Updates And Announcements - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

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Mixed Media Messages On Russia-Ukraine War - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

- Sky News: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says 'we want to bring down the tax burden'
- GOV.UK: UK bolsters support for Ukraine and low-income countries
“…taking this year’s total to $1 billion and the total amount pledged by the UK in support of Ukraine to £6.5 billion […]”
- Kyiv Post: Ukraine’s Air Defenses to Get Beefier, Zelensky Announces More Patriots Soon
- BBC: Ukraine war: Kyiv forced to cut military operations as foreign aid dries up
- The Independent: Zelensky says Ukraine could mobilise another 500,000 soldiers against Putin’s war
- Free Russia Channel (YouTube): Recent Russian Advance Threatens A Massive Encirclement

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-december-2023

John Edwards, UK's Information Commissioner: “Privacy is a right, not a privilege” - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

- International Commissioner’s Office: Information Commissioner seeks permission to appeal Clearview AI Inc. ruling
- Innocence Project: When Artificial Intelligence Gets It Wrong
- ClearView AI: Ukraine

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-december-2023

Neom, The Line City Abutting Israel - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

- Neom Directory: The NEOM project is located in Tabuk
- NEOM (YouTube): What is The Line?
- Global Research: “Greater Israel”: The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
- The Times Of Israel: As Saudis sell city of the future, investors and critics see a desert mirage
- Hart Energy: Red Sea: The Middle East’s Untapped Oil, Gas Region 
- Haaretz: Red Sea Floor Is Leaking Vast Amounts of Gas, Scientists Discover
- UK Column interview: Léon Krier looks at linear super-city Neom

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-december-2023

Policy And Legislative Changes Affecting Migration To The UK - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

- GOV.UK: Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-december-2023

Putting A Value On The Environment/Air - UK Column News - 20th December 2023

- British Christmas Tree Growers' Association: Christmas Tree Fun Facts
- Forest Research: Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures
- Forest Research: Forestry Facts & Figures 2023 (PDF)
- Grown In Britain: New Woodlands and Natural Capital
- National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory: UK Emissions Interactive Map
- GOV.UK: Enabling a Natural Capital Approach guidance
- Find Government Grants Service: England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
- GOV.UK: UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics 
- GOV.UK: Policy paper: Government food strategy

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-december-2023

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Down With This Sort of Thing: Graham Linehan

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Mike Robinson speaks to Graham Linehan, comedy writer and creator/co-creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, about life after speaking out on transgender issues.

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“Adjusted” Excess Death Statistics: Where Was Ireland’s Pandemic? - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- The Independent: Junior doctors prepare for longest strike in NHS history
- The Gulf Today: Study predicts 'heart failure pandemic' after Covid–19
- Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (on X): 
“No ‘excess deaths’ here during Covid pandemic, OECD report says, as Health Minister hails high vaccine uptake”
- Irish Independent: No ‘excess deaths’ here during Covid pandemic, OECD report says, as Health Minister hails high vaccine uptake 
- GOV.IE: OECD research shows Ireland avoided excess deaths during core pandemic years
- Breaking News IE: Ireland's excess mortality rate fourth-highest in EU
- Also relevant (not mentioned in broadcast): Witzbold and Naked Emperor on Irish death rates
- Irish Examiner: Funerals delayed as increase in number of deaths puts mortuaries under pressure
- The New York Times: Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa's Low Death Rates
- LSE Blogs: Africa’s Covid–19 statistics highlight bias in excess death modelling
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry: MHRA's new International Recognition Procedure (IRP)
- GOV.UK: International Recognition Procedure
- GOV.UK: MHRA Board Meetings in 2024: Tue, 16 Jan 2024

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

NHS Latest News With Debi Evans - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Sky News: RSV jab could cut baby hospital admissions by more than 80%, study suggests
- iNews: Inside Labour’s plan to open up NHS to private ‘entrepeneurs’
- Telegraph: One person a minute will be diagnosed with cancer by 2040, charity warns 
- The Times: New NHS blood test 'could transform cancer care'
- Nursing Times: A history of nursing in Britain: the 1960s
- Daily Mail: NHS unveils first ever national uniform as bosses ditch traditional male and female sizes—so here's what the TWENTY-SEVEN different coloured scrubs will mean
- BBC: Somerset Council warns care costs are out of control

