Standard Newsroom Reacts
Hurricane George hits the Evening Standard. pic.twitter.com/65MVdGPRya — Joy Lo Dico (@joy_lo_dico) 17 March 2017 Fair to say journalists in the Evening Standard newsroom have had their minds blown at...
View Article8 Huge Osborne Conflicts of Interest
New Evening Standard editor and sitting Tory MP George Osborne will now have to navigate a minefield of conflicted interests. Guido counts eight off the top of his head… MP for Tatton: The Commons...
View ArticleFriday Caption Contest: First Day Edition
Entries in the comments. Make them witty… The post Friday Caption Contest: First Day Edition appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View Article“Mr Osborne, Are You Going to Resign?”
“Can you guarantee a free press?”: George Osborne faces questions after being appointed editor of the London Evening Standard pic.twitter.com/eMxGQuzM3i — Sky News (@SkyNews) 17 March 2017 The post...
View ArticleTrump Blanks Merkel
Photographers: Can we get a handshake? Merkel (to Trump): Do you want to have a handshake? Trump: *no response* Merkel: *makes awkward face* pic.twitter.com/ehgpCnWPg7 — David Mack (@davidmackau) 17...
View ArticleLabour Report Osborne to Cabinet Office
Labour have written to the Cabinet Office complaining about George Osborne’s job at the Standard. Guido has the letter: John Manzoni Cabinet office 70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS cc: Sue Gray, Rt. Hon....
View ArticleSaturday Seven Up
This week 194,135 visitors visited 607,167 times viewing 972,760 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were: Louise Mensch’s Superpowers Owen Jones Driven Off Twitter by Left-Wing Haters Olney...
View ArticleMinister: My “Gut Feeling” is Scotland Could Leave UK
Is Tory minister Guto Bebb trying to get sacked? Fresh from infuriating Downing Street by demanding they apologise for the Budget, Bebb has written a column in his local paper arguing that Scotland is...
View ArticleLabour Candidate Deselected Over Israel-ISIS Posts
A Labour council candidate in Birmingham has been deselected after Guido revealed her anti-Israel Facebook posts. Alison Gove-Humphries had shared Facebook posts claiming Israel was the “key link in...
View ArticlePeston: Can Guto Bebb Keep His Job?
Welsh Secretary @AlunCairns asked about suggestions from a minister in his dept that his “gut feeling” is Scotland will leave the UK #Peston pic.twitter.com/rzDGq6NJmn — Peston on Sunday...
View ArticleTom Watson v Jon Lansman
Sit back, grab the popcorn and enjoy: Labour’s civil war is boiling over in public following the leaked tape of Momentum boss Jon Lansman discussing his plot to take over the party. Tom Watson says...
View ArticleRich’s Monday Morning View
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View Article“St Patrick was an Immigrant”
In Washington D.C. on St Patrick’s Day the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny made his point firmly, politely, with some class. The Donald didn’t flinch… The post “St Patrick was an Immigrant” appeared first...
View ArticleMomentum Chief: “I Am a Moderate”
Momentum’s Christine Shawcroft is the subject of much micky-tacking from Labour Blairites this morning after telling the Today programme she considers herself a moderate. To be fair to Christine, it’s...
View ArticleTom Watson “Obviously Had Irony For Breakfast”
Momentum looks like it is orchestrating a “takeover from the hard left”, says Deputy Labour Leader @tom_watson pic.twitter.com/NMwEPuFq9o — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 20, 2017 With a straight face, Tom...
View ArticleMan Who Helped Run ‘Trojan Horse’ School Now at Heart of Birmingham Labour
A man at the centre of the ‘Trojan Horse’ schools scandal is helping to run the Labour campaign machine in Birmingham, Guido can reveal. Mohammad Ashraf was a governor at Golden Hillock School, which...
View ArticleArticle 50 Triggered Next Wednesday March 29
The UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Sir Tim Barrow has this morning informed the office of European Council President Donald Tusk of the UK’s intention to invoke Article 50 of the...
View ArticleNumber 10: No Early Election
Theresa May’s spokesman could not be clearer: “There is not going to be one.” Despite the chatter from excitable Lobby hacks this morning it was always highly unlikely. And now even less likely… The...
View ArticleUKIP Order Candidates to Close Social Media Accounts
UKIP has ordered its candidates to close their social media accounts, according to minutes of a meeting with the party’s chairman Paul Oakden. The notes began with the words “Remember do not put this...
View ArticleTories Lead By 12 Points Among 18-24 Year-Olds
The Tories have extended their overall lead to 19 points – they are now the furthest ahead with ICM than at any time since the 2015 general election. And that’s after the NICs debacle… Conservatives:...
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