Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has gained momentum while campaigning ahead of the July 4 election. After seven failed attempts to get to parliament, Mr Farage is hoping to capitalise on a waning conservative vote, as Labour looks set for a historic victory. The Reform UK party has overtaken the Conservatives in the latest YouGov poll. A survey by YouGov for The Times put Reform UK at 19 per cent, compared to the Conservatives at 18 per cent.

Fans at Taylor Swift's Scotland concerts in Edinburgh last weekend danced so hard, they set off earthquake monitors. Seismic activity was recorded up to six kilometres away during the three gigs with 70,000 fans attending each night. According to readings, the seismic activity reached its peak during the song ‘Ready For It’. Smash hits ‘Cruel Summer’, ‘Champagne Problems’ and ‘Shake It Off’ also triggered significant activity.

Shadow Veterans Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce says CFMEU leader John Setka will win his war against the AFL as the Prime Minster and his party are too “weak” and “scared” to stand up to him. It comes as the Prime Minister has said it would be “common sense” for the CFMEU boss to drop his threats against the AFL. Mr Setka is asking the AFL to sack its head of umpiring, who is the former boss of the building watchdog. “The powerful will do as they do, the weak will suffer as they must" Mr Joyce told Sky News. “Fortunately, our Prime Minister is in the latter group, and the weak will always be beaten by the bully. “Mr Setka, obviously, you know what it is, its thuggery, it’s bullying, it’s stand over tactics, but we just don’t have the wit, nor the strength in Mr Albanese, or anybody else. “They’re scared of him, let’s be frank.”

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is one of the few European leaders who isn’t nervous about the prospect of a Trump presidency reveals Sky News Australia US analyst Michael Ware. Mr Ware’s comments come as former US President Donald Trump has returned to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate and House Republicans to discuss the policies he will be implementing, should he be elected for a second term. “In Europe, the only people who would want to see a Trump administration are the Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Orban in Hungary," Mr Ware said. “Everyone else is very nervous.”

Shareholders of Tesla have just voted in favour of Elon Musk's astonishing $70 billion pay-deal. The $46 billion US deal gives Musk more power in an appeal against a Court decision that reversed it initially. A gleeful Musk celebrated the result in Delaware, hopping on stage and saying, ‘hot damn, I love you guys!’

European stock markets in France and Germany both fell around two per cent amid the current political uncertainty, says CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski. It comes as recent elections in Europe saw a bolstering of far-right parties. “There are a couple of things troubling European investors, not least of which is the political uncertainty at the moment,” Mr Piotrowski said. “European interest rates pushed higher and that created problems for the French and German markets in particular they were down by about two per cent.” Presented by CommSec.

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce discusses how sticking to Labor’s 2030 emissions reduction targets will increase the cost of energy. “If you’re in a house and you can’t keep warm, and I said to you, what’s important to you? You’d say I can’t afford my power bill, mate,” Mr Joyce told Sky News host James Macpherson. “When poverty walks in the door, love flies out the window, and love for so much in regard to your 2030 targets that’s gone.”

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce discusses new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealing Australia is taking 10,000 immigrants per week. “It’s not an argument against people’s creed or colour; it is an argument on just the logic of it,” Mr Joyce told Sky News host James Macpherson. “You can’t do this unless you want to get them into regional areas, and to get them into regional areas, you got to invest in dams and the roads and the infrastructure. “If you don’t do that … they are going to the middle of Sydney, they are going to south west suburbs of Sydney, they are going to the middle of Melbourne, they are going to the middle of Brisbane.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says women “dumb enough to believe in white male privilege” were asked to give an example of said privilege. “You can’t describe it, can you? Because it doesn’t exist,” Ms Storer said.  “They’re one of the most demonised demographics nowadays; it’s utterly ridiculous.”

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand discusses the controversial ANZ plan that allows wealthy customers based in 145 postcodes to borrow up to 95 per cent of a property’s value without mortgage insurance. “They are making property and homes more affordable for the people who can most afford them,” Mr Hildebrand said. “I’m sure the teals will be up in arms because these are both teal electorates, by the way - Toorak and Point Piper - so I’m sure the teals will be fighting for this vital social justice benchmark.”

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer are about “as popular as a fart in a lift”, says GB News host Patrick Christys. “It’s terrible to see,” he told Sky News host James Macpherson. “They’re barely human.”

Women’s Forum Australia’s Stephanie Bastiaan says it’s an “absolute disgrace” that the federal government has given millions of dollars to an “activist organisation” such as ACON. This comes after the federal government granted a $3.3 million boost in taxpayer funding for a new cervical cancer campaign to ACON, which is accused of “erasing women” from its messaging.  “They do not even acknowledge the biological reality of women,” Ms Bastiaan told Sky News host James Macpherson.

Sky News host James Morrow says three of Australia’s capital cities have been ranked among the world’s ten most unaffordable cities. “What hope is there going to be for young Australians to buy a home, get into the market after they have seen these sort of figures?” he said. Mr Morrow is joined by LNP MP Henry Pike and PR Counsel’s Kirsty McSweeney to discuss Australia’s ongoing housing crisis.

SkyNews.com.au Digital Reporter Reilly Sullivan says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle going house hunting in the UK is not that surprising. “We know that Prince Harry is in the High court in the UK, he’s fighting the Home Office, he wants to have his security re-instated when he’s in the UK,” Mr Sullivan told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.  “So, some people think, well, that was probably the biggest clue that there are long-term plans for Harry to have a second base in the UK.”

Tensions between Sussexes and the Beckhams following their falling out “don’t seem to be easing,” according to royal commentator Josh Rom.  Victoria and her husband David were once part of the Sussexes’ celebrity-studded social circle and attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding.  The friendship hit the rocks not long after the Sussexes left the Royal Family in 2020, allegedly because Meghan accused Victoria of leaking stories to the press, which left her husband David “furious”.

Royal commentator Josh Rom says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not being taken seriously in Hollywood. “It’s very clear that Harry and Meghan, they’re not being taken seriously in Hollywood. They’re not being taken seriously at all,” Mr Rom told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.  “They’re not being invited to these big showbiz events, the A-list crowd that they want to get in with, they’re not taking them seriously.  “They’re falling out with friends left, right and centre, they’re being deserted by the entertainment industry and also ... they’re not doing themselves any favours.”

Author Douglas Murray reacts to disturbing footage of Hezbollah supporters calling for Zionists to be killed. “Isn't it interesting that they're calling for support for a genocidal terrorist organisation, but weirdly, they cover their faces,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Maybe they're not so sure of their views. Maybe they're not so proud of them. Maybe they know that mummy wouldn't be so proud of them. Who knows?”

Royal commentator Josh Rom says the Princess of Wales’ recovery from cancer is “going well”. “She will of course return … when given the go ahead by her medical team,” he told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “We know previously after this huge operation, the abdominal surgery, that she was meant to return to work in Easter – the then subsequent diagnosis of cancer then put a stop to that as she receive more treatment to recover.”

Geopolitics Expert Roger Gewolb says French President Macron has been “very badly beaten” by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally Party. Mr Gewolb said much like UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Mr Macron is “toast”. “Macron … he is still there for three years; he just sits there as a lame duck.”

The Australian’s Media Writer Sophie Elsworth has reacted to Paul Barry’s announcement that he will depart the ABC’s Media Watch program in December after 11 years in the role.  Mr Barry said it’s “time to give someone else a go” and will host his final episode in December.  “I think a lot of people will be hoping that the next person that takes over from Paul Barry won’t have this intense focus on News Corp that he has had,” Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Steve Price.  “Let’s welcome in the new person and hope they are more fair and balanced.”