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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

Fears That Swarm of Fake Violent Farage Ads on X Is Linked to Foreign State

There are concerns among hawkish wonks in Westminster that the proliferation of ads on X featuring AI images of Nigel Farage scrapping with Andrew Bailey on Question Time is connected to a foreign state which could be gathering info on Westminster. The ads – coming from any number of small accounts – have been infuriating…

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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

UK Defence Plan Not Mentioned Once at Cabinet

The small matter of defence spending was not mentioned once at this morning’s Cabinet meeting. The elusive Defence Investment Plan is still without a publication date, and ministers are now in furious clashes over proposed cuts to their departmental capital budgets to fund an uplift. Rather than try to resolve this endless farce, the Cabinet…

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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

Supermarkets Making Major Intervention Against Labour’s War on Youth Jobs

The trade association for the retail industry – in conjunction with major supermarkets – is preparing a massive intervention against the government on Labour’s hikes to the cost of employment. Even Labour veteran Alan Milburn accepted that government policies were exacerbating a youth jobs crisis… The British Retail Consortium has drafted a letter to Starmer,…

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Guido Fawkes8 Jun 2026

Labour Wars: Eyebrow-Raising Burnham Campaigners…

What’s the situation on the ground in Makerfield? The wife of which ex-Labour MP – charged with sexual assault this year – is working on the Burnham campaign? What’s the plan for SpAds and personnel who still work in the Starmer government? Why is Labour arguing publicly about Brexit again? Find out all that and…

Defence
Guido Fawkes8 Jun 2026

EXC: Reform Accuses Burnham of Cronyism in Latest Attack Ad

Reform will begin sharing the video above across social media later today. It is party’s second attack ad of the Makerfield campaign. This time accusing Burnham of cronyism… Burnham is accused of lending property developer Renaker millions in public money without full financial checks, with a tribunal warning taxpayer funds were left at risk of…

EconomyDefenceHousing
Guido Fawkes8 Jun 2026

Sale of Chagos to US ‘Not Leading Option’ for Trump

The White House is reportedly weighing up buying the Chagos Islands outright, though the idea is “not the leading solution” at the time of going to pixel. According to the Telegraph, US officials have drafted a paper of alternatives to Starmer’s surrender plan to hand the territory to Mauritius, with an outright purchase among the…

Defence
Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

FLASHBACK: Darren Jones Denied Sending ‘Warm Message’ to Mandelson Two Weeks Ago

On the 24th May after reports that there were “warm messages” between Mandelson and Chief Secretary to the PM Darren Jones, the minister denied it on broadcast. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg he said: “No, I was asked what was going on in Downing Street… This was the week that I had just arrived as Chief…

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Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

Simon’s Sketch: United in Horror, the House Finds Much to Divide Them

It was an obituarial session. The body count came in at around two dozen plus three suicides a week and a helicopter crash. It began with nice, cricket-loving Tory Alan Haselhurst, went back fifty years to 1972 and bounced forward to today’s necropolis. The House is happy with the dead. Everyone knows how to behave.…

Defence
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

WATCH: Badenoch Blasts Starmer Over Ballooning Benefits Bill

The seat-warmer-in-chief squirms…

Defence
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

1 Roz Savage LIB 2 Liz Saville Roberts PLA 3 Natasha Irons LAB 4 Brian Leishman LAB 5 Rosie Duffield IND 6 Noah Law LAB 7 Andrew Rosindell REF 8 Sarah Green LIB 9 Bob Blackman CON 10 Danny Chambers LIB 11 Daniel Francis LAB 12 Tristan Osborne LAB 13 Victoria Collins LIB 14 Warinder…

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Guido Fawkes2 Jun 2026

IN FULL: Where Did Starmer Buy His Downing Street Furniture?

In answer to a PQ from Tory Mike Wood, the government has revealed that Starmer furnished his Downing Street flat with items purchased from Amazon, Argos, Ikea, Next, Dunelm, John Lewis, Melody Maison, bed manufacturer Sleep Style, bespoke furnisher Crafty Creations, premium provider Danetti, and Instyle Direct, which provides “premium furnishing solutions in London for…

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Guido Fawkes1 Jun 2026

Russia Posts Deepen Controversy Over Unite Union’s Backing of Reform Jersey Party

The imminent election on the Channel Island of Jersey on 7 June is becoming an unusually significant political story. The ballot will see 28 deputies, 12 constables and nine senators chosen for the States Assembly. As Guido revealed for the first time, Labour’s key donor the Unite union has a weirdly strong hand in the…

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