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Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Owen Jones Declares Farage Will Win Decisively in Clacton

Owen Jones has declared that Nigel Farage is certain to win in Clacton. But can Count Binface’s appearance on The Rest Is Politics turn his fortunes around? Jones went to Clacton and reports that the Reform leader has huge support, which he attempts to unpack in his Guardian column. He says “pessimism and exhaustion” are…

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Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Defence Committee Finds £850 Million Secret Afghan Resettlement Failure Was Preventable

The Commons’ Defence Select Committee has published its findings into the Afghan resettlement and data breach which led to the secret resettlement of 7,355 people in the UK. The total cost for that: £850 million… The committee found: The MoD has refused to verify that £850 million figure, and journalists who saw the closed court…

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Guido Fawkes28 Jul 2026

WATCH: Accent-Shifting SNP MP Complains About People Pointing It Out

Speaking on the National paper’s podcast, Lara Bird also Lara Bird-Leakey, also Pyla Bird-Leakey, the new SNP MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, has complained about people pointing out her accent-switching. Oh no! Anyway… She said it showed politics has ‘changed’: “I did not expect so many people to to get riled up by my…

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Guido Fawkes28 Jul 2026

Burnham Reheats Starmer’s Technical Education Policy

The big Burnham announcement today is just reheating Starmer’s 2025 technical education proposals. Downing Street will no doubt think this is fine because Andy is just that good at political comms… The government is announcing that “14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers……

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Guido Fawkes28 Jul 2026

Hard-Left Labour MPs Turn Fire on Burnham Over ‘Punitive’ Welfare Cuts

Labour’s hard-left flank is already snarling once again over the thought of “punitive” welfare cuts after Burnham hinted he would trim the benefits bill yesterday. Déjà vu… Bloomberg reports the likes of Kim Johnston and John McDonnell are squawking over the mere thought, with Johnston saying last night: “If the new leadership believes it can…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

Labour Whips Vow ‘Culture Change’ as PPSs Get Beefed-Up Role

Chief Whip Anneliese Midgley has written to Labour MPs this afternoon following the appointment of ministers’ Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs). She is promising “greater opportunities to undertake media and parliamentary activity, including on national policy”: “Dear Colleague, During his first week in office, the Prime Minister has been clear about his determination to change the…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

PPS Reshuffle List In Full

10 Downing Street: Sir Nic Dakin David Baines Jo Platt Cabinet Office: Alan Gemmell Dr Beccy Cooper Natasha Irons HM Treasury: John Grady Alistair Strathern Yuan Yang Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Anna Gelderd Laura Kyrke-Smith Chris Murray Home Office: Michael Payne Adam Thompson Chris Vince Ministry of Justice: Linsey Farnsworth Joe Powell Connor Rand…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

EXC: Burnham Could Swerve Downing Street Council Tax Bill by Keeping His Primary Residence In Manchester

If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM. Saving Burnham a handy £2000 a year… As then-Cabinet Office minister Ruth Anderson said in a written PQ answer last year: “…where a minister occupies an official…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes26 Jul 2026

Chris Philp: Tories Are Completely Ready for a General Election Whenever It Comes

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Guido Fawkes26 Jul 2026

Burnham: “There’s No Early General Election”

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

EXC: New Aid Minister Said Failing to Increase Aid Spending Causes “Deaths By Choice”

The Foreign Office’s new aid minister said that cutting aid makes politicians responsible for death. This can only go one way… Kirsty McNeil, who was moved to the FCDO from the Scotland Office in the Burnham reshuffle, is now the Minister of State responsible for aid. Prior to her election in 2024 she spent nine…

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Guido Whispers: What’s Life Really Like in Number 10 North?

Guido Fawkes members get access to Guido Whispers, our exclusive insiders-only newsletter revealing all the latest gossip and tittle-tattle swirling around Westminster. To read it, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip first…

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