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Polanski Says Police Should Not Be Above Scrutiny & Complains About Met Commissioner’s Open Letter

Green Party Misspells Own Leader’s Name

Neither Green MPs nor anyone from the Lambeth Green Party, which is trying hard to make inroads into prize London Labour territory, has bothered to spell Polanski’s name correctly in their latest video. Believe it or not it’s his first name they’ve mucked up… New Green MP Hannah Spencer, the Lambeth Green branch, and its…

Guido Whispers: The Frontrunner to Be the Sunday Times Political Editor…

Who’s in pole position to become the new Political Editor of the Sunday Times? What have Axel Springer got planned for the Telegraph? And what’s really going on with Wes Streeting’s leadership plans? Become a Guido member to find out… Click here to join us today. Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters will also receive invites…

Graham Linehan’s Conviction Following Trans Activist Confrontation Overturned

Father Ted co-creator and pro-women campaigner Graham Linehan has had his criminal damage conviction overturned. It must be Friday… Linehan was found guilty of damaging a transgender activist Sophia Brooks’ phone during an altercation in Westminster on 19 October 2024. At Southwark crown court judge Mrs Justice Amanda Tipples overruled his conviction: “Having considered all…

Polanski Apologises for Golders Green Attack Retweet Which Criticised Police Officers

Green leader Zack Polanski has apologised for his retweet following the Golders Green attack and a furious response from Met Commissioner Mark Rowley. He says: “Everyone in leadership has a responsibility for lowering the temperature at a time of such tension, and I apologise for sharing a tweet in haste. Police responses to emergency situations…

Only 3.3% of This Year’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ Victims Attended HMRC Training Sessions

Only 3.3% of the people who have been dragged into the first batch of Making Tax Digital requirements have attended one of HMRC’s explanatory webinars. No one is ready for the coming carnage… Making Tax Digital requires in-scope individuals to move from using the traditional Self Assessment portal and instead keep digital records in HMRC-recognised…

Inside Panicked Labour’s London Polling Day Strategy

Labour is preparing a frantic last-minute operation to get the vote out in London. Rattled… Take this communiqué emailed to Labour members in St Giles ward in Southwark and leaked to Guido. This should be safe for Labour… Southwark has seen doorknocking visits from both Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham in recent weeks, which indicates the…

What Would Prime Minister Streeting Do?

Team Streeting is briefing that he’s got the numbers in the PLP and is ready for a leadership fight. A man can dream. Here is what his manifesto might look like, based on what he’s said before… Return to the EU customs union Tax capital gains on the same basis as income. Replace inheritance tax…

Andy Burnham ‘Offering Job-Swap’ to MPs in Commons Putsch

Guido hears Andy Burnham is exploring a few creative ways to get into the Commons. Anyone want to be the mayor of Manchester for two years? Labour sources say the PM-hopeful is offering ‘job-swaps’ to MPs in exchange for them standing down. He’d support their ascension to his mayoralty… Jim McMahon’s name has cropped up.…

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SNP Admits Using AI for Picture of John Swinney With Crowd

The Scottish National Party has admitted using AI for an image of its leader John Swinney in Edinburgh. Online disinformation is rampant on the left… Eagle-eyed observers spotted that the signs held by Swinney’s activist friends have classic AI signs. Not being legible chiefly among them… An SNP spokesman said: “In order to highlight the…

Private Sector Sickness Rate Falls Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show Britain lost 148.8 million working days to sickness absence. That is 9.8 million more than 2019… The ONS reports: “The sickness absence rate was 2.9% for public sector employees and 1.7% for those working in the private sector. Compared with 2024, the sickness absence rate…