Boycotts Do Work - UK Column News - 13th December 2023

- Reuters: Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls
- Middle East Monitor: Zara sparks outrage with disrespectful collection amid tragedy in Gaza
- Doc Malik Honest Health (Substack): My response to the latest hospital to suspend me

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023

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Funding For Ukraine: Budapest Blocks Bung—€50bn EU ‘Aid Package’ - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- Reuters: Hungary vetoes EU aid for Ukraine, bloc delays decision on funds for Budapest
- Alex Soros (on X): EU leaders approve Ukraine accession talks, bypassing Orbán
- The Irish Times: Hungarian PM Orbán blocks €50bn EU aid package for Ukraine
- ZeroHedge: Vista Outdoors Warns "Global Shortage Of Gunpowder" Will Set Ammo Prices On Fire
- Kyiv Post:  Donald Tusk: A Guide to Poland’s New PM Who Wants West’s ‘Full Mobilization' for Ukraine 
- Fox News (YouTube): Zelenskyy: We Only Have One Enemy and It’s Putin

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Demna, Questionable Georgian Creative Director Of Balenciaga, Is Shoring Up Ukraine - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- C-SPAN (2022): Senator Rubio Questions Undersecretary Nuland Over Biolabs in Ukraine
- Al Jazeera (2022): Profile: Who are Ukraine's far-right Azov regiment?
- Washington Examiner (2022): Zelensky calls for ‘preventative action’ from NATO to keep Russia from using nukes
- Daily Express (2022): NATO row breaks out as Zelensky savaged for 'destructive lies' over Poland missile
- U24: Demna is Selected as Ambassador for UNITED24
- UNITED24 (on X):
“Demna, artistic director of BALENCIAGA, is selected as ambassador for #united24.”
- Independent (2022): Balenciaga condemns child abuse in new statement addressing controversial ads

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Has Altruism Been Hijacked For Social Credit? - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- CBC (2020): A Covid–19 smackdown: why rule breakers need to be punished
“The reason: being selfish can be socially contagious.”
- King's College London (2021): Pandemic ‘triggered increase in altruism and reciprocity' across Europe
- Effective Altruism: What is effective altruism?
“Effective altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.”
- World Economic Forum: What is effective altruism? A philosopher explains
- Great Minds Official (YouTube): Effective Altruism: The Secret to Living a Good Life?
- The Org: Chief Executive Officer at Guide Dogs—Tom Wright
- UK Fundraising: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference
- Giving What We Can: Our pledge
“At Giving What We Can, we show you how to find those charities, so you can help solve some of the world's most pressing problems.”
- 80,000 Hours: Is effective altruism growing? An update on the stock of funding vs people
- Center For Global Development: The UK as an Effective Altruist
- National Institutes of Health: PubMed: Altruism towards the end of life
- Oxford Academic: Altruism and Physician Assisted Death (1993)
- The Guardian (2020): 'We did what we set out to achieve': the staff who moved into care homes
- Health Economics Review: The effect of altruism on Covid–19 vaccination rates
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): PubMed: Help Is in Your Blood-Incentive to "Double Altruism" Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox 
- Nature Journal: These volunteers want to be infected with disease to aid research—will their altruism help?
- New Scientist: DNA vaccines coding for live viruses could soon be tested in people
- Global News: The virtuous few: How effective altruists are doing good better
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Davos, WEF, Chatham House, The NHS And Penny Mordaunt - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- Chatham House: COP28: What was achieved, and what needs to happen now
- Charlie Nunn (LinkedIn):
“Despite these clear benefits, and the importance of decarbonising UK homes in order to achieve Net Zero by 2050, our recent housing stocktake reveals we need to increase the pace and scale of progress.”
- Goals House: Davos—Goals House
- Goals House: Advisory Board
- Freud Communications: NHS 75 by Freuds Group
- Penny Mordaunt (2018 on Twitter): 
“Great lunch on delivering the #GlobalGoals with Matthew Rycroft, Bill Gates Melinda Gates, Mike Bloomberg, Stephen Fry […]”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Are Critical Mineral Wars Coming? - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- UK Parliament: A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience
“We urge the Government to define the UK's role in the critical minerals value chain and to set out a coherent 'Team UK' proposition to explain the UK's offer to global partners.”
- The Telegraph: China has 'weaponised' its dominance in critical minerals, say MPs

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Ultrasound Needle-Free Vaccines And Care Pods In The Streets? - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- Go Forward: Forward Raises $100M and Announces Forward CarePod™
“The World’s First AI Doctor’s Office”
- Forward (YouTube): Announcing the Forward CarePod™, the World's First AI Doctor's Office
- Evening Standard: Climate change could bring dengue fever to England by middle of the century, scientists warn
- Vigilant News: Italian Health Minister Under Investigation for Murder for Concealing Covid–19 Vaccine Deaths
- New Scientist: Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles
- Inside Pharma (Substack): MHRA resumes inspections of SARS–CoV–2 injection manufacturers—3 years too late!!!
- MHRAgovuk (YouTube): MHRA Board Meeting November 2023
- Daily Mail:  So much for the world-beating NHS! UK doesn't even rank in the top 20 for patient safety—and the US scores even lower
- The Guardian: Disabled people must work from home to do ‘their duty’, says UK minister

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

James Kariuki On Global Multilateralism - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- GOV.UK: The UK believes the Council must be reformed

