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WATCH: Rachel Reeves Heckled at Petrol Station

Not sure what she expected… Hat-tip: The Sun…

Teambuilding Burnham & the Return of Sue Gray

Discussion around Burnham’s team is ramping up since Guido revealed a possible No10 staffing structure in an Andy premiership. It’s not just going to be him you know… Some Labour sources speculate that Sue Gray, the erstwhile No10 Chief of Staff, could take up a role in a Burnham government. Gray and the Manchester mayor…

WATCH: Streeting Delivers Resignation Speech to Half-Empty Commons

Flanked by a few allies, and speaking to a depleted chamber, Wes Streeting declared he resigned because “we are in the fight of our lives against nationalism“. And the crowd goes mild…

POLL: Burnham Would Hand Labour Three-Point Lead

New polling from More in Common shows some evidence of an immediate ‘Burnham bounce’ for Labour if the Manchester mayor enters No10: Now Ref 29 Lab 22 Con 19 LD 13 Grn 11 Oth 6 REF +7 Burnham Lab 30 Ref 27 Con 20 LD 11 Grn 7 Oth 3 LAB +3 10-point swing —…

WATCH: Badenoch Shreds Starmer Over Russian Sanctions Farce

Punchy. Read Guido’s fact check of Starmer’s farcical claims here…

FACT CHECK: Starmer’s Misleading Claims After Lifting Sanctions on Russian Oil

Guido Verify has analysed Starmer’s three defences in PMQs after lifting sanctions on processed Russian diesel and jet fuel supply. Starmer has tried to issue defensive claims in the Commons… CLAIM 1: “this government has phased in sanctions in this way before, and the last government used the same technique” A refining loophole of a…

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WATCH: Jubilant Starmbot Celebrates Arsenal’s Premiere League Win

The levels of enthusiasm are really off the charts here for a self-described Gooner…

THE BURNHAM RECEIPTS: Arch-Blairite Andy Supported Reduction in Wealth Taxes

Burnham has had varied views on tax policy. It’s almost as if he doesn’t know what he is talking about and will say anything… When he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury he defended the lower capital gains tax rates introduced by the Blair government. He said that Labour’s reforms represented “the right balance between…

PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

1. Gurinder Singh Josan LAB 2. Emily Thornberry LAB 3. Chris Hinchliff LAB 4. Rushanara Ali LAB 5. John Hayes CON 6. Anna Dixon LAB 7. Jeremy Wright CON 8. Natasha Irons LAB 9. Baggy Shanker LAB 10. Luke Evans CON 11. Kirsteen Sullivan LAB 12. Maureen Burke LAB 13. Lloyd Hatton LAB 14. Chris…

Rayner Accepts £25,000 From Anti-Net Zero Oil Company CEO’s Wife

Angela Rayner has taken a £25,000 donation from the wife of a oil and gas chief executive who has been a strong critic of Labour’s oil and gas policy. No one tell Ed Miliband… In the latest register of interests Rayner is shown to have received “£25,000 towards running costs for the Office of Angela…

Net Zero Labour Eases Sanctions on Putin to Buy More Russian Crude

Last night the government waived some Russian oil sanctions to allow imports of diesel and jet fuel from Russian crude processed in third countries. Indian products mostly… Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson could not say he was comfortable with the move on Sky News when asked but did say: “There’s a whole range of…