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Northern Ireland’s new Public Health Bill proposes permanent emergency powers, allowing restrictions like forced medical exams, quarantine, and vaccination—even without a public health emergency. The COVID-era "temporary" measures may become permanent. Consultation ends Sept 27. Links as always in the show notes: https://ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-6th-september-2024

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Warmongers: Western Weapons Are Good, Eastern Weapons Are Bad—Got It? - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- GOV.UK: UK to provide £162 million package of air defence missiles for Ukraine as Defence Secretary meets international partners 
- BBC: UK confirms supply of Storm Shadow long-range missiles in Ukraine
- UK Column archive: UK Column News - 13th September 2024
- The Kyiv Independent: Zelensky to present US with victory plan in September
- The Kyiv Independent: Zelensky's office denies report that victory plan includes ceasefire along existing lines
- Ukrainska Pravda: Zelenskyy's adviser denies media reports about "Ukraine's victory plan" involving ceasefire with Russia
- Institute for the Study of War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 14, 2024
- Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine and the Problem of Restoring Maneuver in Contemporary War (PDF)
- Daily Mail: Let Ukraine use British Storm Shadow missiles in Russia, Boris Johnson urges the Prime Minister - warning that every day's delay is costing lives
- BBC: What we know about the Trump attack and the suspect
- BBC (2022): Foreign fighters go to join Ukraine fight

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UN's Global Agenda: (Un)Sustainable Development Goals, Summit of the Future, and Sustainable Global Influence - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- Summit of the Future: The Pact: Summit of the Future: The Pact
- United Nations (on X): United Nations's post "World leaders will come together next week at #UNGA to advance solutions to some of the main challenges facing humanity."
- UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 2023 Infographics: SDG Progress Report 2023 (PDF)
- UN Summit of the Future Overview: Summit of the Future 2024
- The Club of Rome: Limits to Growth: The Limits to Growth (Publication)
- Tellus Institute’s Paul Raskin: Tellus Institute
- GAO Report: Global Population Growth and Resources: GAO Report (1981) (PDF)
- Tellus Institute's Vision for Global Transition: The Tellus Institute
- The Limits to Growth Documentary: The Limits to Growth Documentary (YouTube)
- The Great Transition Initiative: Great Transition Initiative
- SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute Report: SEI Report (PDF)
- The Great Transition: Global Change and Sustainable Future: Great Transition (PDF)
- SEI Overview: Global Sustainability Leaders: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
- World Economic Forum’s Partnership with SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute & WEF
- Lowy Institute: Why Ecosocialism Matters: Why Ecosocialism (PDF)

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Amnesty International Responds to Ben Rubin over Ricky Jones’ Inciting Remarks - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- Rise UK (Substack): Letter to Sacha Deshmukh, CEO of Amnesty International
“It's hard to overstate the danger of the road this kind of rhetoric will take us down if allowed to continue. The potential for extreme violence across the UK has never been greater […]”
- Amnesty International (2022): Press Release: Amnesty UK announces appointment of Sacha Deshmukh as permanent Chief Executive 
- LinkedIn: Kai Akram - Media & PR Manager - Amnesty International UK

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At Least £3 Billion UK Taxpayers' Money to Ukraine Annually: 'As Long As It Takes - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- GOV.UK: Defence Secretary welcomes Ukrainian counterpart to UK and confirms £1bn milestone in UK-administered fund 
- World Bank Group: Sixth Additional Financing for Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) in Ukraine

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Build Back Better Plans for Ukraine—Who Are the Deep State Actors Actually Running the Show? - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- BBC: No new pledge on Ukraine missiles after Starmer-Biden talks
- BBC: Moment Biden puts on red Trump 2024 hat
- GOV.UK: Karen Pierce DCMG (British Ambassador to the USA)
- Swiss Policy Research (SPRS): The American Empire and its Media
- Open Society Foundations: The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people
- Open Society Foundations: Who We Are: George Soros, the founder of the Open Society Foundations
- International Renaissance Foundation (ACREC): About us
“We work on the development of Ukraine in which human rights are securely protected and positive changes work for the benefit of the citizens”
- Insider Paper (2022): Russia-Ukraine war to trigger new world order: BlackRock CEO
- Mykhailo Fedorov (LinkedIn): Mykhailo Fedorov's Post (Video)
- Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (LinkedIn): Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine – Met with global management of UNDP — Shoko Noda, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP
- Mykhailo Fedorov (LinkedIn): Met with Thomas Davin – Director of Office of Global Innovation, UNICEF
- Mykhailo Fedorov (LinkedIn): Integration of AI in education, cloud technologies and strategic partnership — the results of a meeting between global and Ukrainian top managers of Google
- Mykhailo Fedorov (LinkedIn): Had a chance to meet with Phil Kaplan, executive director of the Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

