* Keir Starmer has suffered a precipitous fall in his personal ratings since winning the election, according to a new poll for the Observer that comes before his first Labour conference as prime minister.*

It seems lots of voters don't like his Toryish loyalty to rich people's wealth.

The wrecker and Vance eagerly acknowledge lying as a tactic to win support from people who they have taught to accept lying. They aim to create a post-truth America in which truth ceases to matter.

That is the ultimate form of sabotage. We must reject anything that comes from them, without taking it seriously, because they are liars.

No one can achieve 100% falsehood. Inevitably, some of the things they say will turn out to be true. But we should ignore the claim when it comes from them. If someone credible and honest makes the claim. then we should pay it the attention it merits — but we should not confuse matters by associating the issue with the Lie Party candidates.

* The court of justice of the EU ruled on Thursday that member states could keep vital details of their implementation of fishing rules under wraps, in a blow to environmental campaigners hoping to use the information to show whether the regulations are working.*

* The press is still pursuing the appearance of fairness [in covering the US election] by treating the true and the false, normal and outrageous, as equally valid.*

A plaugue of fungus killed many bats across the US. Without the bats to eat the insect pests, farmers increased use of pesticides. The pesticides are estimated to have killed 1300 children since then.