just days after the Local Elections on the 7th of the month. Guido hears the government is considering an early prorogation of parliament – potentially as early as Tuesday… Briefings fired at the time the State Opening of Parliament was confirmed…

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Every Indicator Flashing Red in Treasury’s Own Economic Forecast Survey

The Treasury’s latest survey of independent forecasters shows every major economic indicator has worsened in a single month. Look at the data below. The sub-badges flag the worst-case forecast for those who really want to suffer… GDP Growth 2026 forecast 1.0% ▸ 0.7% ▼ LOW: 0.3% · OBR: 1.1% CPI Inflation 2026 forecast 2.5% ▸…

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Trump Claims Xi Will Give Him ‘Big Fat Hug’ for ‘Permanently’ Opening Strait of Hormuz

Trump just now on Truth Social: “China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also – And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when…

Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Welsh Labour First Minister’s ‘Major Escalation’ on Trump Gets Three Likes in Two Hours

The (likely outgoing) Welsh First Minister’s “huge” intervention on Trump has fallen entirely on deaf ears. Oh no! Anyway… Lobby journalists were quick to salivate over Eluned Morgan’s call for Starmer to block a US radar base in Wales because he is an “unreliable partner.” This ineffective vote-buying trick is described as a “major escalation…

Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Starmer and Hoyle Exchange Angry Words After PMQs

Starmer was seen having a furious exchange with Lindsay Hoyle just after PMQs ended. Minutes earlier the Speaker had chided the PM for not answering questions properly… The PM angrily tapped Hoyle’s arm rest while talking. An MP witness tells Guido: “Lindsay stood his ground and was trying to say something back but the PM…

Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

PMQs: Speaker Scolds Starmer for Non-Answers, Badenoch Makes Sex Toy Joke

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle scolded Starmer for going on about Badenoch with pre-rehearsed lines by reminding his that “it is Prime Minister’s questions.“ Meanwhile Badenoch accused Labour MPs using sex toys of “fiddling while Rome burns”…

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