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Do We Have Freedom of Speech? Examining Legislation and Academic Freedom - UK Column News - 16th September 2024

- Legislation: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023: UK Public Order Act
- Parliamentary Session: Parliament TV
- Academic Freedom Index 2024 Update: Academic Freedom Index (PDF)
- Academics For Academic Freedom: Sign this open letter to Bridget Phillipson: AFAF Open Letter
- Journal Storage (JSTOR): The Crisis Of The Earth: Marx's Theory of Ecological Sustainability as a Nature-Imposed Necessity for Human Production by John Bellamy Foster: The Crisis Of The Earth (2015)

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Israeli Pager Massacre in Lebanon: Hezbollah Strikes and Explosive Revelations - UK Column News - 18th September 2024

- Al Mayadeen: Exclusive: Hezbollah strike against Glilot base highly successful
- Jerusalem Post: US urges Iran not to escalate regional tensions following pager attack
- CNN-News 18 (YouTube): Spokesperson Matthew Miller's Media Briefing
- TRT World: AP-900: This what we know about one of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon
- Al-Monitor:  Live Updates: Israel flights suspended as Hezbollah vows response to pager attack
- Al Mayadeen: Reuters, according to a founder of the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo: The pagers that were exposed to explosions in Lebanon were manufactured by a company in Europe
- Reuters: Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Hungary
- Reuters: Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts

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Pushing for a Global ‘Clean’ Power Alliance–David Lammy's Vision? - UK Column News - 18th September 2024

- David Lammy (on X): David Lammy’s post
“The climate and nature crisis is the most profound and universal source of global disorder.
We are resetting Britain’s approach to this agenda. Climate and nature will be central to all the Foreign Office does.”
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (Facebook): FCDO’s post
“We will: Build a Global Clean Power Alliance. Unlock more climate finance . Reverse the decline in global biodiversity”
- NATO: Remarks - Securing an Insecure World: Panel discussion with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland
- EEAS: Sahel region - European Union
- GOV.UK: UK–Sahel region development partnership summary, July 2023 
- Daily Express (YouTube): In Full: David Lammy on tackling the climate and nature crisis
- GOV.UK: The Kew Lecture: Foreign Secretary's speech on the climate crisis
- Al Jazeera: Ukraine is losing the plot in Africa
- David Lammy: Fabian Society speech

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Huw Edwards: Avoiding Prison and the Hypocrisy in the Legal System - UK Column News - 18th September 2024

- Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): Ex-Broadcaster sentenced for possessing indecent images of children
“WhatsApp chat between the male and Edwards was sexual in nature and it also showed that Edwards was giving him gifts and money. Within the chat there were numerous sexually explicit images, including 41 indecent images of children.”
- BBC: BBC Board's statement in full on Huw Edwards
- Unicef UK: A summary of the UN convention on the rights of the child (PDF)
- Counsel Magazine: DPP apologises on Savile
- UK Column (Substack): 7 men who committed offences against two girls in Rotherham jailed for 106 years 
- Home Office (on X): Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. Committing violence on our streets is not
- BBC: Man jailed for shouting at police dog and using racist slurs
- NSPCC: As child abuse image crimes increase, we’re calling on Ofcom and tech companies to take action 
- GOV.UK: End-to-end encryption and child safety
- GOV.UK: COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 6 months to 4 years
- New Scientist (2020): Coronavirus: Should children returning to school wear face coverings?

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Assisted Dying: Could It Lead to Legalizing State Murder? - UK Column News - 18th September 2024

- The Nuffield Council on Bioethics: Assisted Dying Project
- BBC (2020): Assisted dying travel allowed during lockdown, says Hancock
- The Telegraph (2021): Matt Hancock takes first steps towards legalising assisted suicide
- Sortition Foundation: It's official: we use the fairest selection algorithm
- Harvard Business Review: Eliminating Algorithmic Bias Is Just the Beginning of Equitable AI
- Sortition Foundation: Labour indicates intention to use citizens’ assemblies to address assisted dying and House of Lords Reform
- UK Column: A Dissident's Guide to the Constitution: Episode 5, Part I—Democracy: a British value?
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffieldfree (1877–1963)
- Dignity in Dying: Assisted dying bill set for Second Reading on 15th November

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