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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

How Guido Blew Up ‘The Quiet Era’ of Politics

01 Rachel Reeves’ “Bank Economist” Myth Busted 02 Chancellor Caught Changing LinkedIn CV After ‘Economist’ Myth Exposed 03 Business Secretary’s CV Inflation Exposed 04 Starmer’s Chagos Lawyer Best Mate: “China Complies With 99.9% of International Law” 05 EXC: Security Panic as Mauritius and India Establish Satellite Tracking Station on Chagos After Starmer’s Deal 06 EXC:…

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Twitter B*tch Fight of the Week: Shipman vs Stadlen

Another Twitter Bitch Fight for the ages. Ring the bell, it’s time for Stadlen versus Shippers… Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen, 7:54 PM · May 11, 2026) – The media feeding frenzy today – in particular – has been a disgrace. Egging on Labour MPs in some sort of bid for chaos/excitement/column inches/podcast stats. This isn’t a…

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

WATCH: Best of Sky News Chaos on Downing Street

Sky News pol ed Beth Rigby attempted to confront minister James Murray with boom mic & is then prevented from interviewing him by own wiring set up. At one point Rigby mournfully pointed out that she had spilled two cups of coffee all over the floor. Not to mention the wiring…

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

WATCH: Starmer Allies Back PM as Cabinet Concludes

Pretty unusual for Cabinet ministers to storm up to the cameras immediately after the meeting. Regurgitating the same language Starmer himself used this morning…

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Defiant Starmer Tells Labour MPs to Put Up or Shut Up

Starmer’s words at the top of today’s Cabinet meeting were, according to the readout: “As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these election results and I take responsibility for delivering the change we promised. The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government and that has a real economic cost for our country and…

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Streeting Arrives at Number 10 for Showdown Cabinet

Cabinet is ongoing at the time of going to pixel. 81 MPs (and counting) have called for Starmer to go. To be a fly on the wall in Number 10…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

Growing Labour Calls for Starmer to Resign Reach the Frontbench

PPSs are calling for Starmer to go now. Track it here: As Labour Wars today noted there are expectations among Downing Street sources that Starmer could be convinced to resign/set out a timetable for his exit if Wes goes over the top or the Cabinet speaks with enough co-ordination. Wes allies are going over the…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

British Borrowing Costs Rise on Day of Rickety Labour Coup

UK gilt yields are up today as Labour MPs consider whether to push Starmer out of No10: 2-year gilt: 4.482% (+9.9bp) 10-year gilt: 5.009% (+9.7bp) 30-year gilt: 5.677% (+9.7bp) Yields are running at roughly double the increase rates of Eurozone and US Treasury bonds. Manchesterism looms…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

More Than 570 Sectarian-Style Candidates Win Seats in Local Elections

According to the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), 572 sectarian-style candidates were elected across 58 councils and two Mayoralties in this year’s local elections. A number that may rise to 574 by the close of play today once Birmingham City Council completes a final count… Here is the party breakdown: • Green Party – 350 elected…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

Stalking Horse Catherine West Says She Accidentally Called for September Leadership Contest

Catherine West has said she made a mistake in her letter to Labour MPs by saying a leadership contest should take place “in September.” The phrase headless chicken comes to mind… She told POLITICO: “I shouldn’t have written ‘in’ [September], I should have written ‘by’.” Her proposal is for a contest to begin “soon” and be…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

No10: Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman Will Not Attend Cabinet

Downing Street has admitted Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman will not attend Cabinet in their unpaid, potemkin roles as ‘Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation’ and Adviser on Women and Girls’ respectively. As was obvious the moment these positions were announced, they exist purely as a firefighting exercise. A bit like bringing a water…

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

Stalking Horse Catherine West Petitions for Leadership Contest in September

Weekend stalking horse Catherine West’s message to Labour MPs just now: “I have listened to the Prime Minister’s speech this morning. I welcome the renewed energy and ideas. However, I have reluctantly concluded that this morning’s speech was too little too late. The results last Thursday show that the PM has failed to inspire hope.…

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