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Guido Fawkes25 Jun 2026

Starmer Met With Torrent of Abuse on Return to TikTok

Starmer has returned from yet another social media sabbatical only to be met with a tsunami of troll comments. Some are more creative than others… Starmer would often retreat from TikTok whenever his premiership was in mortal danger. His blackouts grew more frequent in recent months, for obvious reasons. Who knows how much longer the…

Housing
Guido Fawkes25 Jun 2026

Burnham Advisers Propose Exit Tax

There has been another confirmation that Team Burnham is pursuing an Exit Tax. From Tim Shipman’s Spectator column: “A Burnham adviser says O’Neill and Haldane’s presence is important, not just for their ideas but because of the credibility they bring. ‘They give you blue-chip credentials to do different things in government. They give you the…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes24 Jun 2026

Trade Union Officials’ Offspring Barred From Starmer Government’s Class-Based Internships

The Labour government’s summer internship scheme is blocking the children of full-time trade union officials. A rare policy win from Labour… Government now restricts the scheme to working class individuals. This is defined by their parent’s profession when the applicant was aged 14, using ONS and Social Mobility Commission classifications… Parliamentary questions pursued by Tory…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power

The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy… The ‘highlights’: Public ownership of energy and water (national corporations), housing and transport (city-region scale), and care (municipal). They’re at pains to insist this isn’t “nationalisation”, obviously… Let Thames Water fall into special administration and…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Jail Sentences Handed Out for Arson Attacks Targeting Starmer’s Property

Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc have been jailed at the Old Bailey for seven years and two years respectively for plotting a series of arson attacks targeting the Starmer. Brings an end to that brief chapter…

Housing
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Starmer Loyalist Steve Reed: Burnham Won’t Destroy Labour With Leadership Fight

Starmer-loyal Housing Secretary Steve Reed is on the broadcast round for the government this morning. Reed said of Starmer: “He’s made clear his own position… That he’s not going to walk away and that he would he would fight it if there was a challenge. But we’ve got to focus not on internal debates in…

Housing
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

Civil Servants Play With Clay Models for Darren Jones’ New School of Government

Guido thought he would check in on how Darren Jones’ new Civil Service school is going. Civil servants are being trained on clay modelling… A report published this month by the Cabinet Office and the government agency Policy Lab details a programme “to explore how civil servants navigate Learning & Development across their current roles…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Two Men Found Guilty of Arson Attacks on Starmer-Linked Property

Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of plotting to damage property linked to Keir Starmer. Petro Pochynok, 35, a Ukrainian national from Holloway, north London, was cleared of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life… The Old Bailey heard that the two…

Housing
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Southwark Council Takes Possession of Council Flat Occupied by Sierra Leone’s Fist Lady

Southwark Council has evicted the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio, who lives in a palace, from her council flat in South London. Whatever will she do… It follows a year-long investigation. She defended her use of the property recently, saying: “My children are all British citizens… I’m paying for my council house myself.…

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Swiss Vote on Permanent Population Cap on Knife Edge

A Swiss referendum on whether to cap the total population of the country – a world first – is on a knife edge. Swiss citizens go to the polls on Sunday… The proposal championed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) would institute a cap at 10 million from a current total of 9.1 million people.…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Miliband Digs in Over Net Zero in Funding Clash With Starmer

Ed Miliband is at war with Number 10 over its attempts to slash DESNZ’s budget by at least 1% to help fund the elusive Defence Investment Plan (DIP). According to the Telegraph, Miliband has gone studs up over demands to squeeze around £600m from the department. Will someone think of the heat pumps… Currently, around…

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Reform’s Sarah Pochin Accuses LibDem Angus MacDonald of “Aggressive Approach”

Reform’s Sarah Pochin on X: “This morning in Parliament, I was accosted by Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald, who accused me and others of inciting violence. His aggressive approach and tone left me feeling threatened and shaken. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable, especially from fellow MPs. We all have different views and should be…

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