“Egomaniac” Izzard Cost Moderates NEC Majority
The Labour moderates, formerly known as Blairites, are crying into their mocha lattes this morning that Eddie Izzard not only lost out (as usual) on getting a place on the NEC, he also cost them up to...
View ArticleCorbynistas Attack Watson in Murdoch Press
Liam Young is one of Jeremy Corbyn’s main (only) media cheerleaders, you’ll often read him spinning for Jez in the Indy or New Statesman. Young has come to the Dear Leader’s aid once again with a...
View ArticleSpAd List: Team May Taking Shape
Theresa May’s team of Downing Street SpAds is slowly taking shape. She is is taking her former Home Office advisers Alex Dawson, who used to head up CRD, and Will Tanner, a policy aide, with her to...
View ArticleLabour STILL Don’t Have Conference Security Provider
Last week Guido published leaked emails showing Labour HQ were tearing their hair out because they hadn’t yet sorted a conference security supplier. The decision to boycott G4S meant the only option...
View ArticleUKIP NEC Quitters Unresign
Remember those UKIP NEC members who quit in protest at Steven Woolfe being kept off the ballot? Well, they’re unresigning. Victoria Ayling and Mike McGough, who backed Woolfe in the dispute, angrily...
View ArticlePM Off on Two Week Holiday to Switzerland
Theresa May is off on holiday today – she will be enjoying two weeks outside of the EU in sunny Switzerland. The PM famously enjoys bracing walking holidays there with her husband Philip. In 2007,...
View ArticleDave Most Popular PM Since Maggie
Until the referendum at least Cameron was the Tories’ best electoral asset and that is still reflected in his polling numbers – YouGov finds he is the most popular PM since Maggie. Blair remains...
View ArticleLights on in Brussels But Nobody’s Home
Over in Brussels, the European Parliament’s grandiose Altiero Spinelli building is shuttered up with the Eurocrats and their bag-carriers off on summer holidays. Inside the 17-storey high-rise office...
View ArticleIslington Corbynistas Blame Israeli Ambassador For Bad Poll Results
Last night Islington North Constituency Labour Party met to nominate Jeremy Corbyn by 266 to 100. Turns out Jez has some interesting local backers: Speaker for Corbyn at Islington North blames the...
View ArticleWoolfe Claims UKIP Plot as Cops Say He Faces No Further Action
Remember the curiously-timed revelation that Steven Woolfe was once nicked for being drunk in charge of a scooter? Well, a member of the public – surely not a rival ‘Kipper – called the cops and...
View ArticleUnison Backs Corbyn
Unison has nominated Jeremy Corbyn for leader with 58% of the votes cast. That represents less than 1% of Unison’s total membership but Jezza’s campaign team are heartened that every region backed...
View ArticleMissing From the FT Letters Page…
Upon hearing the news that Lionel Barber had been awarded the Legion d’Honneur, one reader wrote to the FT’s letters page to congratulate the editor on his gong. For some reason the letter hasn’t...
View ArticleMay Imposes Authority on Whitehall
Much has been made of Theresa May’s formidable joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill rigorously vetting new SpAd appointments. This isn’t really that out of the ordinary, Ed Llewellyn...
View ArticleHypocrisy of Holier-Than-Thou HuffPo
Fresh from HuffPo attacking hairdressers who failed to pay minimum wage, despite being themselves being sued for not paying writers minimum wage or indeed any wage at all, they switched to coverage of...
View ArticleFriday Caption Contest: Lights Out Edition
Entries in the comments please… The post Friday Caption Contest: Lights Out Edition appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleOily Smith Pleads to Speak to Momentum Rallies
Owen Smith says he has asked Jeremy Corbyn if he can speak at his rallies#KeepCorbyn pic.twitter.com/cAhgWeFU8l — I was a JSA claimant (@imajsaclaimant) August 10, 2016 Guido missed this snippet of...
View ArticleLabour Wins Appeal to Block New Corbynista Voters
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Labour and agreed that 130,000 new supporters who registered since January should not be allowed to vote in the Labour leadership contest. Will the...
View ArticleFarage Facial Hair
Nigel Farage has grown a moustache. From another angle: Strong look. The post Farage Facial Hair appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleSaturday Seven Up
This recess week 180,338 visitors visited 524,192 times viewing 803,036 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were: Eddie Izzard Loses Again FT Editor Awarded Légion d’Honneur For Pro-EU PR...
View ArticleIs There a Justice Gender Gap?
MP Philip Davies has given a speech on ‘The Justice Gender Gap’ which has resulted in Jeremy Corbyn calling for him to have the Tory whip withdrawn. It is 45 minutes long and quotes a lot of facts and...
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