New Gaza Port And Leaked Documents - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- Politico: Cyprus-Gaza humanitarian corridor to open soon, von der Leyen says 
- The Jerusalem Post: Diplomatic source to 'Post': Gaza maritime route was Netanyahu’s idea—exclusive
- The Jerusalem Post: US military to build emergency port on Gaza shore to offset hunger crisis
- Anadolu Ajansı:  US port plans in Gaza have 'hidden objectives': Expert
- The Jerusalem Post (2023): Victory is an opportunity for Israel in the midst of crisis—opinion
- Military Times: 1,000 US troops deploying to build offshore port for Gaza aid
- Haaretz: OSINT Reveals Unprecedented Extent of U.S. Arms Airlift to Israel Since Oct. 7
- The Cradle (2023): Leaked: Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza
- Michel Chossudovsky (Substack): War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields
- The Guardian (2023): 500 trucks per day pre October 7th: Aid trucks enter Gaza but UN chief says people need ‘much, much more’

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Is Admiral Sir Tony Radakin A Fall Guy? - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- GOV.UK: Speech: Chief of the Defence Chatham House Security and Defence Conference 2024 keynote speech 
- Forces Network: Head of Armed Forces has post extended in what he says is a critical time for Europe 
- Royal Navy: HMS Blazer (P279)
- GOV.UK: UK defence industry spending tops £25 billion for first time
- CNN: Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine
- Politico: Pentagon needs Congress to hand over $10B to replace weapons sent to Ukraine
- Chatham House:  The failed Trident test highlights an imbalance in UK defence strategy 
- RAF Lakenheath: New F–35 Field Training Detachment facility at RAF Lakenheath

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

When There Is No Wind Or Sun, We Still Need Electricity - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- GOV.UK: Energy Secretary takes action to reinforce UK energy supply
- UK Parliament: Imports of fossil fuels from Russia (PDF)
“UK reliance on Russian fossil fuels. In 2021 imports from Russia made up 4% of gas used in the UK, 9% of oil and 27% of coal. In 2021, imports of gas, oil and coal from Russian to the UK were worth a combined £4.5 billion. This fell to £2.2 billion in 2022 and £1.3 billion in the year to January 2023.”
- GOV.UK:  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's article in the Telegraph: 12 March 2024 
- The Telegraph: Britain is now an elite dictatorship where majority opinions are crushed 
- NATO: Topic: Energy security
- NATO: Secretary General off the coast of Norway: NATO is stepping up protection of critical infrastructure
- G.B National Grid status: GridwatchTM
- GOV.UK: Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES)
- National Grid ESO: ESO announces the name of the forthcoming Future System Operator
- National Grid ESO: The UK Government has set a clear deadline for coal fired power stations to cease production by October 2024—so what are we doing to make that happen?

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Updates And Announcements - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

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UK Bans Puberty Blockers For Minors - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- NHS England: Clinical Policy: Puberty suppressing hormones
- Drugs: Triptorelin Side Effects
- Pure Peptides UK: GnRH Triptorelin 100mcg
- House of Lords Library: Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 5 of 2023–24
- UK Parliament: Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill—Parliamentary Bills

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Oracle Information Storage Cloud Security Risk For Public Records? - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- Track the tax money splurges at UK Column’s FCDO Spending website and submit FoI requests accordingly 
Oracle tentacles in UK government offices 
- Defence Connect (2022): MoD contract 2020: Oracle awarded UK Ministry of Defence cloud infrastructure contract
- Crown Commercial Services (2021): Crown Commercial Service announces 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oracle
- Channel Web (2015): NHS: Oracle extends UK government MoU agreement
- Andrew Morawski (LinkedIn): How AI is impacting the future of work
- Oracle (2020): Tony Blair Institute and Oracle Launch Africa Vaccine Management in the Cloud
- Larry Ellison Foundation: The Larry Ellison Foundation supports organizations and businesses which set out to make a difference in the world
- The Jerusalem Post (2021): Founder of software giant Oracle Corp is Jewish: Larry Ellison
- Mint Press News (2023): Openly Pro-Israel Tech Group Now Has Control over UK’s Most Sensitive National Security Data 
- New York Post (2021): Netanyahu reportedly offered lucrative Oracle board seat by Larry Ellison

