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Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Bob Vylan Says It Will Sue BBC Over Glastonbury Fiasco

The Bob Vylan fiasco isn’t over for the BBC after the duo said it would now sue the BBC. For what remains unclear… A statement released by the act this afternoon says: “We have decided to take legal action against the BBC. In the immediate aftermath of our performance at Glastonbury 2025, The BBC wasted…

Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

EXC: David Lammy Orders Creation of Nine Civil Service Groups to Increase ‘Diversity’ of Judiciary

David Lammy’s new “Judicial and Legal Diversity Board” to increase ethnic minority representation in the judiciary has had one meeting and has already spawned an entire ecosystem of sub-committees, working groups and “task and finish” units. A peek behind the Civil Service curtain… Guido’s FOI Unit has uncovered documents revealing the extent of bureaucratic sprawl:…

Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

EXC: Andy Burnham Backed Campaign by His Policy Chief to Increase Benefits Spending by £90 Billion

Incoming PM Andy Burnham backed a campaign by his transition policy chief – then a think tank director – to hike benefits spending by £90 billion. Funded by massive tax increases… Andy Burnham’s transition policy chief Miatta Fahnbulleh made clear to Sky News that cutting welfare by reducing cash handouts or eligibility is off the…

Economy
Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

No10 Takes Control of Transport Project Cancellation to Pay for Starmer’s DIP

Ministers have not been able to bring themselves to own the cancellation of transport infrastructure projects to pay for defence. Cut welfare not roads… Labour minister Hamish Falconer even tweeted his criticism of the scheme’s cancellation. It wasn’t the only one to be cancelled… The £297 million A46 Newark Bypass scheme was cancelled this week.…

Defence
Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Burnham’s Spending Commitments So Far Add Up to More Than £250 Billion

Guido has done cost estimates of Burnham’s spending commitments and inherited black holes so far. It’s not pretty: Defence Investment Plan: Budget allocated-spending and unallocated efficiency savings: £15 billion. “The biggest council house building programme since the postwar period.” Late 1970s benchmark was circa 40,000 council house completions per year. Annual cost now: £8 –…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Starmerite Labour General Secretary to Step Down After Conference

Hollie Ridley has been in place since 2024 and was an ally of Morgan McSweeney. She has told staff she will step down after Labour Conference. Another space clear for a Burnhamite… She told colleagues in an email. Read it below: “This morning I announced my decision to stand down as General Secretary of the…

Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Team Burnham Suggests Large Spending Increases to Avoid Cutting Welfare Bill

Andy Burnham is setting out his stall on welfare in more detail. Spend more taxpayer cash… He said on last night’s 15-minute Andrew Marr softball interview: “I’m not going to go with the crude cuts to benefit levels that then just put people who are struggling in even worse poverty, and that often creates the…

Economy
Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Lisa Nandy Quits X and Takes DCMS With Her

Lisa Nandy has just posted on X: “I’ve decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.” Blue sky thinking…

Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

EXC: Reform Hires Veteran Journalist Miles Goslett as New Communications Chief

Guido hears that Reform UK has hired Miles Goslett into the newly created post of chief communications officer, putting him in overall charge of the party’s media operation. There’s talk of Farage wanting to use his own channels such as the Reform podcast and Substack account to be more proactive alongside the traditional mediums of…

Reform
Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Starmer to Introduce Emergency Legislation to Let Pubs Stay Open for England Game

Keir Starmer will intervene and lay emergency legislation tomorrow in order to allow pubs to stay open past 1 a.m, according to the Sun. Talk about a legacy period… The government said today that most pubs don’t have the correct licence to stay open and would have to close because the deadline to apply for…

Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Morgan McSweeney Says Starmer’s Government Did Not Do U-Turns Quickly Enough

In an interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson, ex-No10 Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney reflected on Starmer’s U-turns. He concluded that they weren’t quick enough. Speaking about the “island of strangers” U-turn, he said “I think Keir made the speech – I know what he intended to do with the speech, and he certainly didn’t…