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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Farage: Right Now I’m the Only Person Who Could Be Prime Minister

Farage’s answer to Nick Ferrari’s question “do you want to be Prime Minister” is more caveated than most: “Do you know something? Not for the sake of the office or the title because I couldn’t give a damn about that. Never been interested in that. For me, politics is not about what I become in…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Downing Street Releases Desperate Stock Footage of Dan Jarvis in No10

Footage of the new Defence Secretary this morning meeting Starmer and Richard Knighton, Chief of the Defence Staff. Putin quaking in his boots…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Al Carns Explains His Resignation: ‘Why Won’t Starmer Cut Welfare to Fund Defence?’

Al Carns was asked why he quit as Armed Forces minister: “Quite simple: I didn’t think the funding settlement was correct for defence.” He added “We have got to find more money. That’s down to the PM… There is an argument about welfare. I’m a firm believer a hand up not a hand out.” The…

Defence
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

WATCH: Peter Kyle Says Defence Plan Is “Right” Despite Not Having Seen It

Peter Kyle has the unenviable morning round for the government and is defending Starmer’s premiership after four MoD resignations last night. Healey, Al Carns, and two PPSs… Kyle told BBC Breakfast: “And when you see the plan, I think you’ll see that we’ve put a lot of effort into getting it right.” Asked: “When did…

Defence
Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

NEW: UK Economy Contracted By 0.1% in April

From the ONS: Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7%, following a growth of 0.6% in the three months to March 2026 and a growth of 0.5% in the three months to February 2026. Monthly GDP contracted by 0.1% in April 2026, following growths of 0.3% in March 2026 and 0.4% in February 2026.…

Economy
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Dan Jarvis Appointed Defence Secretary

Dan Jarvis was previously Security Minister in the Home Office, he now gets the poisoned chalice job. Viewed as a double edged sword by military types…

Defence
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Armed Forces Minister Al Carns Resigns Over Defence Spending & Troubles Bill

Al Carns “walked onto” Cathy Newman’s Sky News show tonight to threaten to resign if No10 didn’t 1. increase spending as part of the Defence Investment Plan deal and 2. further change the Northern Ireland Legacy act. He has now resigned, saying: “It has been the privilege of my life to serve this country, first…

Defence
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Medhi Hasan’s New ‘Zeteo UK’ Produces No Content in Three Days

Mehdi Hasan’s expansion of his ‘Zeteo’ media brand to the UK via Substack is going slowly. The general idea when shaking up the establishment is to publish some material… Since launching Zeteo UK has produced two bits of content. One is an interview with its own political editor about how necessary it is. The other…

Politics
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

VOTE NOW: The Guido Fawkes Reform Power Rankings (June Edition)

Every month, we publish the power rankings of all the leading lights in Reform based on our readers’ responses. Click here to fill in the survey, and the results will be published at the end of the month. Here’s how last month played out… 1 Nigel Farage – 12.95 2 Robert Jenrick ▲ 1 10.47…

Reform
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Trump Threatens to Take Iran’s Kharg Island

Donald Trump on Truth Social: “The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil…

Defence
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Wes Streeting Plies Labour MPs With ‘Health & Social Care’ Drinks

Ambitious backbencher Wes Streeting is inviting Labour MPs for drinks in London to win them over. Supported by his all-resigned ministerial team… Invites are going out: “Dear colleague, Please find an invite from Wes to join him, Zubir, Rosie, Steve and Joe for a drink next Tuesday to thank you for your support over two…

Politics
Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Labour Quickly Removes Evidence of John Healey’s Existence

Labour is getting better and better at digitally scrubbing all evidence of a departing Cabinet minister. It’s had plenty of practice by now… Healey has already been removed from the party’s website. He first disappeared from the full list of Cabinet ministers, and in the last few minutes has been replaced by David Lammy on…

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