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Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Guido Whispers: Pots, Kettles…

Members get access to Guido Whispers every Friday. For all the latest gossip swirling around Westminster and beyond, join us today by clicking here. Get tomorrow’s news, today. A few of last week’s Whispers appeared in the dead tree press several days later…

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Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Labour MP Invites Representatives of Ex-Dictator’s Party to Parliament to Complain About Bangladesh Election

A backbench Labour MP has invited members of the Awami League – the banned Bangladeshi political party belonging to ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina – to parliament. In case you needed any reminder of Labour’s close links to the organisation… Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash is hosting a “drop-in session” next Monday afternoon with “members of the…

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Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Labour’s Factions Gear Up for NEC Power Struggle

Thirty-eight candidates are jostling for seats on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), with ballots opening in July. If May 7th delivers the wipeout the polls predict, these elections become the first internal mechanism through which members can pass judgement on Starmer’s leadership. Andy Burnham is watching with close interest… The left is running three separate…

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Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

WATCH: Labour Climate Minister Enjoys Glacier Day Hike on Taxpayer-Funded Jolly to Chile

The Minister for Climate enjoyed a leisurely hours-long hike up to a glacier while on a taxpayer-funded “diplomatic mission” to Chile. Do DESNZ ministers enjoy a jolly even more than their jealous friends in the Foreign Office? At the end of March Katie White – a climate activist elected to parliament at the last election…

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Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Starmer on His Gulf Trip: There’s a Real Sense of ‘Here We Are’ as an Ally

Starmer speaking at the end of his trip to the Gulf. Make up your own minds as to whether it was worth it… “Well, the overarching impression here is the importance – as they see it – us standing with them as an ally, as a friend of theirs at a point of need. And…

Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Labour Dismantles Mandatory Cost Reporting for Trade Union Duties in Government

Labour has now fully dismantled the reporting process for trade union facility time in government departments. The pilgrims can proliferate without the hassle of public scrutiny… Facility time is paid time off for union staff working in the public sector. It has long been abused by union stooges – the Employment Rights Act removed a…

Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Healey: Starmer Went to the Gulf ‘To Scope Discussions’ on Iran

John Healey has summarised Starmer’s trip to the Middle East as ‘scoping work’ during a televised interview this morning. Meetings, meetings… The Defence Secretary talked up Starmer’s role in changing Britain’s posture at the London Defence Conference: “I thought that was a really important speech um and a very important sort of declaration of first…

Defence
Guido Fawkes10 Apr 2026

Blair Backs New Oil and Gas Drilling in Latest Net Zero Attack

The Tony Blair Institute has staged yet another rare intervention against Miliband’s Net Zero fantasy, with a new report accusing him of being too “ideological” and urging the government to approve the drilling of the Jackdaw gas field and the Rosebank oilfield. This is the fourth time in a year that Blair has criticised Labour…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

BBC Apologises to Ex-SpAd After ‘Unfair’ Stewart Lee & Armando Iannucci Programme

The BBC has apologised to an ex-Tory SpAd after a radio programme aired in which filmmaker Armando Iannucci and comedian Stewart Lee accused him of ‘spreading misinformation.’ Maybe only the brightest and best comic thinkers should venture out of their stand-up remit… In an episode of Iannucci’s programme for Radio 4, called Strong Message Here,…

Defence
Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

IN FULL: Every Restaurateur & Chef to Come Out Against Labour Government

Yesterday Leon boss John Vincent said Labour is “totally killing the restaurant industry” and that “everyone knows restaurants are done.” Stark… Chefs, restaurateurs, and industry leaders have varied criticisms of Reeves’ policies. They all agree they aren’t doing any good… Guido has compiled them for co-conspirators’ reading leisure below: Celebrity chefs / high-profile restaurateurs (12)…

Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Bursting the Bubble: One Month to Go…

Welcome to Bursting the Bubble-  the weekly guide to the polls, the numbers and the elections that matter. A series so good, Angela Rayner stole its name for her podcast. Become a member now to get access to Guido’s poll of polls and all the latest data… Just four weeks until the locals…

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