Tory Candidate Declines Interview Because He is “Going on Holiday in the...
A Tory council candidate seeking re-election next month declined to give an interview to his local paper because he was “busy and going on holiday in the morning”. The Plymouth Herald reported Cllr...
View ArticleLabour Candidate’s Think Tank Defended Ken and Jackie Walker
Latest in Guido’s Candidate Watch series: Labour’s newly-selected parliamentary candidate in South Thanet runs a pro-Corbyn ‘think tank’ which repeatedly defended Ken Livingstone and Jackie Walker...
View ArticleMission Accomplished: Targeted Strike on Corbyn
We may draw the following conclusions from today’s Prime Minister’s Question time: under a Corbyn government, Napoleon would have won at Waterloo, Roger Bannister would have tripped in the third minute...
View ArticleGovernment Loses Lords Customs Union Vote
As expected the government has lost the vote in the Lords on the customs union by 348-225. This will be spun up as a huge win for Remainers that means we are likely to stay in the customs union. That...
View ArticleFormer Civil Service Chiefs Vote Against Brexit
If anyone is still wondering why Brexiters think the civil service is working against Brexit, take a look at this. As the Times’ Henry Zeffman points out, every living former civil service Cabinet...
View ArticleMay and Rudd Trying to Be ‘More Brexit Than Brexit’ on Immigration
Two pieces today express the unhappiness of Brexiters with Theresa May’s version of Brexit. Boris tells the Telegraph leaving will be “pointless” if we cannot diverge from the EU and strike trade...
View ArticleCross-Party MPs Question Bully Bercow’s “Medicament” Slurs
The talk of the tearoom during and after the Syria debate was John Bercow’s repeated order to unruly MPs to take a “medicament” to calm them down. Tory MPs say this is another example of his bullying...
View ArticleMichael Dugher v Owen Jones
Michael Dugher shot straight back at Owen Jones after the Corbynista commentator criticised the former Labour MP for swearing on Twitter. Jones accused Dugher of “online abuse” – somewhat ironic since...
View ArticleLabour Candidate Deletes Website and Twitter Account Amid Anti-Semitism Row
Yesterday Guido revealed Labour’s new parliamentary candidate in South Thanet Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt runs a ‘think tank’ which defended Ken Livingstone and Jackie Walker and questioned the “Zionist...
View ArticleOverwhelming Anti-Brexit Bias of Former Top Civil Servants
Anti-Brexit bias runs like a spinal cord through the bloated body of civil servants and ex-mandarins that make up Whitehall. This group of metropolitan remainers – whose fat pensions are funded by the...
View ArticleConvicted Charity Thief Canvassing for Labour
A former Labour council leader who was jailed for cheating a charity is out on the doorstep campaigning for the party in the local elections. David Cartwright (circled), from Redditch, admitted theft...
View ArticleMay: Minister Responsible For Immigration Fiasco Should Resign
In 2004 Theresa May said “I find it extraordinary that a Minister isn’t willing just to step up to the plate and take responsibility… I’m actually sick and tired of Government Ministers who simply...
View ArticleWho’s On Question Time Tonight?
Good luck to Dale on his debut… The post Who’s On Question Time Tonight? appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleThornberry: I Don’t Accept Russia is Blocking Chemical Weapons Inspectors
Emily Thornberry: I don’t accept the Russians are blocking the chemical weapons inspectors. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/k0kZh5kWc4 — Ben (@Jamin2g) April 19, 2018 Thornberry has been listening to Seumas...
View ArticleCorbyn Forgets Israel Independence Day
Jeremy Corbyn has declined to congratulate the state of Israel on the 70th anniversary of its foundation. Corbyn tweeted last year about the 70th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence, yet yesterday...
View ArticleNo Marks: Teaching Unions Fail Spelling Test
The unions representing teachers have come together to write to the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds, with some constructive suggestions. Guido has a constructive suggestion for them....
View ArticleUK Tech Investment Surges 115%
We were warned before the referendum by George Osborne, economists, think tanks, the IMF, OECD and investment banks that business confidence would collapse and investment would dry up if Britain voted...
View ArticleProducer of Labour’s Race Row Election Broadcast Tweeted About “Jewish Kapos”
This morning’s Mail reveals that the man who stars in Labour’s new election broadcast rather unfortunately previously referred to “evil Jews“. Turns out it’s not just the people who appear in Labour...
View ArticleOwen’s Descent Continues
The descent of Owen Jones this year has been watched through the fingers of journalists and Labour politicians and aides alike. It seems that almost every day Owen is falling out with people who...
View ArticleNick Timothy Leaves Twitter
Nick Timothy attempted to come to the aid of his old boss yesterday by revealing that Theresa May was on holiday when the infamous ‘Go Home’ vans were signed off. It is fair to say doubts have been...
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