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Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

Farage and Yusuf Say ‘Boriswave’ Migration Will Cost Britain £622 Billion

Reform told the Express last night that an inquiry into inward migration during the last government would seek to establish whether policies enacted by Boris and Priti Patel “amounted gross negligence rising to the level of criminal conduct.” Should be a hoot… The party has launched a website on the matter: “The ‘Boriswave’ is the…

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Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

LISTEN: Starmer U-Turns on Last Week’s Criticism of Trump for Iran War Price Rises

Starmer has walked back his attack on Donald Trump after comparing to the US President to Vladimir Putin last week. Too rich for his blood? Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, the PM was asked if he blamed Trump personally for rising prices as a result of the war: “In terms of where the blame…

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Guido Fawkes11 Apr 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 912,523 visitors visited 834,553 times viewing 866,399 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Faulty HMS Dragon Withdraws to Port BBC Apologises to Ex-SpAd After ‘Unfair’ Stewart Lee & Armando Iannucci Programme Bar Standards Board Dismisses Jolyon Maugham’s Trans Complaint Labour Instructs ‘Fair Work’ Employment Policeman to Recommend…

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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…

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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,…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Sarwar Says “This Is Not Over” as Polling Shows Labour Heading for Holyrood Wipeout

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has insisted it is “all to play for” in Holyrood next month despite fresh polling from STV putting Labour a whopping 24 points behind the SNP. Labour is on track for its worst-ever defeat north of the border…  Party Vote Share ■ SNP 39% ■ LAB 15% ■ REF 15%…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Downing Street Meets With AI Firm Representatives Amid Cybersecurity Scare

Representatives of prominent AI firm Anthropic have held meetings in No10 this morning. Along with other AI specialists… Anthropic’s latest AI model Mythos can identify critical vulnerabilities in a vast array of security systems (including national ones). It can do so with software that is more than 30 years old. Anthropic is keeping the model…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Disaster for Miliband as OpenAI Pauses Huge UK Project Over Energy Costs & Regulation

Gargantuan Silicon Valley tech firm OpenAI has paused a major UK infrastructure. Blaming energy costs and regulations… Stargate is being paused: “We see huge potential for the UK‘s AI future… AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

LIVE: John Healey Gives ‘Operational Update’

John Healey is in Downing Street to give an update on the UK’s defence operations regarding Iran. Watch along – he’s equipped with a map… Healey says Russian subs were attempting to spy on the seabed in order to take out British cables and pipelines before scarpering on the arrival of the Navy. Chilling…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Labour-Green Local Election War Breaks Out Over Housing

Housing is the central nib of Labour’s battle against the Green Party in the upcoming local elections. Both sides think they have gains to make targeting the issue… Zack Polanski has trailed comments for his local election campaign launch today in London: “Look at how Labour councils treat their own tenants… One of Keir Starmer’s…

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Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

WATCH: Pete Hegseth Claims Iranians Buckled Under ‘Overwhelming Pressure’

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Iranians agreed to a ceasefire under “overwhelming pressure” and that “President Trump had the power to cripple Iran’s entire economy in minutes, but he chose mercy.” Calm down everyone – Starmer’s there now…

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