Trump Media plans to charge trading firms for access to Trump’s Truth Social posts milliseconds before they appear publicly, the FT reports. The product, Truth API, is aimed at firms that rely on ultra-fast data to trade in markets that are often moved by those posts.

Andy Burnham's letter to the Guardian in Oct 1991 on loving Larkin...

Why stop at 14? Six year olds are small enough to fit up a chimney. And frankly the soot is good for them.

The French team of 2026 - as the best team in the World Cup - seem to be sparking more racist ethnonationalism from conservative politicians outside France (Paraguay, Spain) than they did in 2018 or 1998.

The National Crime Agency have been "unable to identify the original source" of a £1m donation to a Reform fundraising vehicle. The NCA is now "seeking help from a foreign partner" in order to identify it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

US airman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old girl avoided British trial

Overturn this! 😎

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

A judge rejected Trump's request to delay his response to E. Jean Carroll's demand for the $5 million she won in a civil lawsuit, plus interest.

🚨 How does London *actually* measure up as a financial centre? www.ft.com/content/c056...

I’ve been thinking for a while that Slaughter and the preceding decisions are really attacks on the idea of law itself. So I’m very glad to see @nathantankus.bsky.social taking up this argument. www.crisesnotes.com/agency-indep...

Good piece www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...

A quarter of terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims, but some have gone largely unnoticed because of delays formally declaring them terrorism Most jihadist attacks, by contrast, have been declared within hours of taking place inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...

Anti-migrant politics spark resurgence of racism, say some Britons of colour reut.rs/4eBx1z9

‘Humanity is a privilege’: Umar Khalid on his six years in an Indian jail without trial

Since 1979, no prime minister has taken on all three pillars - markets, centralisation and privatisation - of Thatcherism at once. Mr Burnham’s speech does. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

So many red flags in this WSJ piece on whether government-owned Intel's soaring stock price reflects its operational and financial reality (or just politics & speculation): www.wsj.com/tech/intels-...

Keir Starmer: "We must be global leaders on climate change and we always will be" The Climate Change Committee released its latest progress report today. It shows that emissions for surface transport increased by 2.7% in 2025!

excellent piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social on Burnham - who did not create Greater Manchester’s project, but he gave it a voice. He did not always master the detail, but he mastered the story. A liability when he's the state not its critic? www.ft.com/content/9949...

A better world is possible

“Burnham’s enemies are legible and his story is simple enough for voters to repeat: Britain worked better before privatisation; London has taken too much power for itself; communities have been ripped off; public control can restore fairness and pride.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can confirm that no trouble is expected this evening in Belfast after Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting two children.

Does not seem like a rousing endorsement of Trump’s war on Iran.

The reference is to the decline of the Mughal Empire, but I think it applies today, too, wrt Trump II's civilizational narrative, but also Bidenism. To my mind this also speaks to the need for a Second Reconstruction rather than the illusion of a return to "normal."

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Lebanon: “I believe that the Shiite community today is in greater need than ever of a rescue effort within the Lebanese situation, and together with it we must rescue Lebanon. 1/

Private equity has devoured UK town centres. It controls airports, seaports, hospitals, care homes, football teams, housing, GP surgeries, vets, dentistry, pubs, restaurants, motorway service stations, energy, water and more. Everything financialised. What future for the UK?

"A Burnham coronation would avoid a summer of internal warfare. But it would also risk repeating the original sin of Starmerism: a leader taking power on the promise of “change” without making it clear what the change consists of." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people Rosie Parkyn www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @theguardianfoundation.org

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

This is damning. This was his main justification for the war.

Trump: "Israel's been fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed. You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah."

'Social sciences and business courses have borne the brunt of master’s closures in the past year, with academics who taught on disappearing programmes warning that niche, more specialist study is “losing legitimacy” in the eyes of university leaders.' 1/3

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Iran deal: a pause is not a triumph >> “This episode may belong in future histories of US decline because it exposes the gap between American military capability and American strategic control” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#BREAKING The United States and Iran have agreed to a 'Peace Deal' with signing set to take place June 19 in Geneva, mediator Pakistan announces. Trump says Strait of Hormuz to be opened and US blockade of Iran lifted immediately.

Moms also rock

🇮🇳 The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself performing everyday chores to train AI-powered humanoid robots to take on household jobs in the future.

From a constitutionalist point of view, and partisan politics aside, still remarkable that Starmer stayed as PM after losing this vote on the Mandeldon papers.

Biden aides tied to horrific choices over Gaza (enabling current bloodshed) have gained roles with major influence over US foreign policy discourse & the Democratic Party’s future. They’re trying to paper over their record. The real story is in my forthcoming book: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Finally, a little legal sense: “A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for what its AI search overviews say. Previous case law shielding search engine operators from liability doesn't apply to AI overviews.” the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

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Kevin Maguire: "After the attack on the Liverpool football parade & it was a white guy, middle class, former royal marine, no-one went after other white, middle class former marines & set this person represents that entire group"

My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Seeing reports of Iranian missile launches at northern Israel.

Very interesting @jburnmurdoch.ft.com piece this morning - how much value AI is creating is exactly the right question. The evidence from coders here suggests it’s so far creating a lot of extra output - 290% more files, 30% more software releases - but no extra valuable outputs (app downloads)

The problem with late stage capitalism is eventually you run out of poor people's money

love this from Martin Wolf

Parts of Fleet St pushing far right narratives