We Are Not in a Democracy: Media Deceives While Good Men Suffer - UK Column News - 27th November 2024

- BBC: Rioter Peter Lynch, 61, found hanging in cell, inquest told
- Professor Tim Wilson (YouTube): Frustrations of brexit and peter lynch
- Guardian (YouTube): Moment DHL cargo plane crashes near airport in Lithuania
- The Sun: PUTIN’S JET BLAST? DHL plane crash sparks fears of deadly Russian TERROR op as secret service investigates and vids emerge of jet fireball
- Edward Burke (on X): Edward Burke’s post
“Russian sabotage / bombs already nearly downed DHL aircraft. Now this?”
- LRT: Cargo plane crashes in Vilnius, one person killed
- GOV.UK: Online Safety Act: new criminal offences circular
- Legislation: Online Safety Act 2023—Section 179
“A person commits the false communications offence if they send a message conveying information that they know to be false, and at the time of sending it they intend the message to cause non-trivial psychological or physical harm to a likely audience”
- Legislation: Online Safety Act 2023—Section 180
“A recognised news publisher cannot commit an offence under section 179”

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Land Price Surge Since 1993: Farmers Struggle to Plough On - UK Column News - 27th November 2024

- GOV.UK: Balance sheet analysis and farming performance, England 2022/23
- Savills: Rural land values
- The Telegraph: Foreign farmers handed £500m amid inheritance tax row at home (Archived) 
- TaxPayers' Alliance: TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals more than half a billion in foreign aid for farmers
- Olly Harrison (on X): Accidental Youtuber
- Penguin Books: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Shackleton (Introducer)
“Chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death.” —Rachel Carson, 1962
- New UK Column series collection: Farming

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NATO's Rob Bauer Has Completely Lost the Plot and the UK’s IoT Tribe Launches Arms Race - UK Column News - 27th November 2024

- Newsweek: Russia Accuses NATO of Pushing for Preemptive Strikes
- European Policy Centre (YouTube): EPC Thought Leadership Forum with Admiral Rob Bauer
- Reuters: Russia condemns "irresponsible" talk of nuclear weapons for Ukraine
- The New York Times: Trump’s Vow to End the War Could Leave Ukraine With Few Options (Archived)
- GOV.UK (2023): New initiative, growing DASA's Business Acceleration Services 
- GOV.UK: DASA Announces Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Defence Innovation—DASA appoints IoT Tribe to deliver business acceleration services supporting NATO's DIANA initiative and UK defence innovation, boosting defence capabilities
- Robohub (2017): JANUS creates a new era for digital underwater communications
- GOV.UK: UK and its allies must stay one step ahead in new AI arms race—UK announces new Laboratory for AI Security Research at NATO Cyber Defence Conference
“The Laboratory for AI Security Research will employ a ‘catalytic’ model, receiving an initial £8.22m round of government funding”

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Before 'Ceasefire,' Israel Launches Intensive Bombing on Syrian Border with Lebanon - UK Column News - 27th November 2024

- Vanessa Beeley (Substack): Before "ceasefire" Israel intensively bombs Syrian border with Lebanon
“As I wrote about yesterday—Israel bombed Syrian border all night”

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The Push for Electric Cars While Ignoring the National Grid's Struggles - UK Column News - 27th November 2024

- BBC: Electric car sales targets could be eased as demand flags
- Innovation News Network: UK auto industry unite to combat electric car misinformation
- BYD: Electric Vehicles
- SMMT Media Centre: SMMT is the voice of the UK motor industry, supporting and promoting its members' interests, at home and abroad, to government, stakeholders and the media
- SMMT: UK Vehicle Manufacturing Data
- GOV.UK: Electric vehicles: costs, charging and infrastructure—Supply of EV batteries
- The Faraday Institution: Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel: The Gold Rush of the 21st Century (PDF)
- The World Economic Forum: This chart shows which countries produce the most lithium

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Tortoise Media: Deep State's New Media Brand?
In UKC News Extra, Ben highlights Tortoise Media's plans to buy The Observer. Guardian journalists see it as a betrayal of the Scott Trust. Should Tortoise be allowed to take over?

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UK Column News - 29th November 2024

Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Mark Anderson with today's UK Column News.

