The shamelessness of a political party which is led by a man who just weeks ago called for "pure cold rage" on the streets, shortly before migrants were literally burnt out of their homes, now accusing their opponents of "stochastic terrorism" against them, is quite something

🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...

"It's been a rather fascinating exercise to watch many politicos and reporters share their fun and wistful anecdotes about Mr. Graham. He was so funny and so charming. That's nice."

NEWS It’s official: E. Jean Carroll has collected more than $5.6 million toward the judgment entered against Donald Trump, her attorney, Robbie Kaplan, confirms in a new statement.

Why the wealthy pay less tax than you do - and how to fix it youtu.be/2Ys9m1t8lN4?... The tax system is fundamentally biased in favour of wealth. Let's change that right before doing a wealth tax, or the bias will remain.

This Youtuber does some impressive geolocation work trying to track down animal abuse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyt...

'I remain convinced that the only path to genuine and lasting peace lies in a framework rooted in humanist and universalist values: reason, equality, and the unconditional dignity of every human being, rejecting all forms of ethnic and religious exceptionalism.' ukfost.co.uk/two-humanist...

This goes for anyone who shares Rupert Lowe’s politics: keep Jude Bellingham’s name out of your mouth.

How to Get Filthy Rich: a review www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... Gary Stevenson's programme failed to deliver, and that matters. We need to tax wealth more, even if we don't need a wealth tax.

Also, I came across this video of Count Binface debating at the Oxford Union, which is well worth your time youtu.be/0Vlew9R2s2A?...

Exactly.

RIP Bonnie Tyler, you gave us such camp karaoke joy. Here is the best thing she didn't do: a literal version of the TEOTH video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgW...

Trump: We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan

Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!

We are all FIFA textualists now.

Statement from Norway FA president Lise Klaveness.

You won't see this on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What's in a name? Well, the naming of things matters to how they are seen. Groups that appropriate words like "freedom" and "protection" in their names need to be seen in such context, as often there is little freedom nor protection to be seen.

The pages on SEEN's own website dedicated to 'impartiality' and 'tolerance' return a 404 error. That's not the only gap between what they say and what they do. New piece: The SEEN Network: Weaponising a Protected Belief @stonewalluk.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org @pinknews.bsky.social

"...of the first Harry Potter book, I read it to find out what the fuss was about, and remained somewhat puzzled; it seemed a lively kid’s fantasy crossed with a ‘school novel’, good fare for its age group, but stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited."

🧵I’d rather spend my weekends doing something else than post about Nigel Farage’s murky finances, but his behaviour poses such a threat to our democratic norms that I wanted to flag a number of points in the public interest.

This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"

Another tax expert has come to the same conclusion: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/01/a...

The £17 billion of tax HMRC is choosing not to collect youtu.be/cNej_KOdbQU?... That's enough to pay for 50,000 council houses a year, and HMRC don't seem to care that it's being lost.

Who is Natalie Harp, the Trump aide who likes to leave *very* personal notes to the president? Jonathan Swan, co-author of the stunning new book 'Regime Change,' tells me how the Secret Service were concerned about her notes to Trump. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-a...

Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com

In 2026 TMZ is now doing better political reporting than most news media companies. Video link in comments. Video: buff.ly/y10EPWK

Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...

So, to recap: This has been the case since 1987 - Under Thatcher! It is only available to those with severe enough mobility issues to qualify for the enhanced mobility component of PIP or DLA. The 16-year-olds still have to pass the same test as everyone else 22/

Proportional Representation would mean that: ❤️ Everyone can vote with their heart 🗳️ No vote is ignored ⚖️ A broad range of views are heard in Parliament 🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Parties are encouraged to work together and find common ground The new Prime Minister should make it a priority.

So henceforth and forever more, it will be completely accurate—and utterly inactionable under the common and constitutional law of defamation—to state the following fact: DONALD J. TRUMP IS AN ADJUDICATED RAPIST.

And it's especially fine not to respect presidents who disrespect their office, their oath of office, the Constitution and laws they swore to uphold, honor, decency, morality, truth, humanity, and everything we should be striving ourselves and teaching our children to respect.

USG is making moves to intervene in Trump's lawsuit against the BBC, bc the BBC is asking for discovery from government agencies that will show that Donald Trump is a criminal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Even by his own standards, Farage seemed unusually irritable and fractious this week at the impertinent assumption that standing for high office goes hand in hand with transparency. Maybe he’s beginning to acknowledge that this democracy lark is not his thing” app.independent.co.uk/2026/06/27/3...

Trump may not be the first president who doesn't know what the paper he's signing is about. However, he's clearly the first president to publicly SAY that he doesn't know what it is that he's signing. He's always been a dimwit, but it's clearly getting worse.

The weather isn't the only thing making Farage sweat today 🥵

It seems that several commentators have set themselves a challenge: to write a thread or article expressing disbelief as to why Starmer was so loathed without mentioning his stances on AI, Black Lives Matter, Gaza, trans rights, and then dismiss that loathing as the hysteria of out-of-touch elites.

I think Elon Musk is JUST sentient enough to be dimly aware that he is damned for all time - that his name will be pissed and spat upon for as long as his filthy legacy is remembered - and that delights me. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Thoughts on Capitulation Day. This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump. To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States. Read more: snyder.substack.com/p/capitulati...

...and I wonder who will be first to ask Nigel Farage if he feels, "pure, cold rage" is the appropriate response to this event from among @bbcnewsi.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @news.sky.com @others...