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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
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Two Men Jailed for Spying for China

Bill Yuen was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service in the UK under the National Security Act 2023. Peter Wai received a 10-year sentence for the same offence, as well as misconduct in public office relating to his role as a UK Border Force officer. The…

ImmigrationCrime
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Bank of England Holds Interest Rates at 3.75%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has voted to hold interest rates at 3.75% for the fourth time. As expected… Seven votes for hold and two votes for a hike. “Bank staff estimated that underlying quarterly GDP growth had been around 0.2% in Q1, and would remain at around that rate in…

Economy
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Government ‘Strongly Minded’ to Fully Nationalise British Steel

Labour says it is “strongly minded” to nationalise British Steel. In a statement made this morning by the industry ministeR: “The Government committed to updating Parliament on British Steel every four sitting weeks for the duration of the period of special measures being applied under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025. The Government’s priority…

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

LIVE: Badenoch Gives Speech on Deregulating Financial Services

Badenoch is at CityUK’s Annual Conference this morning promising a new regulatory regime for financial services. A new Mrs Thatcher revolution? Her central argument is that eliminating risk also eliminates reward and growth. She points out compliance headcount has tripled since 2009 and compliance costs she says are six times higher than the nearest competitor. She…

Defence