BuzzFood
Buzzfeed’s top trending stories feel a bit ‘samey’, formulaicly bland with a made-on-a-production line ‘taste’. These are from their UK top trending 20 at the time of going to pixel. Is it Guido or...
View ArticleNew Statesman Cooks the Books With Free Copies
New Statesman editor Jason Cowley has been boasting to anyone who’ll listen about how his magazine’s print circulation is at a four decade high. Last week Cowley crowed to the BBC’s Amol Rajan: “In an...
View ArticleTory Education Committee Chair’s Grammars Hypocrisy
https://audioboom.com/posts/5605247-neil-carmichael-on-talkradio Julia Hartley-Brewer gives Tory Education select committee chair Neil Carmichael a pasting on TalkRadio for opposing grammar school...
View ArticleNuttall Admits Hillsborough Claims Wrong
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall admits on @RadioCityTalk that claims on his website that he lost a close personal friend at Hillsborough are false pic.twitter.com/rjk8kTvgPI — Radio City News...
View ArticleMcDonnell and Diane Abbott Want to “Take Back Control” of UKIP Areas
John McDonnell and Diane Abbott are to head to Sunderland and Barnsley as part of a new series of Labour events aiming to “Take Back Control” of “UKIP areas”. Momentum’s “The World Transformed”...
View ArticleMay Copeland Victory Lap
Theresa May is visiting Copeland tomorrow – obviously the Tories believe they are going to win. The PM’s 700 mile round-trip comes with just over week left until polling day (23 February). Copeland...
View ArticleAnti-Bercow Lobbying Effort Latest
Tory MP Karl McCartney has emailed all MPs making the case for them to sign the Duddridge EDM: From: MCCARTNEY, Karl Sent: 14 February 2017 15:15 To: MCCARTNEY, Karl Subject: Motion of No Confidence...
View ArticleNuttall Press Officer Takes Rap
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall admits on @RadioCityTalk that claims on his website that he lost a close personal friend at Hillsborough are false pic.twitter.com/rjk8kTvgPI — Radio City News...
View ArticleNuttall Made “Close Personal Friends” Claim in 2011 As Well
Paul Nuttall’s press officer offered her resignation over the “close personal friends” claim she is said to have written on his website in 2012. Yet that was not the only time Nuttall’s name was...
View ArticleTop Bercow Aide’s Abusive Tweets About Tory MPs
A close aide to John Bercow – who the Speaker once called his “stalwart” – can be revealed as a Labour supporter who has sent a string of abusive anti-Tory tweets. Tom Tweddle has worked as Bercow’s...
View ArticleTelegraph’s Awkward Workplace Happiness Survey
MediaGuido is not sure why the Telegraph thought it would be a good idea to survey staff on their workplace happiness and then deliver the results in a town hall meeting. The anonymous questionnaire...
View ArticleLabour: “Babies Will Die” If You Vote Tory
Calm and measured Labour campaign literature in Copeland, via Mike Smithson. They must be worried… The post Labour: “Babies Will Die” If You Vote Tory appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleVaz Sets Carter Ruck on Andrew Pierce
Keith Vaz is very unhappy with the Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce over an article published last week in which Pierce reported Vaz had paid rent boys for their services. Vaz has instructed £500-an-hour...
View ArticleHydroelectric Power: More Deadly than Nuclear and Gas
California’s Oroville dam crisis demonstrates the major risk of hydroelectric power generation: massive flooding after structural collapse. Using official data from the International Energy Agency and...
View ArticleSave the (Tax Free) Link
Julia Reda, the German Pirate Party MEP, is the most vocal opponent to the EU’s proposed neighbouring right: “neighbouring rights always have a broader scope than copyright, because they...
View ArticleFibbing Snell Claims Tweets Are 10 Years Old – He Joined Twitter 8 Years Ago
Labour’s Stoke candidate Gareth Snell has been speaking about those tweets: “They are 10 years old. You do a lot of growing up in your 20s. I have grown up and I have learned since then and I will...
View ArticleBercow’s Freebies-For-Access
John Bercow is famous for his love of freebies – he has one of the longest Register of Interests of anyone in parliament. Take the Lawn Tennis Association, from whom he has accepted some £3,000 of...
View ArticleDaily Mail Reshuffle Makes Woman Pol-Ed Unlikely
Jockeying for the Mail political editor role will pick up pace again today after Derry Street carried out a reshuffle among its senior executives. Isabel Oakeshott has already resigned as “political...
View ArticleBuzzfood: Quarter of Buzzfeed UK’s Most Read Stories Are About Food, None...
This is what happens when algorithms decide your news agenda… The post Buzzfood: Quarter of Buzzfeed UK’s Most Read Stories Are About Food, None About Politics appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleAge UK Calls For Tax Rises While Encouraging Tax Avoidance
Age UK today calls on the government to raise taxes to pay for the country’s social care system. In its briefing paper Health and Care of Older People in England 2017, the charity states: If you...
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