Palestine Action activist wore £6,000 gown to debutante ball

Pampered Pallie Activist

The Crillon Ball is described by Tatler as the “world’s most glamorous debutante ball”. Georgie Robertson came out to society in a £6,000 gown, alongside Princess Diana’s niece Lady Kitty Spencer, and boasted afterwards of a “fairytale event in which the aristocracy rub sequinned shoulder pads with the celebritocracy”.

Fast forward to 2025 and the 32-year-old daughter of Kathy Lette, the author, and Geoffrey Robertson KC, the human rights lawyer, has swapped pearls for protest.

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The U.K. is lowering its voting age to 16. Should Canada follow suit?

The U.K. government announced Thursday that it will be lowering the voting age from 18 to 16, in time for its next general election. The move is encouraging for advocates who want to see the same change made in Canada.

“It’s a step that should have been done a long time ago,” Jaden Braves, CEO of Young Politicians of Canada, a Toronto-based non-profit, told CBC News.

“I think it’s very unfortunate that Canada could not be a leader within this discussion.”


What kind of rent seeking asshole becomes the CEO of Young Politicians Of Canada?

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Air India captain’s eerie words to first officer before they squabbled over fuel switches ‘are revealed in black box recording’

The captain of Air India Flight 171, which crashed in Ahmedabad killing 241 people on board last month, entrusted his first officer with the plane before takeoff, sources have claimed, citing the black boxes recovered from the crash.

‘The plane is in your hands,’ Captain Sumeet Sabharwal told First Officer Clive Kunder, two Western sources familiar with the contents of the recordings told Corriere della Sera.

The sources told the outlet it was not unusual for the first officer to manage takeoff. But it would have given the captain an opportunity to operate ‘undisturbed’, three consulted pilots said.

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Three killed in explosion at Los Angeles police training facility

At least three police officers were killed in an explosion at a law enforcement training facility in East Los Angeles, officials say.

The blast occurred at around 07:30 local time (15:30 BST) on Friday at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Academy Training, according to emergency responders.

Authorities say the explosion took place in the parking lot of the facility’s Special Enforcement Bureau. US media, citing sources, report that officers were handling an unexploded ordnance recovered from a recent bomb disposal call when it detonated.

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FIFA World Cup tickets? You Can’t Afford Them Even Though Your Taxes Paid For This Sh&Tshow

Canadian soccer fans eager to score a ticket to one of the 13 FIFA World Cup games in Toronto or Vancouver next summer can now purchase hospitality packages.

But the premium tickets for the group stage and round of 32 matches, which start at $2,500 and increase significantly depending on the level of service selected, won’t get you in to see Canada’s Men’s National Team on the pitch at Toronto’s BMO Field or BC Place in Vancouver.

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Cats sleeping with dogs! Nazis training with POC! CBC tracks Canada’s fascist fight clubs

In public parks, gyms and martial arts clubs — where children take classes — some of Canada’s most notorious white supremacists are preparing for violence.

The members of these fight clubs, known in white nationalist communities as “active clubs,” are hiding in plain sight. As part of their recruitment and online propaganda, they post videos of their training sessions, taking care to hide their faces and obscure their locations.

But a months-long CBC visual investigation, in collaboration with The Fifth Estate, reveals exactly where some of these groups are training.


Now do Islam CBC. Then do Antifa CBC.

 

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