“If we don't get wealth taxes… Labour will lose the next election.” Economist Gary Stevenson tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy that tackling wealth inequality is essential if Labour wants to stay in power.

I just signed Greenpeace’s pledge to tell Trump: Hands Off Our Ocean. Deep sea mining would bring toxic pollution, deafening noise, and irreversible harm to one of the last untouched places on Earth. We can still stop it – will you sign too? act.gp/3TGdxyc

A victim of paedophile former TUV politician Davy Tweed has accused Jim Allister of “hypocrisy” over his demands that the DUP put “its cards on the table” over the Jeffrey Donaldson scandal.

6+ million eligible voters are not registered to vote, and we must get them signed up before the next General Election! Please email your MP. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/194803/...

After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵

The new normal: Temperatures soar in US and Europe again. www.channel4.com/news/the-new...

"The sort of flags on lampposts we can get behind! Activists from Take Back Power, a non-violent civil resistance group, took to the streets of Frinton-on-Sea in Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton to raise 'Tax the Rich' flags, while removing England flags and Union Jacks" via London Economic

www.rte.ie/news/europe/... Europe is at the point of no return. An area 2x the size of Manhattan burned. We must end all carbon emissions across the continent as a matter of survival. End them one way or another.

The bill should be sent to Farage and the rest of the crypto fascists

Amazing work by Reform in picking Robert Jenrick as the man to tour the broadcast studios to portray Nigel Farage and his party as a model of probity

1/ On Friday in Jaffa, we marched together, Palestinians and Jews, against the racist Israeli government that has allowed organized crime to terrorize Palestinian communities through years of government and police abandonment.

Very pleased to hear that Powerscourt Estate have refused to allow a conference run by Peter #Thiel going ahead! Good decision!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Burnham is not left-leaning, he sound like he might be but his actions and inactions will betray him. Stick with the Greens for real change.

‘This was an era of intense party conflict north and south of the border. The early 18th-century “rage of party” provoked unrestrained polemic, obloquy and satire between Whigs and Tories.’ Colin Kidd on Jacobite plotting. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I used to Feel British: Now I’m Starting an Irish Unity Campaign Group, by Claire JC irishborderpoll.com/2026/07/04/i...

Superrich Farage didn't attend a Commons debate on 2nd jobs again bunking off perhaps to promote - gold bullion - crypto accounts - US speaking tour "Leeds MP leads debate on 'ludicrous' second jobs as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage fails to attend" www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politic...

Spot on, they must do this!!’

I have no data on the cause, but I do have anecdotes. I often receive reports from accountants telling me that they see widespread failure to pay tax by small businesses. Here’s a recent example (shared with the author’s kind permission):

I’m incandescent here, I’ve paid 40% tax PAYE for years and these bastards are at this. No wonder they always vote for the right-wing parties.

This chart looks nuts, but understates the problem. The only reason the last two years are flat is that HMRC hasn't finalised audit data and so assumes previous trends continued. I doubt they did.

It's hard to believe, but 45% of the corporation tax due from small businesses goes uncollected, against around 6% for mid-sized businesses and 4% for large ones:

Yes!! I have constant personal experience of this, I recently had a painter who refused to be paid in anything but cash because “otherwise I’ll be in the 40% tax bracket, the government gets enough money, lol” 🤬🤬🤬

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... This is an important discussion but there is another possibility that I hope they consider. What if Farage & co decide to take back the Republic? It’s small, weakly defended, provides lots of food & would boost the immigration security they are obsessed with…

Listen to Anderson. Then reflect that the taxpayer footed the bill.

Hey, please sign this urgent petition. The nature & wildlife we all love: birds, bees, hedgehogs - are being silently poisoned by powerful chemical companies making billions selling toxic pesticides & fertilisers. The UK government can stop this, but they’re failing to act.Thanks! act.gp/4u7mKQt

C’mon Cabo Verde!!!!! #caboverde

The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂 As you were.

Won’t somebody think of the grifters?

Not gonna lie, the fact that AI data centers are being cooled while Americans die in the street from heat stoke is really pissing me off.

Certain Presbyterians of Ulster should take note 👀

This is very funny. And in some ways, I think it may be true.

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

England players permitted to use Viagra to manage altitude sickness. It’ll be a hard game and they’re not even in the semis yet…

Shane O'Donnell soaking up the time he has left with Clare hurlers https://www.gaa.ie/article/shane-o-donnell-soaking-up-the-time-he-has-left-with-clare-hurlers

Former Limerick All-Star O'Shaughnessy looks ahead to Banner clash https://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/former-limerick-all-star-oshaughnessy-looks-ahead-to-banner-clash-8769778

Add your name to tell Prime Minister Carney to protect our future over Big Oil profits: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Why does British politics keep lurching from scandal to scandal, and what can we do about it? Join George Monbiot, Dr Ellie Chowns MP and Kamila Kingstone on 9 July, 7pm, for an online forum on tackling political corruption. Register: tinyurl.com/Slash-Political-Corruption

Today is the one thousandth day of the genocide in Occupied Palestine.

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“[Farmers] are feeling the conflict in their pockets.” As wars drive up fertiliser prices, farmers dependent on imported synthetic inputs are paying the price. But farmers using compost & #agroecology are far less exposed to volatile global markets, and more resilient. foodtank.com/news/2026/06...

Top official recuses herself from NHS Palantir contract decision after business links ft.trib.al/uqoU22C

This is absolutely terrifying The Nino 3.4 forecast temperature anomaly mean is now at 4C, when even the biggest historical super ninos have seen less than 3C I really have no idea what this is going to bring over the next 12 months, but it will be very, very, grim

Everyone is talking about the £5 mill donation Nige got from Harborne, I didn’t realise another crypto scamster gave him another £4 mill Crypto billionaires help Reform cement fundraising lead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... That’s £9 mill from two crypto hoors, no connection to Reforms crypto bill??

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What another outrageous disgrace from this Labour government, sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thousands of UK citizens to wet the beak of the White House Oddfather. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social shame on you for hushing this up!

Last year, Palantir paid an effective tax rate of just 8%. As well as making large profits from public sector contracts and sensitive NHS data, Palantir doesn’t even pay its fair share of taxes on those profits.

Dodgy shops on your local high street? They're still paying rent. And what if they're actually *pricing out* the legitimate cafes, restaurants, thanks to the option of "simply not paying your taxes" and therefore having more budget to pay landlords. www.londoncentric.media/p/who-wants-...