This is the moment an embarrassed police officer reluctantly knocked on a suspected ‘anti-migrant’ protester’s door amid an increasing backlash over the scourge of ‘thought police’.
Doorbell footage shows two West Midland Police officers approaching the property in Coventry to give the homeowner a leaflet ahead of a planned anti-immigration demonstration on Saturday.
But one of the officers is hesitant to carry out the task and admits his visit is ‘woeful’ and a ‘load of ‘b******’.
A growing number of Germans believe that freedom of expression is being curtailed in their country—in a recent survey 84% of respondents stated they think people hold back their opinions out of fear of negative consequences.
The findings point to widespread concerns about the health of democratic discourse in Germany.
The survey, conducted by the INSA polling institute, reveals that only 9% of participants believe people can express themselves freely without fear.
Court Documents reveal Ottawa Police wiretapped Detective Grus and her family
Ottawa Police illegally used terrorism-level emergency powers to wiretap Detective Helen Grus and her family.
The goal was simple: stop Grus from investigating a cluster of infant deaths that tripled the norm.
Court records confirm the illegal wiretap.
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— DonaldBest.CA * DO NOT COMPLY (@DonaldBestCA) August 4, 2025
h/t Mauser
What better way for a state to show its rejection of free speech than by destroying the lives of those who express even the mildest support for it? In Britain today, this isn’t a theoretical concern but a reality—as shown by the latest developments in the Lucy Connolly case, which some wrongly believe to be over.
Record numbers of over-60s are being referred to the Government’s troubled anti-terrorism scheme, the Daily Mail can reveal today.
Home Office figures show 127 adults in their 60s or beyond were put on Prevent’s radar in 2023/24 – the most since records began in 2016.
Of them, 43 had sparked alarm for expressing ‘extreme right wing’ views.
h/t XC
Social media users are this week cheering on reports that a mother imprisoned for a post on X will soon be “freed.” Their celebrations seem premature.
Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after authorities treated her post on the day of the horrific Southport knife attack—calling for “mass deportation now” and saying: “Set fire to all the f*****g [migrant] hotels full of the b******s for all I care”—as incitement. That’s despite the fact Connolly deleted the message less than four hours after pressing ‘send’ and stressed the next day that “violence is not the answer.”
Ontario dad demands answers after his bank accounts are frozen in case that could strengthen the Charter rights of all Canadians
Every day, Canadians rely on access to their bank accounts to pay bills, manage expenses, and support their families.
But imagine discovering that… pic.twitter.com/wkQ9bssz5i
— Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (@JCCFCanada) July 30, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Extremist influencers ‘weaponizing femininity,’ warns Canadian intelligence report
Women’s workout routines that devolve into anti-government rhetoric. Makeup tutorials with anti-feminist commentary. Personal finance videos that blame immigrants for stealing jobs.
According to a Canadian government intelligence report obtained by Global News, extremist movements are “weaponizing femininity” on social media to attract more women into their ranks.
Prepared by Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC), the report warns that female “extremist influencers” are using popular online platforms to radicalize and recruit women.
Criminalizing dissent is aimed solely at dissenting views the Liberal-Left disagree with. h/t Patti Jo
Crown attorneys issue rare public response to Pierre Poilievre attack on ‘freedom convoy’ prosecution
A provincial prosecutors’ association has taken the rare step of issuing a public response to what it describes as attacks “on the independence of the prosecutorial system” and the “rule of law.”
The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association, in an open letter released Tuesday, primarily targets recent remarks by Conservative politicians who criticized prosecutors for pursuing what they characterized as excessively harsh sentences in the “Freedom Convoy” case, suggesting that violent offenders often face lighter consequences.
If there is one thing Canada’s Conservatives believe in, it is getting tough on crime.
Wherever there is a debate on what penalties should be imposed for criminal offences, Conservatives stand squarely and proudly for more. Whether as a matter of deterrence, or simple retribution, Conservatives almost always favour longer sentences rather than shorter.
Except, it seems, when the criminals involved are their friends. Take, for example, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, organizers of the notorious “Freedom Convoy” that took much of downtown Ottawa hostage for three weeks in 2022, and folk heroes to the populist right.
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Anyone expecting a gentler, more moderate Pierre Poilievre to emerge following his electoral defeat can put to rest any speculation that the Conservative leader is planning a great reset.
Despite internal grumblings that Poilievre’s combative tone and coziness with far-right types has been bringing their party down, his Conservatives are back and picking fights with Crown prosecutors trying “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.
Last week, Crown prosecutors announced they were seeking jail sentences of up to eight years for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two organizers of the Freedom Convoy protest.
Both were convicted of mischief, but the Crown is seeking a minimum sentence of seven years in jail for Lich, and eight for Barber, who was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order.
The Crown has argued that the disruptiveness of the Freedom Convoy blockades warrants the harsh sentence, but in a statement this week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said courts are throwing the book at Barber and Lich while simultaneously giving free reign to “rampant violent offenders” and “antisemitic rioters.”
An elite team of police officers is to monitor social media for anti-migrant sentiment amid fears of summer riots.
Detectives will be drawn from forces across the country to take part in a new investigations unit that will flag up early signs of potential civil unrest.
The division, assembled by the Home Office, will aim to “maximise social media intelligence” gathering after police forces were criticised over their response to last year’s riots.
Remember the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” of truckers? Canada isn’t done overreacting. In early 2022 the disruptive protest of vaccine mandates sent the Trudeau government into a panic, unconstitutionally invoking emergency powers and freezing protesters’ bank accounts. Now Crown prosecutors want protest leaders in prison for the better part of a decade.
In April Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief for their roles in the protests that police inexcusably allowed to block downtown Ottawa streets for three weeks. Prosecutors are seeking seven-year prison terms, plus an eighth year for Mr. Barber, who was also found guilty of counseling others to disobey a court order regarding the honking of horns. Both were found not guilty of intimidation and several other charges thrown at them over the peaceful but noisy protest.