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AI To Fact-Check And Cherry-Pick - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- Sky News: Israel-Hamas war: Israeli ambassador dismisses notion of two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians 
- Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely (on X): 
“Hanukkah was celebrated for the first time in Westminster Hall’s nearly 1,000 year history today, marking a historic moment for UK Parliament
Today’s Hanukkah lighting reminds us, now more than ever, we’re following the Maccabees by defeating darkness through bringing light.
I thank the UK Parliament for standing with us during one of the darkest periods in our recent history.”
- Hollywood Reporter: This Startup Wants to Create an AI-Generated CNN

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Bloody Sunday: Soldier F Will Face Murder Trial - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- BBC: Bloody Sunday: Soldier F will face murder trial
- The Times: Dennis Hutchings obituary
- Police Service of Northern Ireland: Legacy Investigation Branch | PSNI
- The Guardian (2015): Blair: without IRA letters, peace process would have collapsed
- UK Column video: David Ellis Report: Lawfare

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

What Is Charles Standing On In ‘Winged Hero’ Statue? - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- The Guardian: Charles, winged and saving the world
- The Independent (2012): The Prince of Wales: And so the wait goes on
“Is Prince Charles God? Is he the Devil? For a mild-mannered, well-bred sexagenarian he inspires extreme reactions.”
- BBC (2002): Prince Charles 'the winged hero'
“Prince Charles was "deeply touched" by the statue”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

You’ll Own Nothing: Latest - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- Wikipedia: You'll own nothing and be happy
- PC World (2009): Amazon Settles Kindle "1984" Lawsuit
- Hackaday: Polish Train Manufacturer Threatens Hackers Who Unbricked Their Trains
- The Register: Polish train maker denies claims it geofenced trains

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

And Finally—Dr Who Crunchy Christmas Special: The Goblin Song - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

- BBC: Doctor Who releases Christmas single, The Goblin Song
(Spoiler… It’s about eating babies)
- Wikipedia: George W. Bush shoeing incident

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

Demna, Questionable Georgian Creative Director Of Balenciaga, Is Shoring Up Ukraine - UK Column News - 15th December 2023

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- C-SPAN (2022): Senator Rubio Questions Undersecretary Nuland Over Biolabs in Ukraine
- Al Jazeera (2022): Profile: Who are Ukraine's far-right Azov regiment?
- Washington Examiner (2022): Zelensky calls for ‘preventative action’ from NATO to keep Russia from using nukes
- Daily Express (2022): NATO row breaks out as Zelensky savaged for 'destructive lies' over Poland missile
- U24: Demna is Selected as Ambassador for UNITED24
- UNITED24 (on X):
“Demna, artistic director of BALENCIAGA, is selected as ambassador for #united24.”
- Independent (2022): Balenciaga condemns child abuse in new statement addressing controversial ads

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023

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The PPE Scandal In 2023—Focusing On The Tip Of The Iceberg By Having A Mone About One Supplier? - UK Column News - 18th December 2023

- PPE Medpro: About PPE Medpro
- BBC: Michelle Mone admits she stands to benefit from £60m PPE profit
- GOV.UK: PPE procurement in the early pandemic
- UK Parliament: Committee of Public Accounts: Management of PPE contracts
- The Telegraph: Cabinet Office ‘approved hospital gowns’ made by firm linked to Baroness Mone
- Lady Michelle Mone (on X): 
“My husband and I have been used as a scapegoat by the government for their own failings on PPE procurement.
UK Parliament (2022): £4 billion of unusable PPE bought in first year of pandemic will be burnt “to generate power”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-december-2023

ONS Data: Migration Adds 672,000 (One Per Cent Per Annum) To UK Population - UK Column News - 18th December 2023

- BBC: UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000
- BBC Bitesize: Migrants to Britain c. 1250 to the present overview—OCR B
- The Telegraph: Hostile states will ‘drive’ migrants to UK and destabilise the West, warns Sunak 
- GOV.UK: Why do people come to the UK? To work
- United Nations Digital Library System: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
- NBC News: Border policies under consideration could overwhelm system, DHS officials warn
- Yahoo News: Why is it so hard for Palestinians to enter the U.S. as refugees?
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Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-december-2023

Operation Prosperity Guardian Formed To Protect Red Sea Shipping - UK Column News - 18th December 2023

- Vessel Finder: The current position of STRINDA is at South East Asia
- Al Jazeera: Shipping companies pause Red Sea journeys after Houthi attacks
- CMACGM Group.com: The CMA CGM Group is deeply concerned about the recent attacks on commercial vessels unfolding in the Red Sea Region
- Zlatti71 (on X): 
“Berlin Mulls Red Sea Frigate Deployment—BILD. The Bundeswehr may send the F221 "Hessen" frigate to the Red Sea for joint operations with Western allies to protect shipping from Yemen's Ansar Allah, the outlet reports. The German MoD, however, refused to comment on the possibility.”
- Ministry of Defence (on X): 
“HMS Diamond, one of the Navy's most advanced warships, swiftly intercepted and neutralised a potential threat to merchant vessels in the Red Sea using a Sea Viper missile.”
- The Drive: Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-december-2023

To Ukraine: $1.34 billion. From … The World Bank - UK Column News - 18th December 2023

- The Times: David Cameron: Why the UK and Germany back a sustainable ceasefire
- The Telegraph: Why Ukraine must not turn its back on Zelensky
- Kyiv Post: The World Bank Allocates Over a Billion Dollars to Ukraine, Primarily From Japan
- World Bank: World Bank Group Financing Support Mobilization to Ukraine

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-december-2023