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Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

POLL: Burnham’s Unfavourability Rating Rises to Highest Yet

YouGov polling from 24-25 June, last week: A third of Britons (32%) see Burnham favourably, while 43% see him unfavourably. Likeable (40%) vs Dislikeable (23%) Competent (36%) vs Incompetent (20%) Strong (33%) vs Weak (18%) Decisive (33%) vs Indecisive (20%) Trustworthy (22%) vs Untrustworthy (31%) YouGov says: “Having seen his net favourability decline to -11…

Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

LIVE: Burnham’s First Major Speech on Economy

No questions…

Economy
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

Reform Selects Local Councillor as Candidate for Manchester Mayoral Election

Reform has announced its leader on Manchester City Council Sian Astley as the party’s candidate for the Manchester mayoral election. An uphill battle… The party said: “She currently lives in Fallowfield where she runs a design and property business. She is also a respected businesswoman and has appeared regularly on television and in print as…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

Labour Outriders Applaud Burnham for Hiding From Press

Co-conspirators may have heard the familiar sound of Alastair Campbell typing out a hare-brained tweet in support of the next Labour character this morning. This time it’s praise for Andy Burnham for running away from press scrutiny… Burnham is doing today’s speech in order to calm nerves and let people know what he’s planning. No…

Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

New Analysis Shows Hiking CGT to Income Tax Levels Will Actually Cost Treasury Billions

New analysis shows that raising Capital Gains Tax to Income Tax levels, the tax idea unifying the ‘soft left’, would lose billions. Something something Laffer Curve… CGT is currently either 18% or 24%. Following numerous leftist think tanks’ repeated pleas Wes Streeting proposed raising it in line with Income Tax levels. Convicted fraudster Louise Haigh…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

LIVE: Badenoch Sets Out “Economic Tests” for Burnham in Speech

And she’s taking questions…

Economy
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

‘Master Communicator’ Burnham Refuses to Take Any Questions at First Press Conference

Andy Burnham is refusing to answer questions at the first press conference designed to ease people’s concerns about his opacity. Who could have foreseen this? He will give a speech at around 11:30 a.m. in Manchester designed to inform people what his economic views are. The trail goes something like this: He will explain his…

Economy
Guido Fawkes28 Jun 2026

Steve Reed Backs Burnham & Says the Public Do Not Want a General Election

Housing Secretary and Starmer’s chief loyalist Steve Reed told Sky News: “While I think through all of this – and the reason it’s so important it’s done in an orderly way – is the public expects us to focus on delivering the change we were elected to deliver less than two years ago. The public…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes28 Jun 2026

Lucy Powell Says Ed Miliband Would Be a ‘Good’ Chancellor

The Labour Deputy Leader added that speculation around jobs is “unedifying” and “tittle-tattle” and she is more bothered about jobs across the country. Obviously all the politicians care about is jobs… Powell said there was no need for an election despite calling for them in the past: “What people need to see now is us…

Politics
Guido Fawkes27 Jun 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,015,329 visitors visited 916,444 times viewing 928,734 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Burnham Advisers Propose Exit Tax Badenoch in Angry Confrontation With Bridget Phillipson After PMQs Barb Prominent Restore Supporters Turn on Rupert Lowe The Many Accents of SNP’s Newest MP Starmer Met With Torrent of…

EconomyHousingRupert Lowe
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Starmer Officially Refuses to Sack Mike Tapp

No10 on Mike Tapp: “It is not for any individual Secretary of State to determine whether the Ministerial Code has been followed, it is a matter for the Prime Minister alone. Mike Tapp has been reminded of his obligations under the Ministerial Code including collective responsibility and procedures relating to the clearance and presentation of…