Some consolation to see Starmer acting as a positive influence on Trump's views about the international situation.

A highly significant development from Number Ten.

A compelling narrative for progressive political forces is to re-focus on a hopeful future. The political graveyard for Farage and Reform is the doom-laden apocalyptic nonsense it is now resorting to and so prevalent on this platform gabyhinsliff theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Political rhetoric on immigration goes round in ever decreasing circles when migration provides the only viable means of replenishing labour markets in response to population decline Sam Freedman Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu... share.google/KLQN1Ro4rZTnyd…

Trump's special envoy Witkoff off for yet another fool's errand to Moscow, lacking any diplomatic experience already having achieved next to nothing through his peace efforts in either Ukraine or Middle East in six months.

A wonderful cricket Test series comes to an end, albeit an anti-climax for England, losing by such a small margin, having got themselves into a winning position. What's there to look forward to for the rest of the summer; why, endless mindless babbling from Trump and Farage.

Trump is being so successful he's forced to discredit statistical evidence painting a narrative diametrically opposed to claims that his policies are repatriating jobs to the United States.

"The Online Safety Act can be flawed and necessary at the same time." The onslaught on regulatory oversight from tech companies whose bottom line takes precedence over everything else was ever thus with 'polluters' of our environment Rafael Behr theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The reality of Trump's tariffs. Commiserations to all those being ripped off by his scams.

Delivering change is vital. But it's a necessary rather than sufficient basis for re-election. At the Labour Party Conference Keir Starmer must also begin to engage with the battle of political ideas, pitching a hopeful canvas against the dystopian nonsense propagated by Farage.