PwC’s ‘Serious Economic Shock’ Turns Into Brexit Boom
Before the referendum the EU-funded PricewaterhouseCoopers wrote the infamous CBI report claiming Brexit would cause a “serious economic shock”, costing £100 billion and 1 million jobs. Today they...
View ArticleBercow Hosted North Korea and Vietnam For Tea in Parliament
John Bercow had representatives from the authoritarian regimes of North Korea and Vietnam round for tea and charged the bill to the taxpayer, Guido can reveal. On 16 July 2009, the Speaker hosted a...
View ArticleWatch: Bercow Fawns Over Despots
Some global leaders the Speaker has previously welcomed to Westminster pic.twitter.com/DWL4q1o6go — DailySunday Politics (@daily_politics) 7 February 2017 Funnily enough they didn’t shoot video when...
View ArticleNick Boles Leaves Hospital to Make Article 50 Vote
Nick Boles, who is currently fighting cancer, leaves hospital today to vote on the Article 50 bill: “Today, on my own initiative, I am coming out of hospital to support the government on the Article...
View ArticleBlack and White Ball “Just About Managings” Include Supercar Tycoon
Last night’s Black and White Ball – sorry, “Party” – was supposed to be a modest affair. Tory organisers promised the event would be open to the “just about managing”, offering cheapo £75 tickets to...
View ArticleLabour PPC: Far-Right Rothschilds Conspiracy Contains “Great Deal of Truth”
A Labour prospective parliamentary candidate has posted a Rothschilds conspiracy meme from a far-right website and claimed it contains “a great deal of truth”. John Clarke ran in Priti Patel’s Witham...
View ArticleBercow Forced to Apologise For Not Consulting on Trump Ban
The Lords Speaker reveals he has secured an apology from John Bercow for failing to consult him on his unilateral Trump ban. Lord Fowler says he keeps an “open mind” about whether Trump should be able...
View ArticleGuardian Won’t Pay Ethnic Minority Interns
The Guardian is offering an internship to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic wannabe journos – but it won’t pay them. An advert states: “The Guardian believes there should be a better representation of...
View ArticleWho Are Theresa May’s Number 10 SpAds
Excellent updated Daily Politics film on the Number 10 SpAds who run the country behind the scenes… The post Who Are Theresa May’s Number 10 SpAds appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleRemain Chaos After Brexit Vote ‘Concession’
Remain MPs are split on how to respond to the government’s so-called ‘concession’ of a vote on the terms of a Brexit deal – something to which they had already committed. Even Theresa May’s spokesman...
View ArticleClaire Perry: Leave MPs Are “Like Jihadis”
Tory Remainer Claire Perry calls for calm and then describes her Leave colleagues as “jihadis“. “I have to say that the tone of this debate… sometimes borders on the hysterical. I feel sometimes I’m...
View Article4 Tory Brexit Rebels Represent Leave Constituencies
Only seven Tory MPs rebelled against the government last night and voted for Labour’s amendment. Four of those seven rebels represent Leave constituencies: Claire Perry: Devizes voted Leave Antoinette...
View ArticleSpank Mrs Flapjack Today
The Fleet Street Fox – or as we should now call her “Mrs Flapjack” – wrote these words six months ago today in The New European. Liam Fox has bested the Fleet Street Fox. With Johnson, Davis and Fox...
View ArticleNow The Bookies Have Gone Nuclear, Who Will Be To Blame For The Fallout?
“Analysts are forecasting problems for the betting industry” warned an industry trade magazine last week, as bookmakers pressed the nuclear button in their latest offensive to protect FOBTs. Share...
View ArticleLabour Leadership Rumblings Latest
A flurry of Labour leadership speculation this morning after the Manchester Evening News reported, to the Lobby’s consternation, that Jeremy Corbyn has given a departure date to his inner circle....
View ArticleClive Lewis Says He’ll Back Constituents
The Shadow Business Secretary says he has yet to make a decision amid increasing speculation that he will resign from the Shadow Cabinet tonight. If he votes with the whip he really will be bottling...
View ArticlePMQs: Who’s Asking The Questions?
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 8 February Q2 Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View) Q3 Patrick Grady (Glasgow...
View ArticleREAD: The Leaked Surrey Text Messages in Full
Guido has got hold of the leaked texts from David Hodge, the leader of Surrey council, revealing a deal with DCLG about the council tax referendum. They are addressed to a “Nick” at DCLG but appear to...
View ArticleWho Is Rebecca Long-Bailey?
Who is Rebecca Long-Bailey, the 37 year-old Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who is being tipped as Jez’s successor? Last year in an interview on Sky News she refused to rule out the conspiracy...
View ArticleThe Councillor Who Came in from the Cold
Jeremy Corbyn began PMQs today with a damning tirade against patients waiting “up to 13 hours and 52 minutes to be seen” at the Royal Blackburn A&E department: a frustrating delay that is...
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