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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…

Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham Reduces the Amount He Donates to Charity

Andy Burnham has said he will continue donating 15% of his salary to local efforts, which he did for nine years as Mayor of Greater Manchester. He said he did so “to tackle homelessness” in Manchester… Now he says he will this time be “donating to worthy local causes at the heart of our communities.”…

Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Guido Whispers: Everyone’s Burnhaming the Candle at Both Ends

How did leftist Byline Times blunder its Brexit birthday coverage? What’s really going on with Olly Robbins’ supposed return to government? Where did Jacob Rees-Mogg make a surprise appearance? What happened when Farage met Lowe? To find out that and much more, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip…

Reform
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Senior No10 Staff Want Starmer to U-Turn on Vow to Scrap Resignation Honours

Guido hears senior personnel in No10 are keen on resignation honours from Starmer. Just one problem with that… In 2023 Starmer promised never to make a list of resignation honours – defying convention – because he was attacking Tory PMs for doing the same when they revolved out of the door of Downing Street. Once…

Politics
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Top Mahmood Adviser’s Proposal for a Huge Country-Wide Carbon Tax

Guido has been examining what a Mahmoodian chancellorship would look like. An intriguing proposal from her top SpAd in 2021 suggested an economy-wide carbon tax… The written-up briefings about Shabana Mahmood being desperate to stay in the Home Office are not necessarily accurate. Her own SpAd team was briefing about how keen Burnhamites are for…

EconomyEnvironment
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Downing Street SpAds Bank on Personnel Continuity Under Burnham

Downing Street staff have been told that Andy Burnham won’t fire them all summarily on coming into government. Sighs of relief you can hear there from SpAds working out how to stay inside – it’s every man for himself… A No10 source tells Guido: “We’re hearing Team Andy want at least some continuity, not least…

Politics
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Starmer ‘Taking Advice’ on Whether to Sack Mike Tapp

Starmer’s spokesman told the Lobby briefing of political journalists on Mike Tapp’s position: “The PM, as you’d expect, will be taking advice the usual way… decisions are for the PM. You’d expect the PM to take advice in the usual way… He’s taking advice in the usual way.” Starmer still has confidence in Tapp for…

Politics
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

‘Global Finance Reviewer’ Gordon Brown Claims No Travel or Expenses Apart From Free iPad

Gordon Brown hasn’t incurred any travel expenses in his ‘global’ role for Starmer. In fact, it looks like he hasn’t done much at all… Brown was appointed the Prime Minister’s Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation on 9 May. Since then Guido’s FoI Unit has established he “hasn’t undertaken any travel in connection with…

Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Coy David Miliband Doesn’t Rule Out Joining Burnham’s Government

David Miliband has failed to rule out an entry into Burnham’s government. Speaking at the Institute for Government yesterday the former Foreign Secretary was asked if he would go in and simply said: “Let him make his choices. Let him make his let him make his choices. He’s got I think we should give him…

Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Home Office Minister Mike Tapp Says He ‘Won’t Be Intimidated’ by Mahmood’s Efforts to Sack Him

Migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp has said he won’t be intimidated by Shabana Mahmood after the Home Secretary asked for him to be sacked yesterday. All played out in public… Tapp penned a Times op-ed discussing plans he had made to exempt care workers from Mahmood’s ILR changes. Sources close to Mahmood say he…

Immigration
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Labour’s ‘Cost of Living Champion’ Says Miliband Would Be “A Disaster” as Chancellor

Iceland boss and Labour’s ‘cost of living champion’ Lord Walker speaking on Newsnight last night on the prospect of Chancellor Ed Miliband: “He’d be a disaster. I think, listen, of course, you know, I’m speaking on the hottest June on record. Climate change is real. I believe in science. But I think how we’re going…

EconomyEnvironment