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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Badenoch Calls for General Election if Burnham Cannot Fund Defence

Badenoch just now: “If Andy Burnham does not have any answers on national security, we should have a General Election now.” She added she was “not worried” about a General Election and Reform is “not ready for governing”…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham Repeatedly Called for General Election After Tories Changed Leader

Here is the soon-to-be Prime Minister Andy Burnham repeatedly calling for a General Election in 2022, after the Tories dumped their leader: “We need to start demanding a General Election at the end of this Tory leadership election. They were all elected on a manifesto promise to level up the North and are all abandoning…

Politics
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power

The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy… The ‘highlights’: Public ownership of energy and water (national corporations), housing and transport (city-region scale), and care (municipal). They’re at pains to insist this isn’t “nationalisation”, obviously… Let Thames Water fall into special administration and…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Streeting Scraps Leadership Bid to Back Burnham

Burnham: “[Starmer’s] decision marks the beginning of a transition and it is important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will put myself forward as part of this process. “The country expects stability, seriousness and a continued focus on the issues that matter most and that is what it will…

Defence
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Guido’s Guide to Starmer’s U-Turns

As of last week, Starmer was insisting he wasn’t going to “walk away” and would fight any leadership challenge. They always say that… Today’s resignation nonetheless makes the greatest hits list of Starmer’s U-turns. It could be the final volte face of his premiership, but there’s still time yet… “No tax rises on working people”…

Economy
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Farage Calls for General Election as Starmer Quits

Nigel Farage, writing on his Substack: “Starmer isn’t the first Prime Minister I’ve deposed, and he won’t be the last. David Cameron. Theresa May. Rishi Sunak. And next up – Andy Burnham. The reason each leader has failed is the same. “What the political class fails to understand is that the electorate won’t accept being…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

WATCH: Starmer’s Resignation Speech in Full

Holding back tears…

Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

BREAKING: Keir Starmer Resigns

Nominations for the new leader to open on 9th July and to be completed by the summer recess.

Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

LIVE: Starmer to Make Statement on Downing Street

He’s going.

Politics
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Downing Street Staff Setting Up Lectern Outside Number 10

Get ready. Stay tuned to Guido…

Politics
Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Skills Minister Jacqui Smith Says She “Would Have” Liked Starmer to Continue

Skills Minister Jacqui Smith (drawing the short straw) on Times Radio this morning: “I would have been very happy for [Starmer] to continue. But he understands, and we can all see, the pressure being brought upon him. The challenges that are around.” Later on BBC Breakfast: “‘I’m absolutely clear that what he has been thinking…