Leftie Train-Segregator Chris Williamson’s 10 Looniest Moments
This is what Labour’s Chris Williamson said when @EvanHD asked if he’s closer in political philosophy to Hugo Chavez or Tony Blair… pic.twitter.com/6pT6jnIhUh — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) 3 August...
View ArticleWonks: Prioritise HS3 Over HS2
George Osborne is advocating a new high speed rail line (dubbed ‘HS3’) for the North of England, running from Liverpool to Hull. But it’s much more than another pressure tactic designed to trouble...
View ArticleTelegraph Bad For Business
A few years ago the Telegraph business desk was the best in Fleet Street, regularly better than the FT and streets ahead of the Times. It took a hit in 2014 when Richard Fletcher left to become Times...
View ArticleJon Snow: Impartiality is Very Precious
Nick Robinson: “Lots of people say you, Channel 4 News, you’re not just liberal, you’re left-wing. Would it not just be more in touch if we just let go of these old rules?” Jon Snow: “I think...
View ArticleNet Migration Down 81,000
Net migration was 246,000 last year, down 81,000 from 327,000 the previous year. In total 588,000 people came to the country, down 50,000 from 638,000 the previous year. Emigration was 342,000, up...
View ArticleMystery of Owen’s Missing £13,000 of Crowdfunding
Owen Jones launched a crowdfunding campaign during the general election called the ‘Stop a Tory Landslide Fund’. The Crowdpac page used to solicit donations records that a healthy £28,258 was raised....
View ArticleUKIP Leadership Candidate Linked to Belize Offshore Banking Firm
UKIP leadership candidate John Rees-Evans has a very eclectic CV. He claims to have been a “private soldier” working with the Ugandan People’s Defence Force to fight terrorists. He says he has worked...
View ArticleCanary Joins Impress
Corbynista spin factory The Canary has joined Max Mosley’s state-backed press regulator Impress. It might seem like they were made for each other, but The Canary‘s less than reality-based offerings...
View Article#Traingate II: Director’s Cut
For some inexplicable reason the usual suspects for Corbyn are trying to rehash the whole #Traingate saga. Why? Why now? The New Statesman’s Jasper Jackson has taken a fair minded look at the “new...
View ArticleTory Brexiteer Group Welcomes Plan to End ECJ Jurisdiction
As Guido reported on Wednesday morning, the government’s proposals on ending the jurisdiction of the ECJ broadly have the support of Tory Brexiteers. Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of Leave MPs who tends to be...
View ArticleLibyan Welcome For Boris
The Libyan Army band gives a unique rendition of God Save The Queen for Boris Johnson. You’ll want the sound on for this one pic.twitter.com/M3pcONvJ3R — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 25, 2017...
View ArticleGuardian Brexit Coverage Bewildering Remainers
Guido has spoken to several Remainers recently who have expressed bewilderment at the Guardian’s Brexit coverage. Their view is that among the Remain media, the Times, FT and online publications are...
View ArticleDugher Unleashed
Guido has long had a grudging respect for Michael Dugher’s straight-talking approach to politics. Out of Westminster and unleashed, he’s letting Corbynistas know what he really thinks: Some good...
View ArticleAnne Marie Waters’ UKIP Candidacy Challenged
UKIP leadership hopeful Henry Bolton is challenging the candidacy of anti-Islam candidate Anne Marie Waters, accusing the party’s NEC of violating its rulebook by allowing her to stand. Bolton said:...
View ArticleLabour Candidate Who Spoke Out About Abuse Deselected
Readers will remember Amina Lone, the Muslim Labour councillor who defended Sarah Champion and spoke out about abuse by some British-Pakistani men. Just days later, Cllr Lone has been barred from...
View ArticleFriday Caption Contest (Morecambe and Unwise Edition)
Entries in the comments… The post Friday Caption Contest (Morecambe and Unwise Edition) appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleGreens Live in Most Expensive Homes
Green and Liberal Democrat constituencies are the most expensive areas to live in the UK, with Tory seats in third place, according to research linking house prices to party support. The research...
View ArticleSaturday Seven Up
This week 168,963 visitors visited 531,296 times viewing 806,547 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were: New Labour MP: I Won’t Hang Out With Tory Women Wings Over Scotland Arrested Nasty...
View ArticleWoodcock Knocks Out Handjob on Twitter
Nina Warhurst, the BBC’s political editor for the North West, was shocked to discover the cost of living down south in London. Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock boasted about what he could get for...
View ArticleSexist Snow’s Crack at Glass
This anecdote from Katie Glass in her Sunday Times column, reinforces the axiom that the more publicly empathetic the liberal celebrity is, the more ungenerous they are in private: It took reporting...
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