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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

No10 Defends Foreign Office Staff Attending Party Celebrating Islamic Revolution

Downing Street insists it was just “standard practice” for FCDO staff to attend a party celebrating the Islamic revolution at the Iranian embassy, as reported by the Telegraph: “It is their job to maintain diplomatic relations with countries across the globe, including ones we fundamentally disagree with.” On the same day as the party, it…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Downing Street: “No Requirement” for Starmer to Speak to Mandelson Before Appointing Him

Number 10 has claimed there was “no requirement” for Keir Starmer to formally interview Peter Mandelson before appointing him as ambassador to the US. The Times revealed last night that Starmer delegated the job entirely to Morgan McSweeney and Matthew Doyle. Don’t worry, the adults are back in the room… The Downing Street spokesman told…

Politics
Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

DBT Officials Spend More Than £3 Million on Hotels in a Year

Officials at the Department for Business and Trade enjoyed a total of 21,691 overnight hotel stays in 2024/25 at a cost of more than £3 million. Breakfast is included… Hotel expenditure by month Month Total spend Nights Apr £236,438.18 1,687 May £202,447.25 1,345 Jun £250,057.75 1,779 Jul £206,753.79 1,448 Aug £76,911.55 631 Sep £269,613.51 1,971…

Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

US Treasury Secretary Says Starmer Put American Lives at Risk With Base Denial

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Sky News’ Wilfred Frost that Starmer’s decision to block US forces’ ability to launch strikes from Diego Garcia risked the lives of American servicemen. Team Trump is still fuming with the PM… Starmer obviously reversed that decision in 24 hours but the damage was done. Frost asked Bessent…

Economy
Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Labour Boasts About “A Growing Economy” Twelve Hours Before Achieving 0% Growth

There is a whole section in the latest ‘The Labour Rosette’ newsletter to party members, published at 6.31pm last night, dedicated to the government’s ‘right economic plan’. Apparently Labour has “restored stability to our public finances” and the economy is “resilient”.  It even reheats the closer to Reeves’ snooze-fest of a Spring Statement: “My plan is…

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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Economy Flatlines at 0.0% Growth in January

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics shows that the economy flatlined in January. Your pre-Iran War growth is… zero. GDP grew by 0.1% in December and economists expected it to grow by 0.2% in January. Instead it posted 0% growth… Services showed no growth, production fell by 0.1%, and construction grew by…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

WATCH: Jolyon Sensually Dances Backstage at Trans Festival

Jolyon’s Bluesky followers have been treated to a short video of the failed lawyer dancing backstage at a trans festival in London. This is what you’ve lost over on Musk’s X… Jolyon is seen enthusiastically dancing at the Trans Mission festival in Wembley with American singer Beth Ditto. Zack Polanski was at the same event…

Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Bursting the Bubble: Reality Bites

Welcome to Bursting the Bubble, the data deep-dive that tells you what’s really happening outside the Westminster village. Exclusively for Guido members… Get access to Guido’s own poll of polls, and an instant breakdown of all the latest electoral data across Britain, by becoming a member today. Click here to join and get 50% off…

Politics
Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

British Base Hit by Iranian Drone Swarm

British officials have revealed that an Iranian drone swarm hit a British military base in Iraq at Erbil, as a result of which several US soldiers were injured. Brigadier Guy Foden, assistant chief of staff for operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, said: “Erbil and Baghdad were both struck a number of times last night…

Defence
Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

British Borrowing Costs Rise to Six-Month Highs

UK gilt yields are rising at a rapid rate again. Throwing Reeves’ fiscal plans into disarray… The yield on 30-year gilts has climbed by 12 basis points to 5.47%. 10-year yields reached 4.754% just now. These are the highest since October…

Economy
Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Polanski: The EU Should Act as Global Nuclear Policeman

Zack Polanski has claimed that the EU should take up the role of global military policeman. He previously said the UK should team up with Mexico and Brazil as NATO alternative… Matt Forde asked on his podcast with Polanski whose role it should be to police the globe seeing as “Britain has failed in its…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

WATCH: Starmer Apologises Again to Epstein Victims for Mandelson Appointment

Featuring Hilary Benn staring at the floor wishing the ground would swallow him up…