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Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

IMF: British Tax Take Hits Ceiling & Labour Leadership Race to Hurt Growth

In its latest global outlook the IMF has warned that there is “limited fiscal space” and borrowing costs already “elevated.” Paging Mr Burnham… The international forecaster warned “domestic uncertainty” could hit the UK economy along with the Iran war could hit growth just as it upgraded its forecast for this year. Reeves will be handing…

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Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Dawn Butler to Stand in London Mayoral Election

Dawn Butler is set to announce her London mayoral campaign this Wednesday, according to PoliticsJOE’s Ava Evans. Sadiq Khan is still mulling whether to go for a fourth term… Guido members will have seen this coming. From Guido Whispers on 10th April: A New Dawn: Speaking of the London mayoralty, Dawn Butler was spotted hanging around…

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Starmer: I Will Support Burnham in By-Election “One Hundred Percent”

Starmer has visited Labour HQ to try to up morale. His quotes have been briefed out: “I just wanted to come here to Labour Party headquarters to say a big thank you to you. The election results were not the ones that we wanted, they were really tough. But you worked your socks off. It’s…

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Burnham Bins Short Shorts in Major U-Turn

On the left is from three days ago. On the right is from this morning. A huge reverse ferret this early in the campaign – the change candidate…

Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Senior Tories Call for Deal With Reform in Makerfield

Kemi Badenoch is so far resisting calls from senior Tories to make a deal with Reform to prevent Burnham from winning in Makerfield. To the dismay of some… Jacob Rees-Mogg said: “In Makerfield, of course, the favourites to win are Labour… So, what does this mean? Well, I think my party, the Conservative Party, and…

Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Badenoch Strengthens Lead in Shadow Cabinet Rankings

Kemi Badenoch is pulling further away from her shadow cabinet colleagues in ConHome’s latest shadow cabinet league table, posting her strongest showing yet at +84.9. Up from +81.6… Nick Timothy holds onto silver with +61.8, while Claire Coutinho claims the bronze with +59.6. Mel Stride misses out on a podium finish with a drop to…

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

WATCH: Andy Burnham Opposed Landmark Ruling to Protect Single-Sex Spaces

Andy Burnham publicly opposed the Supreme Court judgement on trans people and criticised the guidance issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that resulted from it. A judgement which was the bane of woke campaigners everywhere… The Supreme Court ruled that “sex” in the Equality Act means biological sex, meaning a trans woman is…

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Guido Fawkes18 May 2026

Lammy: Starmer Will Not Set a Timetable for Resignation

David Lammy on Sky News, insisting Starmer has no plans to leave Number 10: “Let me be really clear. Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life. I spoke to him twice yesterday, he has a strength of character, a fighting experience. There will no timetables. What there is, is getting…

Guido Fawkes17 May 2026

Nandy Attacks Streeting for Rejoin EU Proposal

Nandy hits out at Wes on Kuenssberg: “I actually think this is just a bit odd… I campaigned for remain, I think it was a mistake… but I don’t really understand why the sudden focus on Europe. We’re already as a government trying to repair in a pragmatic way the enormous damage done by the…

Guido Fawkes17 May 2026

Resigned MP Josh Simons: All of Labour Should Come Together Behind Andy

Josh Simons, who has resigned his seat for Burnham, said: “This moment is is actually about more than just Keir Starmer or Andy Burnham or Wes Streeting… It’s about a fundamental question for my party … ‘Can they win back the trust of working class people that they’ve been losing for decades? If Andy wins…

Guido Fawkes17 May 2026

Nandy: Starmer Will Stand & He’s Up for a Fight

Lisa Nandy told Laura Kuenssberg about Starmer: “He’s shown before that he’s up for a fight … he took on the leadership of the Labour Party. People said he wasn’t going to win and he did… He was then told we wouldn’t be able to get back into a government after our worst election defeat…

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