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Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

Olympic Committee Announces Trans Ban in Women’s Sport

The International Olympic Committee has announced only biological females will be eligible to compete in women’s sporting events in the 2028 Olympics and beyond. Athletes will take a “once-in-a-lifetime” before the competition. IOC president Kirsty Coventry said: “At the Olympic Games even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat. So it…

Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

Labour Faces Funding Crisis as Unite Exit Pushes Party Into Deficit

Labour’s Treasurer Mike Payne admitted at the latest NEC meeting that Unite’s disaffiliation is draining the party’s coffers, and it will run a deficit in 2026. Admittedly Labour should be used to running high deficits by now… According to NEC member Cat Arnold’s minutes: “Treasurer Mike Payne said he has seen the annual accounts and…

Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

King’s Speech Set for 13th May, Days After Local Elections

The King’s Speech will be delivered on 13th May, just six days after the local elections. Labour is expecting a bloodbath. Number 10 hoping this will make it harder for any ambitious Cabinet minister to immediately call for Starmer’s head…

Politics
Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

OECD Cuts UK Growth Forecast to 0.7%, Inflation to Skyrocket

The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has slashed the UK’s growth forecast by half a percent, down to just 0.7%. The biggest hit in the entire G20… Inflation is also predicted to soar to 4%, double the Bank of England’s target. Britain is the most exposed of any advanced economy to the Iran…

Economy
Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

WATCH: Defence Secretary John Healey Unsure How Many Ships Are In Royal Navy

Painful…

Defence
Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

MPs’ Register of Interests: Farage Coins It on Cameo and Rayner Rakes It In

The latest update to the Register of Members’ Financial Interests is out. See who has the deepest pockets… Nigel Farage trousered £42,549 from his Cameo video recordings, which must have upset the Guardian. His attempted trip to the Chagos islands – Farage registered it as a “humanitarian aid mission” – cost £25,000, courtesy of Reform…

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Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

Starmer Dismisses ‘Far-Fetched’ Questioning Over Timing of McSweeney Phone Theft

Starmer has claimed this morning that it is “a little bit far-fetched” to draw a link between the timely theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone and the Mandelson files. The quote is vintage Starm-bot: “Well the phone was stolen. It was reported to the police. There’s a transcript of the call in which Morgan McSweeney gives…

Crime
Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Net Zero Ministers Generated Four Times Annual Household Emissions Flying to Climate Talks

DESNZ spent £64,376 flying ministers around the world in just three months, burping out around 22 tonnes of CO2 equivalent into the atmosphere. Almost all of it was on trips to climate conferences. That is the ministerial bill alone. As the Mail revealed, the full cost of the department’s COP30 delegation came to more than…

Environment
Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

New BBC Director-General Matt Brittin Vows to ‘Earn Public’s Trust’

Former Google executive Matt Brittin is the new Director General of the BBC. He starts on the 18th May. His statement: “Now, more than ever, we need a thriving BBC that works for everyone in a complex, uncertain and fast changing world. At its best, it shows us, and the world, who we are. It’s…

Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Bombastic-Fantastic, the PM’s Resurrection Is Horrible To Behold

The PM’s increasingly unbearable Commons performances are going down remarkably well among his backbenches. Today, they joined him in a congregational chorus of Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! when encouraged to hate the leader of the Opposition (how unBritish these public prayer meetings are). Starmer’s turnaround is extraordinary. Tory Peter Fortune noted that as parliament was heading…

Politics
Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

READ IN FULL: McSweeney’s Call Transcript to Police After Phone Theft

No mention that he happened to be the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff… Call handler: Police, what’s your emergency? McSweeney: Oh, hello, someone just robbed my phone. Call handler: Did they actually take it from you just now? McSweeney: Yeah Call handler: How did they get away? McSweeney: So he’s on a bike. He’s come…

Crime
Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Now It’s Miliband’s Turn for a Glossy New Statesman Profile

Ed Miliband scores the cover interview for this week’s New Statesman. He finally joins the ever-growing list of Labour MPs who have, by pure coincidence, decided now is the time for a puff piece in which they pontificate about Labour’s problems, speak wistfully about their childhoods, and pose for weird pictures. If you want a…

Politics