Gove Defends Trump Interview
“Do you think you gave him a proper grilling?” @Jo_Coburn asks Michael Gove about Trump interview: “Where were the difficult questions?” pic.twitter.com/tnYox6D3MR — DailySunday Politics...
View ArticleIMF Revises Growth Forecast Upwards Again
The IMF has significantly upgraded its growth forecast for Britain in 2017: it now expects the UK economy to grow by 1.5% this year, up by 0.4 percentage points on its October estimate. It has...
View ArticleLabour MP’s Awkward Gaffe Attacking Grieving UKIP Councillor
Labour MP John Healey is poking fun at his opponents on the campaign trail in Dinnington, where he claims the “UKIP councillor walked away from his job”. Well, sort of. Cllr Ian Finnie resigned last...
View ArticlePoll: Majority Now Distrust UK NGOs
Click to enlarge The release of Edelman’s annual “Trust barometer” is particularly well-timed given Oxfam’s attack on philanthropists this morning. The survey of 33,000 respondents in 28 countries has...
View ArticleSpotted: Zac Back in Members’ Cloakroom
Welcome to parliament Sarah Olney… The post Spotted: Zac Back in Members’ Cloakroom appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleMay Speech Pre-Briefed Quotes
Since everyone else has broken the midnight embargo, here are the pre-briefed quotes from Theresa May’s speech. Nothing really new, though we’re finally, slowly, nearly getting there on the single...
View ArticleKendall Denies Resigning Rumours
A ripple of excitement spread through elements of the Labour Party last night as Corbynistas based in Liz Kendall’s Leicester constituency spread a rumour that she was set to stand down. Guido can...
View ArticleJohn Woodcock’s Fake News
Labour MP John Woodcock tells his 26,000 Twitter followers this morning that “Brexit campaigners promised we would stay in” the single market: This is just a lie. Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Andrea...
View ArticleSion Simon Deletes Pro-Remain Statement From Website
Yesterday Guido reported on how arch-Europhile Sion Simon was impersonating a Brexiteer to win votes in the West Midlands mayoral election. Sion has been busy deleting pages from his website so he can...
View ArticleNew European: Leave Voters are “Lager Louts of Europe”
The New European newspaper has been a forum for Remain ultras to grieve – it is the Alastair Campbell / Eddie Izzard version of bonkers Scottish fake newspaper The National. This week it publishes an...
View ArticleHammond Beats May To It: UK Out of Single Market
Philip Hammond informs parliament of the government’s announcement on the single market before Theresa May’s speech, telling Tory MP William Wragg at Treasury questions: “we will go forward...
View ArticleMay Speech Key Points
The main points from Theresa May’s speech. Brexit means… OUT of the single market: “I want to be clear, what I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market” OUT of the customs union in its...
View ArticleMay’s Brexit Plan – Speech in Full
A little over six months ago, the British people voted for change. They voted to shape a brighter future for our country. They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world. And they did so...
View ArticlePound Soars 2% Against Dollar
The pound has soared 2% against the US dollar and is now moving towards its biggest intraday gain since October 2008. It is also rallying against the Euro, now 1.45% stronger against the single...
View ArticlePutin: Russian Prostitutes Best in World
Putin is enjoying himself today: “Prostitution is an ugly social phenomenon. But people who order such fakes which are now used against the elected President of the United States , fabricate...
View ArticleIsraeli Plot to Take Out Minister Latest
Alan Duncan, the minister supposedly targeted by an Israeli diplomat in Al-Jazeera’s sting, meets Israel’s ambassador Mark Regev in the Foreign Office this afternoon. “Friendly encounter” he says....
View ArticleLabour Drops Investigation Into Oxford Anti-Semitism
The Jewish Chronicle reports that Labour have decided to take no action against two members of the Oxford University Labour club accused of anti-Semitism. The members of OULC were claimed to have...
View ArticleDanny Blanchflower Does It Again
Last night Danny Blanchflower, the original hapless economic forecaster, predicted the pound would plummet on confirmation that Britain is leaving the single market: Naturally the pound has just had...
View ArticleDavis: Transition Could Take Years
Speaking on the Today programme, David Davis said he expects a free trade deal with Europe to be agreed in two years though warns the transitional period could take longer. How long? DD: “At the end...
View ArticleLeaving the Protectionist Union’s 12,651 Barriers to World Trade
The EU’s Common External Tariff comprises 12,651 different taxes and quotas imposed on goods from the rest of the world. This is what the Customs Union amounts to, a protectionist barrier to free...
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