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Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Polish Cabinet Stung by Allegations EU Recovery Funds Misused
Poland's government, struggling to regain momentum after its candidate lost a presidential election in June, was put further on the defensive over the potential misuse of European Union funds. State prosecutors have launched probes into how the EU's post-Covid recovery aid is being spent, even as Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged 'zero tolerance' for any abuse of the resources.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
A rat sighting in Calgary? Alberta rat control is on the case
Residents of the southeast community of Inglewood may notice provincial government-branded black boxes, known as bait stations, in their alleyway. These boxes contain rat traps — that's because a video captured what experts think could be an actual rat sighting, rather than an animal misidentified as one. Alberta's rat control program investigates all reports of the rodents, which it has a zero-tolerance policy for, to ensure they don't become established in the province.
National Post
03-08-2025
- Politics
- National Post
A convicted priest is back at work. Child advocates want Pope Leo to act
Article content Now, Capella's case is once again underscoring how the Holy See routinely approaches wrongdoing by clerics – from the religious standpoint of mercy and a spirit of Catholic atonement. That vision has clashed with that of victims advocates, who see Capella's return to the secretariat in any capacity, as well as the senior appointment of a convicted rapist in France, as evidence of an overly lenient approach. Article content The demands for action have raised questions about how the new pope will handle perhaps the thorniest issue facing the faith he leads: tainted priests. Article content Under Francis, the Vatican sought to address widespread allegations of church complicity. In 2019, he convened an unprecedented summit on clerical sexual abuse, later imposing a sweeping law requiring church officials to report accusations of abuse or official cover-ups to their superiors. Article content But the law did not require allegations to be reported to civil authorities, and victims groups have pointed to more-recent scandals in Switzerland and elsewhere as evidence that not enough has changed. They say Leo should remove Capella from the secretariat and overturn the recent French appointment to show his commitment to zero tolerance. Article content Article content Leo has a mixed record on handling abuse cases. Article content As a bishop in Peru, for instance, he won praise for moving against the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae – a secretive, archconservative Catholic group that expanded from Lima to several countries and was accused of systematic sexual and psychological abuse. At the same time, he was accused of lax oversight in the handling of abuse allegations by three women in his diocese of Chiclayo. Article content Last month, in a note honoring a Peruvian journalist whose work helped expose sexual abuse within the Sodalitium group, Leo called for a cultural shift inside the church. Article content
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Nigel Farage warns Britain is facing 'societal collapse' with lawlessness taking hold 'very rapidly' - as he vows to halve crime in five years if he becomes PM
Britain is on the brink of 'societal collapse', Nigel Farage warned as he vowed to halve crime in five years if he becomes prime minister. Reform's leader claimed people were scared to go to the shops and tourists were staying away from London as a result of soaring muggings and brazen shoplifting. He also claimed the country was close to 'civil disobedience on a vast scale' as a result of alleged crimes by migrants. Mr Farage defended those protesting outside an Epping hotel housing asylum seekers as 'genuinely concerned families' and blamed 'some bad eggs' for the violent clashes with police. Reform's plan to restore law and order, costing an estimated £17.4 billion over the course of the next parliament, would include recruiting 30,000 more police officers and creating 12,400 extra places in five 'Nightingale prisons' built on MoD land. Derelict council buildings and mothballed police stations would be used to make 100 'pop-up' custody centres and 50 courts would be reopened for 'fast-track' trials. Under a 'zero-tolerance' approach modelled on that pioneered in New York, officers would have to investigate every reported offence including shoplifting and mobile phone theft. Military veterans would be sought to bring about the return of 'big strapping' bobbies on the beat whom criminals fear. To deal with repeat offenders, Mr Farage said those who committed three or more crimes would face life sentences. And the 10,000 foreign prisoners currently serving time in English jails would be deported, with the Reform leader claiming he was already in talks with Albanian prime minister Edi Rama about taking back his country's criminals. Launching a six-week policy blitz on tackling 'lawless Britain', Mr Farage said yesterday: 'We're actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse. 'People are scared to go out to the shops, scared to let their kids out. That is a society that is degraded, and it's happening very, very rapidly. Respect for those in uniform has declined massively. The criminals don't particularly respect the police and they're acting in many cases with total impunity. 'Just as worrying, if not more so, is huge numbers of law-abiding taxpaying Britons have also lost respect for the police in a different way. The idea, the concept that we're living in a system of two-tier policing and two-tier justice under two-tier Keir has really taken hold.' Mr Farage said residents were fleeing the capital as a result of soaring crime, and tourists were reluctant to visit as shoplifting and smoking cannabis become increasingly tolerated. Mr Farage said the 10,000 foreign prisoners currently serving time in English jails would be deported and claimed he was already in talks with Albanian prime minister Edi Rama (left) about taking back his country's criminals He said the UK needed to copy the 'broken windows' theory popularised by New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in the 1990s, under which crime rates fell after police targeted everything from graffiti to fare-dodging. 'Reform will be the toughest party on law and order and on crime that this country has ever seen,' Mr Farage vowed. 'We will aim to cut crime by half in the first five years of a Reform government. We will take back control of our streets. We will take back control of our courts, of our prisons.' Reform produced a document putting a £17.4 billion price tag on its plan over five years, but which also claimed 'the cost of our policies will likely pay for itself' because of the cost of crime to society. But opponents claimed his blueprint would cost at least £5 billion more, with Tory MP Chris Philp saying: 'Nigel Farage is writing his own crime fiction. 'Their own document admits it is unfunded – which means they are not being honest about the price you will pay for their policies, just like Labour.' Tory MP Chris Philp (above) said Mr Farage 'is writing his own crime fiction' and said the Reform leader was being dishonest Mr Farage was asked about a series of protests outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, in the past week after an asylum seeker was charged with three counts of sexual assault. He said: 'I don't think anybody in London can understand just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country.' He accepted there were some 'bad eggs that turned up', including 'the usual far-Right thugs', but added: 'Do I understand how people in Epping feel? You bet your life I do. 'Don't underestimate the simmering anger and disgust there is in this country that we are letting in every week, in fact some days, many hundreds of undocumented young males, many of whom come from cultures in which women and young girls are not even treated as second-class citizens. 'I do understand the genuine upset and anger, and I'll bet you that most of the people outside that hotel in Epping weren't far-Right or far-Left or anything like that, they were genuinely concerned families.'
The Independent
21-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Farage pledges to send Ian Huntley to El Salvador as part of Reform plans to tackle ‘lawless' Britain
Nigel Farage revealed Reform UK 's plan to send British criminals to some of the world's toughest prisons during a speech on Monday (21 July). The Reform UK leader unveiled plans that would seemingly mimic measures implemented by Donald Trump in America. The plans are part of the party's zero-tolerance approach to crime. Addressing media in London, Mr Farage said: 'If it means Ian Huntley has to go to El Salvador, so be it.' 'Reform will be the toughest party on law and order and on crime that this country has ever seen.' Huntley is currently serving a life sentence after he was found guilty of murdering school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in Soham in 2002.
