UK: Labour mayor abused position in effort to bring over 41 Bangladeshi family and friends

A Labour politician abused his mayoral office to try to secure immigration visas to bring 41 family members and friends from Bangladesh to Britain, a Telegraph investigation has found.
Cllr Mohammad Amirul Islam sent both “official” and “doctored” letters emblazoned with his council’s crest and logo to the British High Commission in Dhaka in an attempt to get visa applications treated “favourably”.

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Michael Taube: The Liberals just can’t leave duck hunters alone

The Liberal Party of Canada, like all political parties, makes its share of mistakes. But there often seem to be moments where Liberals don’t learn any lessons from past political blunders. They go back to the well to find a single drop of water to help quench their thirst.

The most recent example? The Liberal gun ban and buyback plan to compensate gun owners who turn in banned firearms. Even the minister in charge seems to realize this program is badly flawed.

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The virtue of America First

Sovereign realism is the future

For more than 30 years, Washington pursued a strategy built on globalist illusions: that America could serve as the policeman of the world, that it could enlarge Nato endlessly, extend security guarantees without limit, and launch interventions to remake societies in its image. These projects — sold under the pretext of the “rules-based international order” — have drained their strength while hollowing out the republic.

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Carney’s tax cut: More sizzle than steak

Parliament has resumed sitting, and with it the accompanying childish back-and-forth banter, which comically passes for political debate in 2025. But hidden beneath the bad theatre that Question Period offers, some serious work occasionally gets done.

In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney proudly announced a new bill to “deliver tax relief for Canadians by reducing the lowest marginal personal income tax rate from 15% to 14%, effective July 1, 2025.

(Incognito)

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King tells Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson to miss royal Christmas

The King has signalled that Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, will not be welcome at the royal family’s Christmas celebrations this year.

Sources close to Charles indicated he will keep the duke and duchess at arm’s length after it emerged that Sarah maintained ties with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted paedophile, despite publicly denouncing him in 2011.

The King has also made clear that he would prefer the pair, who divorced in 1996, to be “invisible” at future gatherings.

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PBO: Country’s fiscal outlook has Canada “at the precipice,”

Just weeks before the federal government is set to table the budget, the country’s fiscal outlook has Canada “at the precipice,” according to interim parliamentary budget officer Jason Jacques.

In the latest economic and fiscal outlook, Jacques estimates the Liberals will post an annual deficit of $68.5 billion this year, up from $51.7 billion dollars last year. The interim PBO also projects that the federal debt-to-GDP ratio — one of the government’s fiscal anchors — will increase over the medium-term, and remain above its pre-pandemic level.

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Death toll rises to four after Michigan church shooting and arson attack

At least four people were killed and eight others injured after a gunman drove a vehicle into a Michigan church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, before being killed himself, police say.

Officials said the attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a town 60 miles (100km) northwest of Detroit, happened during a Sunday service attended by hundreds of people.

The suspect, identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, from Burton, Michigan, was later shot dead by police in the building’s car park.

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Canada Post denies Ottawa’s reforms give it leverage over striking union in negotiations

Canada Post is denying the Liberal government’s directive to change the postal service’s operational model gives it leverage over the striking union in negotiations, as the two sides continue their days-long showdown.

“I wouldn’t argue that it’s given us any leverage,” said Jon Hamilton, a spokesperson for Canada Post during an interview on Rosemary Barton Live that aired Sunday. “[The union] walked out in response to them.”

Is there anything worth salvaging?

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Gun Grab Gary in focus: Anandasangaree’s life, career, and the controversies shaping his tenure

Gary Anandasangaree’s story begins in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, where he was born into a family marked by politics and conflict. His mother brought him to Canada in 1983 after anti-Tamil riots swept the country, while his father, V. Anandasangaree, remained behind as a prominent Tamil politician.

Four decades later, the boy who arrived as a refugee is now Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, overseeing one of Ottawa’s most politically fraught portfolios.

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