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Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Burnham Takes on High-Tax Fanatic as Economic Adviser

Team Burnham briefed Bloomberg and the FT last night that Andy is “being advised” by ex-OBR chairman Richard Hughes, former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane, former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill, and Carys Roberts, the former executive director at the IPPR think tank. This was meant to calm the gilt market… Co-conspirators…

Economy
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

LIVE: Kemi Badenoch Holds Victory Rally After Winning Aberdeen South

Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

New Starmer Adviser Harriet Harman Backs Labour MPs’ Leadership Vote

Harriet Harman has told the Today programme she thinks Starmer, Burnham and Streeting should agree on a ‘process’ for a leadership contest, and Labour MPs should have the final say. Just six weeks ago, Starmer appointed Harman as his new ‘Adviser on Women and Girls’ in the wake of Labour’s local election bloodbath. Now she’s…

Politics
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Public Sector Borrowing in May More Than £5 Billion Above Forecasts

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that public sector borrowing in May was well above the OBR’s forecasts. Quelle surprise… Borrowing was £23.3 billion in May – £5.4 billion more than in May last year and £5.6 billion more than the £17.7 billion forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility only three…

Economy
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Starmer Loyalist Steve Reed: Burnham Won’t Destroy Labour With Leadership Fight

Starmer-loyal Housing Secretary Steve Reed is on the broadcast round for the government this morning. Reed said of Starmer: “He’s made clear his own position… That he’s not going to walk away and that he would he would fight it if there was a challenge. But we’ve got to focus not on internal debates in…

Housing
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Starner Congratulates Burnham After Failing to Campaign for Him Once

Starmer posted: “Congratulations, Andy Burnham, Labour’s new MP for Makerfield. Voters chose Labour’s campaign of hope and optimism over division and hate.” The PM failed to do the normal “vote for Labour’s candidate” post on the polling day and failed to show up to Makerfield at any point in the campaign after No10 told hacks…

Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Tories Win Aberdeen South From SNP in By-Election

The Tories’ first by-election win in Scotland since 1967. John Curtice: “It’s almost undoubtedly been able to encapsulate concern about the future of Aberdeen and the oil and gas industry which has given it so much prosperity during the whole era of North Sea exploration.” The Tories won 14,308 votes to the SNP’s 8,258. Labour…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

First Council to Ban Meat at Events Reverses Woke Policy

Six years ago, Enfield Council’s woke Labour administration banned meat at council events. It was the first council to do so… Now the new Tory leader of the council, Alessandro Georgiou, has reversed the policy in a nod to local farmers and normal people everywhere. Meat’s back on the menu, boys – nature is healing…

Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

John Bercow Campaigning for Burnham Despite Labour Suspension

John Bercow is leafletting for the Burnham campaign up in Makerfield today, despite his ongoing suspension from the Labour Party pending an internal investigation into bullying claims. This must be the most forensic investigation in British history, because it has been ongoing for 1,564 days (over 4 years in old money). Even though a parliamentary…

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Burnham Remains Odds-on Favourite as Voters Head to Polls

Polls close at 10pm. Team Burnham is quietly confident, but nobody is popping the champagne just yet. The result is expected at around 4am. Some in Reform think it could take even longer. A long night ahead… POLLS LABOUR REFORM RESTORE LEAD Convergent Times/Sun Times · 2–12 June 49 37 5 +12 Opinium Forward Democracy…

Defence
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Justice Minister Jake Richards Deletes Anti-Burnham Tweets

Justice minister Jake Richards has deleted a swathe of historic tweets critical of Andy Burnham. Along with the rest of the Parliamentary Labour Party doing a digital spring clean… Richards was up in Makerfield on Saturday to campaign for Burnham, despite having said that the Manchester mayor despite thinking is “jezza-lite” and “has the antenna…

PoliticsReform