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Designing Human ‘Digital Twins’ for Behaviour-Changing Therapy and Rehabilitation - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- Theresa May (on X): 
“Yesterday I visited Salisbury, six years on from Russia’s brazen use of a chemical weapon on British soil. It was a pleasure to thank staff at dstlmod Porton Down for their professionalism—and for everything they do away from public view to keep our country safe.”
- War Secretary Grant Shapps (on X): Watch the first ever video of the UK’s laser weapon DragonFire
Newly declassified footage shows the power of the laser to cut down targets at the speed of light
- GOV.UK: Advanced future military laser achieves UK first 
- GOV.UK: Ministry of Defence funds 2 new Centres for Doctoral Training
- IBM: What Is a Digital Twin?
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment: Designing Human Digital Twins for Behaviour-Changing Therapy and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Holocaust Memorial Update - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- GOV.UK (2023): UK Holocaust Memorial moves a step closer
- Jewish News: Architect Daniel Libeskind suggests a rethink of UK Holocaust memorial site
- Imperial War Museums: The Holocaust Galleries
- GOV.UK: Spring Budget 2024 speech
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission: About our Records
- Daniel Hannan (on X): 
“There's a beautiful CWGC graveyard in Jinja. Here's a British East African Muslim who died fighting fascism. That's *real* multiculturalism.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

Sir Keir Starmer Promises Vote On Legalising Assisted Dying - UK Column News - 13th March 2024

- Al Jazeera: France's Macron pushes on with assisted-dying bill
- The Telegraph: Starmer promises vote on legalising assisted dying

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-march-2024

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Quietly, and largely unseen, Charles III has created a web of charities, public-private partnerships, faith groups and big finance that puts nature first and people second. He’s only interested in global value creation, and that means big money and nothing else.

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Extremism Gets A New Definition: 2024 UK Makeover (Cameo Role For The Telegraph As Goveian Pravda) - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- The Guardian: Gove faces legal action threats after suggesting Muslim groups are extremist
- Evening Standard (YouTube): George Galloway hits out at Labour and Conservatives in his first speech on returning to Parliament
- GOV.UK: New definition of extremism (2024)
- GOV.UK: Government strengthens approach to counter extremism
- Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate (on X): 
“Our 2024 STATE OF HATE report focuses heavily on rise of the Radical Right, both inside and outside the Conservative Party. Tonight ⁦@hopenothate⁩ is being attacked by many of these people. Their attacks just proves we were right to profile them.”
- The Telegraph: The fightback against people who hate Britain has begun
“None of this has legal force: it’s guidance for government. Nor is it about freedom of speech. It doesn’t ban any organisation. It doesn’t stop anyone saying anything. It just means that, on the basis of what an organisation says or does, the government can decide not to interact with it, appoint its representatives to quangos, or give it taxpayers’ money. I can’t see what is wrong with that. Indeed, I approve of it.”
- Ofcom: Encountering violent online content starts at primary school

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

NHS Patients Languish While Investments Are Sunk Into Vaccines - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- The Independent: NHS scandal exposed as elderly patients ‘treated like animals’ on overwhelmed hospital wards
- Daily Express: Scientists baffled as man gets 217 Covid vaccines in three years
- The Lancet: Adaptive immune responses are larger and functionally preserved in a hypervaccinated individual
- GOV.UK: AstraZeneca plans £650 million investment in UK
- Gresham College (YouTube): Health after Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis—Sir Chris Whitty
- Parliament.tv: Health and Social Care Committee—Monday 4 March 2024 
- BBC: Earthquake on Mull felt like a 'car hit house'
- SMS-Tsunami-Warning: 1755 The Great Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami, Portugal
“The tsunami took just over four hours to travel over 1,000 miles to Cornwall in the United Kingdom.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

Tortoise AI Regulation Peeps Out Of Rothschild Shell: Work Slow, Bite Hard? - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- Tortoise Media: Our people
- Tortoise Media: Exclusive: Tory party “sitting on” further £5m from disgraced donor Frank Hester
- The Fabian Society (on X): The UK’s original left-wing think tank & membership network. The future of the left since 1884.
- Tortoise Media: The Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon 2022
- Ofcom: Tech firms must clamp down on illegal online materials
- Amnesty International: UK: 'Spy clause' in Online Safety Bill could lead to mass surveillance
- Bloomsbury Publishing (UK): How to Be a Woman Online by Nina Jankowicz
- Reid Southen (on X): 
“Midjourney is banning all Stability AI employees after a midnight data heist, apparently.
No honor among thieves as these houses of cards cannibalize each other. Good.”
- Aria: Scaling Compute—AI at 1/1000th the cost
- Rothschild Foundation: Waddesdon Manor

