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“Jeremy is Full of Sh*t!” Liverpool Fans Give Corbyn a Song
On Saturday afternoon Jeremy Corbyn had the misfortune of sharing a train carriage with a group of refreshed Liverpool fans still smarting from their defeat at home to struggling Swansea. The Scousers...
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Farewell Jamieson and Tristram
Turns out Jamie is not his real name: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed Jamieson Ronald Reed to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. The Chancellor of the Exchequer...
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16 Point Tory Lead With ICM
Corbyn relaunch latest: Labour down two points from two weeks ago with ICM, Tory lead extends to 16 points. Conservatives: 42% (nc) Labour: 26% (-2) Ukip: 13% (+1) Lib Dems: 10% (+1) Greens: 5% (+1)...
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Bank of England Must Stop ‘Depending on Kindness of Strangers’ to Bolster...
We’re fast approaching the eighth anniversary of UK interest rates being lowered to 1%. This is unprecedented, as is QE. This “unconventional monetary policy” is having severe economic consequences,...
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Blue on Blue: Sir Craig Oliver v Julian Lewis
“Real responsibility for this lies with the people who decided to cover the matter up in the first place…presumably it was Downing Street” pic.twitter.com/ccqSViLnpw — DailySunday Politics...
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TfL Told Khan He Could Freeze All Fares
Sadiq Khan has repeatedly explained his broken TfL fares promise by claiming that Travelcards and daily and weekly caps are out of his control. Of course this doesn’t justify the broken manifesto...
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GCHQ Director Resigns Only Two Years Into Job
GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan has quit after just two years in the job, citing personal reasons: “Dear Foreign Secretary. I have had the great privilege of leading the men and women of GCHQ since 2014. I...
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Government’s Trident Spin Misfires
Below Guido tracks the government’s spin on the Trident misfire over the last 48 hours: Saturday night: Sunday Times reports “serious malfunction” during Trident test, missile “may have veered off in...
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Bercow Caught on Hot Mic Calling Fallon “Stupid”
The Speaker thought his mic was off at the end of the Trident urgent question, when he told a clerk: “To pick a fight with the chairman of the select committee is a rather stupid thing to do.” The...
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Corbynista Stoke Candidate’s Rants Against PLP
Chris Spence is the Corbynista hoping to become Labour’s candidate in Stoke. The pony-tailed Labour councillor describes himself as a “socialist and humanist” and according to LabourList “played a...
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Supreme Court: Parliament Will Vote on Article 50
"Majority of 8 to 3 Supreme Court rules government cannot trigger article 50" without Parliament – Lord Neuberger https://t.co/9ssHavp4Mc pic.twitter.com/u7XcBZjtgy — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking)...
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Gove SpAd Henry Newman New Open Europe Director
Guido understands former Michael Gove SpAd Henry Newman has been appointed as the new Director of the Open Europe think tank. He replaces acting directors Raoul Ruparel, who left last year to work for...
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Article 50: Which MPs Are Voting Against
Below Guido introduces his list of MPs who have indicated that they will vote against Article 50. Our spreadsheet includes a column showing how each MP’s constituency voted in the referendum, quite a...
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Leave Tories Expect 400+ MPs to Back Article 50
Some more excitable Brexiteers are claiming that the Supreme Court decision means the public has been “overruled” and that Article 50 “could now be blocked”. This is bluster. Leave Tories in the...
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David Davis: Article 50 Timetable Still Stands
Timetable to trigger #Article50 by end of March still stands, says #Brexit Secretary @DavidDavisMP https://t.co/IHk2jn1BsJ — Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2017 Up-sum of David Davis’ Commons...
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“Feminist” Ewan McGregor Defended Child Rapist Polanski
Principled feminist Ewan McGregor pulled out of a TV interview with Piers Morgan this morning, tweeting: “Won’t go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch.” Worth recalling a different...
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Khan Finally Admits He Could Have Frozen All Fares
At last! Sadiq Khan has finally admitted to ITV London that “hypothetically it’s possible” that he could have frozen all fares, including Travelcards. In other words, he was wrong when he claimed it...
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Greens Nuke Progressive Alliance in Copeland
There will be no ‘progressive alliance’ to help Labour in Copeland: the Greens have gone kamikaze by selecting a loudly anti-nuclear candidate in a constituency where more than 10,000 people are...
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John Humphrys Does Trainspotting
John HumphI dubbed John Humphrys’ @BBCr4today version of the Trainspotting monologue over the original scene and I love it a bit too much. pic.twitter.com/Z9p9oi69E9 — Mark Wallace (@wallaceme)...
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White Paper Brexit Blockers Represent Leave Constituencies
The latest attempt to frustrate Brexit comes in the form of Tory MPs seeking a white paper so there can be “greater debate” in the Commons, a demand being made by Remainers Anna Soubry, Alistair Burt...
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