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Nick Timothy’s Lessons From Yanis
Those Tories uncomfortable with Nick Timothy’s more statist policy platform will be amused to see he is a disciple of Yanis Varoufakis. The book beardless Timothy is reading is the Greek firebrand’s...
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Swinson in Trouble Over “Vanishing” Election Expenses
Here we go again… LibDem Jo Swinson is feeling the heat north of the border after thousands of pounds were apparently left off her election expenses declaration. The Herald reports Swinson claimed her...
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Corbyn: Wrong to Say There is a British-Pakistani Grooming Problem
.@jeremycorbyn says it’s wrong to “label whole community” over child abuse after Sarah Champion quits his frontbenchhttps://t.co/CEKdRGNXdu pic.twitter.com/E81K7NYV06 — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August...
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Leanne Wood Blindly Speculates During Barcelona Attack
This was Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and occasional leftie TV debate favourite Leanne Wood posting blind speculation as the attack in Barcelona unfolded: When it became apparent that it was Islamic...
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UKIP Leadership Hopeful: Pay British Indians £12 Billion to Leave UK
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone following the career of UKIP leadership nut John Rees Evans to learn he isn’t the sharpest tool in the box. Rees Evans’ latest big idea, when he’s not talking...
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Second LibDem MP Faces Election Expenses Questions
The Scottish papers think they are onto something with LibDem expenses at this year’s election. Yesterday the Herald accused Jo Swinson of omitting thousands of pounds worth of claims from her...
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Friday Caption Contest (Slow Clap Edition)
Entries in the comments… The post Friday Caption Contest (Slow Clap Edition) appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
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IEA: Brexit Britain Should Commit to Unilateral Free Trade
Guido hears today’s new Institute of Economics Affairs report on trade policy has been well-received by ministers. It argues that no deal with the EU on trade would not be a disaster for the UK,...
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Saturday Seven Up
This week 181,133 visitors visited 540,341 times viewing 830,466 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were: Sarah Champion Resigns From Shadow Cabinet Concerns Raised About Chappers Corbyn:...
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Bonkers Bong Bowing and Reporting
Starved of actual news the Lobby’s finest have grabbed the Big Ben bong story for all they are worth, creating headlines out of the soon to be silenced chimes. No-Bell prizes for Literature are due to...
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MPs Gather For Bell End Ceremony
#BigBen chimes for last time in 4 years before falling silent for repairs. (It'll still sound for important events) https://t.co/vTxo5lK0TT pic.twitter.com/TvZ70bIV3M — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August...
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Watch & Hear for Last Chime
The final chimes! Crowds broke into applause at the end pic.twitter.com/QDkOjVgb5R — Jon Vale (@JonValePA) August 21, 2017 Crowd of smartphone monkeys gathers for Big Ben silencing… The post Watch...
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On the Hour: Sun & Guardian Vie for Big Ben Stunt
1pm, and it’s back! Courtesy of our loud speaker… pic.twitter.com/MK9ru1kzw7 — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) August 21, 2017 The Sun drove a model of Big Ben on the back of a truck equipped with...
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Wings Over Scotland Arrested
If you have ever criticised the SNP on social media you are likely to have come across Wings Over Scotland, a shouty crackers blogger known for his grumpy Cybernat tweets. Wings, real name Stuart...
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SpAd Movements: Lee Cain to Number 10
Guido hears Theresa May has hired Michael Gove’s SpAd Lee Cain as head of Political Press in Number 10. Cain is a former Fleet Street journalist and Vote Leave alumnus who was the Leave campaign’s...
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Remain Media Coverage Criticised By Experts
Some pro-Remain pundits and publications are single-minded in their desire to blindly attack the government, even if it means getting the story wrong. Take today’s Guardian article claiming HMG’s...
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Nasty Nat Picks on Tory MP’s Young Children
Who says the SNP don’t have any charm? When East Renfrewshire Tory MP Paul Masterson tweeted a sweet picture of his young son and daughter on her first day at school, West Lothian councillor Moira...
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These MPs Are Just the Bookies’ Muppets
Silly season does not stop the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) from spreading their usual nonsense. Their Public Affairs Manager Ursula Servis phoned into a BBC Radio broadcast on FOBTs to...
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Sheerman Lobbying Prompts Calls for Ban
Earlier this month Guido told how Labour’s Barry Sheerman became the first serving MP to register as a lobbyist. The Huddersfield MP is chairman of Policy Connect, an organisation which charges firms...
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Idea of Unilateral Free Trade Sent Commentariat into Spasms
You would have thought the pundits with a pretence to economic authority* would be a bit more modest after joining in with Project Fear and predicting all manner of calamities the day after the Brexit...
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