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

New EU Law: Artificial Intelligence Act (Unacceptable Risk) - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- European Parliament: Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law
“The AI Office will now be set up to support companies to start complying with the rules before they enter into force.”
- European Parliament (2023): EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence
- Calligo: EU's proposed Artificial Intelligence Act
“The new rules establish obligations for providers and users depending on the level of risk from artificial intelligence. While many AI systems pose minimal risk, they need to be assessed.”
- Unacceptable risk: Unacceptable risk AI systems are systems considered a threat to people and will be banned.
- UK Column search term: SPI-B
- GOV.UK: Joint Statement to leaders from the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology and United States’ President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- National Audit Office (NAO): Use of artificial intelligence in government
- National Audit Office (NAO) (YouTube): Use of Artificial Intelligence in Government

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

Life Sciences: Sir John Bell Redacted In Parliament? - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- GOV.UK (2020): Life sciences industrial strategy update
- University of Oxford: Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir John Bell, to step down from Oxford role
- Daily Express: Ex-Covid chief makes stark admission about future: 'We'll definitely get another pandemic'
- UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: 5 March 2024
“Sir John Bell has announced that he is stepping down from his role as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. But have no fear, he is not retiring from The Science: he will become Co-CEO of EIT Global, and President of Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT Oxford).”
- UK Parliament: 4 March 2024—Coronavirus: lessons learnt—Oral evidence

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

My Life My Say—Mind Your Digits - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- Ain Tech: Ukrainian e-government application Diia is now an open source
- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov (on X): 
“From now on diia.gov.ua is an open-source product. Governments interested in Ukrainian digital transformation experience are more than welcome to study, improve and implement Diia’s code. Big step for our team and Ukrainian tech community.”
- GovTech: The New Frontier in Digital Government Transformation (PDF)
- West Midlands Combined Authority (YouTube): The Innovation Accelerator: Case Study—Osmium
- Plexal: The stars are aligning for innovation clusters to fuel UK economic growth
- My Life My Say: About MLMS 2.0

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

Human Vaccines In Food and Tobacco: Tennessee Bill 1894 - UK Column News - 15th March 2024

- The Lancet (2021): Mandatory UK folic acid fortification
- The BMJ (2023): Folic acid: The case to rethink the UK's food fortification plans
- Tennessee General Assembly: HB 1894—Tennessee General Assembly Legislation

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-march-2024

UK Column News exclusive:

Quite by chance, the sentences that were muted by Parliament TV during Bell's committee hearing—some of them with the screen also blacked out—were sensitive remarks (highlighted here) about how well Britain's medicines regulator is doing.

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Coming from a family which has managed the same land in North Wales for nearly 400 years, a farmer identifies and comments on the potentially ruinous provisions in the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme from the Welsh Government.

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West In Meltdown As Putin Takes 88% Of The Vote - UK Column News - 18th March 2024

- Politico: Meet the Russian women taking on Putin
- WION (YouTube): Putin LIVE: Russian President Vladimir Putin gives fiery speech after winning Presidential election
- Forces Network: Defence Secretary forced to abandon Odesa trip due to security concerns 
- Grant Shapps:
“What the hell is he [Putin] doing, and why the heck would the West allow him to do that kind of thing?”
- Brian Gerrish comments: 
“Reality: Russia’s missile strike the day before destroyed a significant number of Western military advisors, including French specialists responsible for operating and targeting weapons systems in Ukraine.”
- NATO: NATO's approach to space
- Grant Shapps (on X): 
“16,000 British Army troops are deploying across Europe to deter aggression against our NATO allies. We should never take for granted the debt we owe them, including those I met in Poland today, for keeping us safe from the growing threats of a contested world.”
- Image: Ukrainian women now battlefield casualties
- Al Mayadeen English (YouTube):  Thousands rally in Paris against NATO's military backing of Ukraine 
- Mirror: Grant Shapps' 'cringe' rail ad mocked as scathing social media users call him a 'moron'
- The Peoples Lawyer Channel (Telegram):
“The dam is cracking...fast! Dutch official was shut up by the EU parliament for exposing corrupt Ukraine politicians, child trafficking and pedophilia!”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-march-2024