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Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Team Burnham Declines Starmer’s Offer of a Cabinet Job for Andy

Andy Burnham’s team has already hit back after Starmer said this morning that he wants Burnham to have a big role in government. A source in the Burnham camp told the Manchester Evening News that “the benefit Andy has is the wind of change for not having been associated with the Government’s failings.”  They also…

Politics
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

BBC Cuts 550 Jobs

New Director-General Matt Brittin has announced the first phase of cuts at the BBC: 550 net job cuts by the end of this financial year across the News, Nations and Content divisions, part of 2,000 job losses planned over the next three years. A further 700 job losses in the corporate division to be set…

Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Trump: If Iran “Misbehaves” I’ll Drop Bombs “Right Smack in the Middle of Their Head”

Trump says if he doesn’t like the memorandum of understanding with Iran, he’ll go back to “shooting at them and dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head”. Pretty unambiguous…

Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

WATCH: Coutinho Asks Lammy Why Ed Miliband Hasn’t Been Sacked Yet

At DPMQs Claire Coutinho focussed on energy and the North Sea. Aberdeen South by-election is tomorrow… Coutinho asked Lammy why Ed miliband was still in post seeing as he is refusing to engage with No10 or take Starmer’s calls: “Last week, the prime minister asked the energy secretary to help fund the defense of our…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

DPMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

1 Lauren Sullivan LAB 2 Frank McNally LAB 3 Sarah Owen LAB 4 Matt Vickers CON 5 Debbie Abrahams LAB 6 John Whitby LAB 7 Beccy Cooper LAB 8 Ayoub Khan IND 9 Louie French CON 10 Bradley Thomas CON 11 Yuan Yang LAB 12 Josh Babarinde LIB 13 Anna Gelderd LAB 14 Chris Vince…

Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

WATCH: Lowe’s Restore Blocks Makerfield Candidate From Speaking to Journalist for One Question

The Telegraph tried to ask Rebecca Shepherd, the Restore candidate in Makerfield, one question. Chief of Staff Alistair Harrison said no. Shepherd has avoided media throughout the campaign – Rupert Lowe did an interview with the Spectator instead of her. Shepherd or sheep…

Rupert Lowe
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Guido Victory as Government Explores Shutting Down Civil Service Clay Modelling Unit

After Guido revealed that a zany Civil Service unit was trying to train government staff through clay modelling, it may be shut down. Quick turnaround… The Telegraph followed Guido’s story yesterday and found additionally that the Policy Lab did an outreach programme on popular game Grand Theft Auto V. A “Whitehall source” told the paper…

Crime
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Starmer and Reeves Refuse to Publish Their Tax Returns

It is now June and Starmer & Reeves have still not published their tax returns for the 2024/25 financial year. Something to hide? Starmer paid £54,718 in income tax the year before. In 2025 they pair published the returns promptly along with Angela Rayner, who is obviously no longer DPM. Where is Lammy’s? Tory chairman…

Economy
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Starmer: I Want Burnham to Have a Big Role in Government

From Keir Starmer’s interview with Sky News’ Beth Rigby: BETH: Would you bring Burnham back into your cabinet? KEIR STARMER: Oh, Andy is a great asset. And, yes, I want him to have a big role in government. When I came in to… BETH: Are you going to call him at the weekend and invite…

Politics
Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Inflation Remains at 2.8% in May

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show inflation did not change in May. Sticking at 2.8%… Motor fuel prices rose by 24.6% – the ONS says “food and non-alcoholic beverages made the largest, partially offsetting, downward contribution.” On the producer side the ONS records input prices rising by 8.7% in the year to…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

Transport Secretary Flunks Basic Maths in Letter on British Buses

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander sent a letter to the chairman of the Transport Committee to talk about buses manufactured by China. In it she wrote: “It is important to reiterate the context I set out to the Committee. There are approximately 30,000 buses in England, of which about 8 per cent are electric. Of those…