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

Public Sector Finances:  What Does The Government Spend Our Money On? - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Office for National Statistics: Public sector finances, UK: November 2023
- GOV.UK: DWP benefits statistics: February 2023
- Institute for Fiscal Studies: Taxlab: What does the government spend money on?
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- Forthcoming Symposium: Examining October 7th and the Geopolitics of the War on Palestine—Sunday 7 January 2024, 6–9 pm UK
- Andrew Bridgen MP (on X): 
“An early Christmas present, people! I am pleased that the Backbench Business Committee have granted me a debate on Trends in Excess Deaths on 16th January at 9:30 am.
Please write to your MP and ask them to attend the Westminster Hall debate”
- UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: New Year 2024

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

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink: Energy Efficiency and (Your) Behaviour Change - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Stotles: Energy Efficiency and Behaviour Change—LED Replacement (Lantern Procurement) Public Contracts Scotland: Title: Energy Efficiency and Behaviour Change—LED Replacement (Lantern Procurement) Phase 10
- Sustainable Energy Advice: SEA’s mission is to help ‘Behaviour Changers’ better change behaviour—because our people and planet depend on it
- GOV.UK (2011): Behaviour Change and Energy Use
- British Gas: PeakSave Sundays—Half price electricity every Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm
“To get your electricity half price, you’ll need to: Have a smart meter”

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

Britain’s Transgender Babies, Failed Nightclub Education Guru, And Wales Luring Migrants With Schoolgirls - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- GOV.UK: Education Secretary addresses the Education World Forum
- Education World Forum: Watch the Education World Forum 2023 film
- World Economic Forum: 5 ways to reset education—and how to help
- Schools Week: RESET: How to think creatively about alternative provision
- GOV.UK (2017): Creating a culture: a review of behaviour management in schools
- Amazon: Tom Bennett: books, biography, latest update
- GOV.UK (2019): Schools backed to tackle bad behaviour
- Behaviour Hubs: Support for Improving Behaviour in Schools
- The Guardian: England's school behaviour tsar: 'Letting children off again and again is like a snooze alarm'
- Daily Mail (2015): Ex-nightclub bouncer becomes school behaviour tsar to stop pupils using phones and swinging on chairs
- Daily Mail (2015): 'Behaviour tsar' was barred from running nightclub because he couldn't control rowdy partygoers
- GOV.UK: Gender questioning children: draft schools and colleges guidance 
- BBC: Lawyers told ministers schools trans guidance was 'high risk'
- Daily Mail: Dozens of under-5s have been referred to the controversial NHS transgender service as officials consider introducing a minimum age for referrals
- American Faith: Welsh Government Uses Teenage Girls to Attract Migrant Men to Country

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

Abortion: Scotland Prepares World’s Most Extreme Prayer Ban - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Time Magazine: Elections Around the World in 2024
- AP News: Election officials see a range of threats in 2024, from hostile countries to conspiracy theorists
- Catholic Herald: Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world’s most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation 
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Statement on Abortion
- Catholic Parliamentary Office: Threat to civil liberties as abortion buffer zone bill lodged in Parliament
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service: Prices: Most women's abortion treatment is paid for by the NHS
- Hansard Parliament: Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]

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

Putin, Trump And Sam Bankman-Fried: Whose Elections Are Most Corrupt? - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- The Independent: Putin to run as ‘independent candidate’ in Russia’s presidential election
- PBS: Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in 2 states. Can he still run for president?
- Reuters: Sam Bankman-Fried will not face a second trial

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

What Is A “Covid-Like Cyber Attack”? - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Paridae Vision (YouTube): A cyber attack with Covid-like characteristics (video by the World Economic Forum)
- Finbold: This Black Swan event could derail 2024 US elections, warns entrepreneur Gary Cardone 
- MSN: CBS Reporter Predicts 'Black Swan' Event in 2024
- WhatToWatch: Civil War: release date, trailer, cast & everything we know
- A24 (YouTube): Civil War Official Trailer

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

Search This: “Opinion: BBC now a threat to all local newspapers” - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- Eastern Daily Press: Opinion: BBC now a threat to all local newspapers
- BBC: Local Democracy Reporting Service

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

World Powers Scramble For Horn Of Africa: Is Britain Pulling Port Strings? - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- United Nations Support Office in Somalia: UK support for Somalia’s security forces: The UK Government announced a further £5 million in funding to support Somalia’s Security Forces
- Addis Standard: ‘Historic’ MoU with Somaliland sees Ethiopia secure access to sea, diversify seaport 
- DP World Berbera Port: About DP WORLD BERBERA
- GOV.UK (2021): UK Ambassador launches construction of the Hargeisa bypass

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

From ULEZ To Ukraine: Britain Dumps Its Cars - UK Column News - 3rd January 2024

- GOV.UK: Donated to Ukraine through the ULEZ scrappage scheme
- British Army (YouTube): British Army 2023 Recap
- Bob Moran Art: 'Wise' original artwork

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