The BBC’s director-general Tim Davie has resigned amid a row over the doctoring of a Donald Trump speech for a Panorama episode.
The corporation’s CEO of News, Deborah Turness, has also resigned following criticism that the BBC documentary misled viewers.
In a statement, Mr Davie said: ‘There have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility.’
Wow how odd to see accountability.
The altered tape.
The new federal budget makes it clear that Prime Minister Mark Carney is unprepared to tackle the national housing crisis. His proposed measures are half-hearted at best and fail to adequately address the overregulation throttling construction of new supply.
Canada has chronically built too little housing to meet burgeoning demand, which, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), has led to a national shortage of approximately 2.6 million units. This is the primary reason why the inflation-adjusted price of an average Canadian home has doubled since the early 2000s — there are simply too many people bidding on scarce inventory.
… What are the main issues in play? The one that has gotten the most ink concerns the recent recrudescence of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on the right. The two are not synonymous, as Kevin Roberts was at pains to point out in his initial video. But the phenomena overlap and nurture each other.
Another issue, and the one I wish to focus on here, is what I think of as the play behind the play in the attack on Kevin Roberts. John Daniel Davidson, writing in The Federalist, summed up the plot of that supervening play in the subhead to a recent column: “Genuine concern about antisemitism on the right is being hijacked by neocons to attack J. D. Vance in hopes of retaking control of the GOP.”
That is the nub of the matter.
Is it too soon to say the truth about Dick Cheney?
Massive brawl breaks out on a Carnival cruise over chicken tenders.
Yes, really, chicken tenders pic.twitter.com/a799S2TBwr
— A Man Of Memes (@RickyDoggin) November 9, 2025
h/t Mauser
If I had been the one to raise these questions, the cancel culture crowd would already be in full attack mode. But they can’t dismiss what’s happening now, because it’s not outsiders doing the talking. It’s Indigenous people themselves, standing up and demanding to know where the money has gone and why their communities are still struggling. Their voices are brave, their questions fair, and their message simple: the truth has to matter more than politics.
(Incognito)
This is Xavier’s favourite toy, yes a twist tie.
He has played with it every day for weeks always with the same goal.
He deliberately bats it under the garbage can so he has reason to reach into the unknown and pluck it out again.
Except he isn’t always successful retrieving it.
That’s when he sits watch beside the can and meows plaintively until I am forced to rescue his twist tie.
No lie I have done this 10’s of times for him.
On Friday, “professional marksmen” in Canada gunned down almost 400 ostriches. Birds that were clearly disease free; just more victims of the Canadian government’s totalitarian overreach. Deja vu- “the truckers rally.”
As most of you know, Robert and I have a soft spot for ratites, which is the family of flightless birds that lack a sternal keel (as did dinosaurs) that ostriches belong to. In fact, our pet emu is another member of that ancient lineage of birds. There are only five groups of ratites left in the world (ostriches, emus, kiwis, cassowaries, and Rheas). They have a special place in the animal kingdom. Ratites may be the closest living relatives to the dinosaurs and truly are fascinating.
You don't hate the media enough. You think you do, but you don't, not NEARLY enough. @fancypants_s https://t.co/QS5bDBQq5h
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) November 8, 2025
h/t SC and Auntie Polly
Just moments after Zohran Mamdani won his battle to become the next mayor of New York City, the rising political star zeroed in on his next fight: taking on the president of the United States.
In his victory speech on Tuesday, Mamdani turned to the cameras to directly taunt the president: “So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up,” he said.
Minutes later, Trump responded on his social media site Truth Social: “…AND SO IT BEGINS!”
After delivering what the Prime Minister described as an “austerity budget” last week, Mark Carney, his Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, and hundreds of lobbyists, political staff, bureaucrats, stakeholders, Liberal cabinet ministers, MPs and journalists celebrated at a popular Ottawa watering hole.
The RCMP formally threatens Canadian journalist with a charge regarding his online posts.
Chris Dacey was formally threatened by the RCMP regarding what he posts online.
Canada is becoming more like the UK, every day.
Bill C-63 isn't even law, yet.
LOST FREEDOM FILES # 2536 https://t.co/FowsdGeLxf pic.twitter.com/ZyiumTNBdJ
— Matt Alexander (@RealMattA_) November 9, 2025
Hmmm …
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms… My government will act."pic.twitter.com/sL74P3vE2j
— Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq) November 8, 2025
Chicago’s mayor is urging the U.N. Human Rights Council – a body whose members include notorious abusers such as China, Cuba, Russia, and Qatar – to investigate what he describes as a “worsening human rights crisis” in America under the Trump administration.
The United States, meanwhile, on Friday became only the second country ever to refuse to cooperate with a routine review of its rights record by the council, which the Trump administration has accused of a “deep anti-American bias” and a disproportionate focus on Israel.
On November 4, François-Philippe Champagne described the 2025 federal budget as “generational.” In doing so, the finance minister offered a rare example of plausible political hype, without the usual hyperbole.
The challenges facing Canada are profound, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has responded with a massive surge in military spending and a suite of significant investments in housing, infrastructure and AI — investments only partially offset by widespread cuts to other areas.
One of my favorite things on the internet is listening to English women trying to reason with their cats. It's a thing and it's very funny pic.twitter.com/qUYAWojkLu
— Wholesome Side of (@itsme_urstruly) November 8, 2025
Criticism of Islam is a protected belief under equalities law, a judge has ruled.
Patrick Lee, 61, was found guilty of misconduct by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) last April over posts on X. After a four-year disciplinary process, he was banned from the professional body and ordered to pay nearly £23,000 in costs.
The trade body ruled that 42 of his posts that criticised Islam, including calling the Prophet Mohammed a “monster”, were “either offensive or inflammatory or both”, adding that 29 were “designed to demean or insult Muslims”.
Forget Netflix shows and movies – THIS is what the city of Paris actually is like now.
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) November 7, 2025
