OTTAWA — Three months after the federal election, Pierre Poilievre’s top advisor Jenni Byrne has broken her silence over the party’s failed bid to form government.
Byrne, a top Conservative operative and Poilievre ally, has been praised for her role in the party leader’s meteoric rise in the polls during the Justin Trudeau era but also criticized for her role in the last federal election that saw the Liberals elected once again.
Tensions are high across the UK today with demonstrations outside migrant hotels planned for multiple locations, with tensions flaring in Nuneaton as anti-racism protesters incurred the wrath of passing locals, with chants of “Keir Starmer’s a w*****”. Other demonstrations are underway in places including Bristol and Newark, after similar protests on Friday night. Last night, Express.co.uk’s Lotti O’Brien was on the spot outside the Britannia Hotel in London, where police arrested two people, one anti-asylum protester for allegedly throwing a bottle, and one a pro-migrant demonstrator for refusing to remove a facemask. Large crowds also gathered outside other hotels in locations including Epping, Leeds, Portsmouth and Rugby.
'There was a young lad with a family who came through, no older than ten, and he was near enough being tackled by anti-racist protesters.'
YouTuber Ben Mills details some of the scenes he has experienced whilst documenting anti-migrant protests across Britain. pic.twitter.com/U1gtqKgxyU
— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 9, 2025
“They HATE us! They have utter contempt for working-class communities, who they dismiss as ‘gammon.’”
Brendan O'Neill SLAMS the left's disdain for the anti-migrant protests.@TVKev pic.twitter.com/RJDI2HxLg5
— Talk (@TalkTV) August 8, 2025
Hey @GBNEWS At an anti-illegal migrant protest in Bristol today, counter-protesters were openly waving communist flags. It’s shocking considering the millions who suffered and died under that ideology. This is the level of insanity we’re dealing with – please share. pic.twitter.com/QGaEirg1CN
— jujo (@jamespreston678) August 9, 2025
“We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children,” Orla Minihane tells me. “If that makes me far right then so be it.”
Orla has lived near Epping since she was a child and describes herself as a “very boring woman who has worked in the City of London for 25 years”. Last year she joined Reform UK and hopes to stand as a local candidate for the party.
On a busy road leading to the Essex town, The Bell Hotel, now fortified, is one of more than 200 across the country where the government houses asylum seekers.
The BBC is as bad as CBC.
Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump: analysts
MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they’d be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration alone.
Carney attempted to break the ice in a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in July by complimenting an indigenous-made soccer ball she had gifted him at their last meeting and saying he hoped to visit Mexico soon.
The warm overture, relayed to Reuters by three people familiar with the call, highlights Canada’s attempt to repair the damage after a string of public slights by Canadian officials, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who said in November that any comparison of Canada to Mexico was “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard.”
President Trump has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations, according to people familiar with the matter.
The decision to bring the American military into the fight is the most aggressive step so far in the administration’s escalating campaign against the cartels. It signals Mr. Trump’s continued willingness to use military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs.
The order provides an official basis for the possibility of direct military operations at sea and on foreign soil against cartels.
Thank Canada’s elites and their swell immigration policy.
— Sylvana ️ (@syl_sylv7966337) August 8, 2025
If you advocate for mass immigration, DEI, multicult and diversity you are the enemy of Canada.
Some further context, was it a random attack by a deranged individual, was it antisemitic or both?
Today in Montreal Jewish father with 3 kids beaten in an unprovoked attack, seemingly by a disturbed person, words have consequences. @Val_Plante @SPVM why did it take for the SPVM over an hour to respond? pic.twitter.com/MufsGoDMjW
— Mayer Feig (@mayerfeig) August 8, 2025
h/t patthedog
A cop was killed when an unhinged masked gunman who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for an apparent illness unleashed a hail of bullets outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Friday, according to police and reports.
The deranged suspect, who died at the scene, opened fire on at least four CDC buildings and then stormed into a building across the street that houses a CVS at Georgia’s Emory University around 4:50 p.m., forcing students to shelter in place on the last day of the summer term, authorities said.
h/t PA Cat
Committing radical surgery on minors to make children resemble opposite sex stereotypes will go down in history like lobotomies.
These are irreversible cosmetic surgeries on CHILDREN!
Why do you put the ideology of radicals before the safeguarding of children? pic.twitter.com/Rwb69xp95P
— VideoGuy67 (@VideoGuy67) August 9, 2025
h/t Mauser
Sydney Sweeney’s bust is more powerful than I originally thought.
Last year, I wrote about it for the Post. I should have known that the story would necessitate a pair of articles. So, here we are.
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old gunman opened fire in a crowded Times Square early Saturday morning.
The violent gunfire erupted during a dispute between two people near the intersection of 44th Street and 7th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., the NYPD told The Post.
An 18-year-old female and two men, 19 and 65, were injured in the shooting.
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests Israel is losing the battle for hearts and minds in Canada, with more Canadians now reporting their sympathies lie with Palestinians due to moral outrage over the war in Gaza.
Another poll suggests a slight majority of younger Canadians now say they’re optimistic about the prospects for peace in the Middle East — just as the broader public’s mood returns to the pessimism seen decades ago.
“There is absolutely disappointment in the actions of the current Israeli government,” said Adam Chapnick, a professor with the Royal Military College.
Online polls are not a hill to die on and given much of our media are water carriers for Hamas they cannot be trusted.
The girl can’t keep a straight face — and bursts out laughing mid-“famine scene” shoot in Gaza.
pic.twitter.com/gTYX8TLLv2— GAZAWOOD – the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) August 7, 2025
The Hunger!
Gaza’s Ice Cream Hamada is back in full swing.
Footage from last night. pic.twitter.com/JkLsTxiVDM
— GAZAWOOD – the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) August 8, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein “loved life too much” to kill himself and was confident of securing bail before he died, his butler for 18 years has told The Telegraph.
In an interview that will heap renewed pressure on the Trump administration to make the Epstein files public, one of his closest aides said he had spoken to the paedophile financier before he died and insisted he had been in good spirits.
Valdson Vieira Cotrin, who ran Epstein’s Paris home, told The Telegraph he could not accept the official verdict of suicide and feared that his own life was in danger.
h/t Patti Jo
A gunman who killed a beloved Scarborough dad after a bar fight in 2021 could walk out of jail on time served – thanks to the “absolutely incomprehensible” triple-bunking he’s endured in Toronto detention centres.
What is a “boondoggle,” and how does it differ from a “scandal”?
Although its modern meaning is “an extravagant, or useless project,” “boondoggle” originally came from the name that was given to the bracelets and neckerchief slides made by Boy Scouts a century ago, while “scandal” originally came from the Greek “to stumble” before eventually arriving at its modern meaning of “disgrace” or “wrongdoing”.
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So the Lionesses were victorious in the UEFA Women’s Euros, holding the title they won in 2022. England forward Chloe Kelly, who scored the decisive penalty in the final against Spain, declared after the match: ‘I am so proud to be English.’
To hear a sports star make such a simple and patriotic statement was, for most of us, a pleasant breath of fresh air. Just as refreshing has been the muted response to her declaration of national pride. In the week or so since, there have been no online campaigns denouncing Kelly’s views as ‘problematic’. This raises the question: is it just the Lionesses who are allowed to be patriotic?