00:00 The Assisted Dying Debate: Do Three-Quarters of Britons Really Support It?
08:47 Starmer Drops the Mask: Mass Immigration Was a Deliberate Policy, Not an Accident
17:23 Bilderberg: Halberstadt’s Death Paves Way for NATO’s Stoltenberg to Take the Helm
24:44 Independent News Needs You—Join or Rejoin the UK Column Community
26:47 Hypersonic Missiles: The Unstoppable Threat as Europe Begs for ‘Massive’ Defence Spending Boost
34:48 Who’s Leading the Charge Down the Slippery Slope of the Assisted Dying Bill?
45:53 Ofcom (The Censors) Hiring, Cash Acceptance Consultation, and Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi’s Appeal Hearing
49:09 Trump’s ‘Terror’ Tariffs: Trading Blows in the Global Turf War

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The Assisted Dying Debate: Do Three-Quarters of Britons Really Support It? - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- JAMA: Potential Number of Organ Donors After Euthanasia in Belgium
- The New York Times: Britain's Emotional Debate Over Assisted Dying (Archived)
- YouGov: Three quarters support assisted dying law
- The House of Commons Library: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25
- UK Parliament: Contact information for Kim Leadbeater
- Morgan Sindall Construction: MP Jo Cox legacy continues with the More in Common Centre under construction
“A foundation stone for the new Jo Cox More In Common Centre currently under construction at the University of Huddersfield has been unveiled by Kim Leadbeater MP, Jo Cox’s sister, and their parents Jean and Gordon Leadbeater.”
- North Yorkshire Partnerships: The Jo Cox Foundation and More in Common (PDF)

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Starmer Drops the Mask: Mass Immigration Was a Deliberate Policy, Not an Accident - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- GOV.UK: PM speech on migration: 28 November 2024
“A new security agreement between Iraq and the UK…
The Home Secretary has been out in Iraq to seal this deal… 
And we’ve also announced funding for Iraqi law enforcement…”
- Keir Starmer (on X): Watch: Keir Starmer’s statement on migration
- GOV.UK: Immigration system statistics data tables: Asylum and resettlement—Asylum and resettlement summary tables, year ending September 2024 (ODS data file, data on page ‘Asy_01c’)
- GOV.UK: UK/Iraq border security pact to target smuggling gangs 
- The Guardian (2017): Tony Blair prosecution over Iraq war blocked by judges
- The Telegraph: Turkish, Egyptian and Iraqi Kurdish migrants could be sent straight back to home countries (Archived)

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-29th-november-2024

Bilderberg: Halberstadt’s Death Paves Way for NATO’s Stoltenberg to Take the Helm - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- Bilderberg Meetings: Press Release: Bilderberg Meetings Mourns The Loss Of Professor Halberstadt
- Bloomberg: Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg to Co-Chair Bilderberg, Paper Says (Archive)
- Kids encyclopedia facts: Jens Stoltenberg Facts for Kids

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-29th-november-2024

Hypersonic Missiles: The Unstoppable Threat as Europe Begs for ‘Massive’ Defence Spending Boost - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- NATO: NATO-Ukraine Council meets following Russia’s launch of intermediate-range ballistic missile
- NATO: Press statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
“Our support for Ukraine has kept them in the fight, but we need to go further to change the trajectory of the conflict.”
- The Telegraph: Europe needs ‘massive’ defence spending boost, says Ursula von der Leyen (Archived)
- BBC (Media Action): Support to independent media in the Eastern Partnership countries
- BBC (Media Action): The struggle to remain independent—Georgia’s Netgazeti

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Ofcom (The Censors) Hiring, Cash Acceptance Consultation, and Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi’s Appeal Hearing - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- Ofcom (LinkedIn): NED (Member)—Advisory Committee on Disinformation and Misinformation
- UK Parliament: Acceptance of cash to be investigated by Treasury Committee
Submissions can be made via the Treasury Committee website evidence portal
- Taylor Hudak (on X): NEW: Renowned medical microbiologist Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi's appeal hearing is scheduled for Feb. 2025 in Kiel, Germany 

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Trump’s ‘Terror’ Tariffs: Trading Blows in the Global Turf War - UK Column News - 29th November 2024

- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas economist explains what a Donald Trump tariff plan would mean for state in 2025
- AbeBooks: The Nightmare of Camelot: An Expose of the Free Trade Trojan Horse by Stelzer Gus
- Politico: Trump picks Pete Hoekstra to be US ambassador to Canada
- Fox News: Wisconsin women unleash primal screams in protest of Trump win (Video)

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The Loss of Freedom of Speech
In the UK, parliament pretends to protect freedom of speech, but it would seem that with every passing year that that freedom is qualified and qualified again.
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Lammy and Cummings Herald the End of the UK’s Hard and Soft Power: It’s All Coming Out Now - UK Column News - 2nd December 2024

- UK Parliament (YouTube): Foreign Affairs Committee: Secretary of State Session (Timestamps: First clip 1:04:55 — Second clip 50:00)
- BBC: David Lammy: Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash
- BBC: Media Action: Meet the BBC's international charity
- BantheBBC (on X): Watch Dominic Cummings, Government is fake—Cummings blows the whistle on the elected politician, civil service charade
“Fake meritocracy, fake responsibility and a fake government”
“Cabinet is a stage theatre”
“Both sides are happy with the fake version of government”
- GOV.UK: UK and World Economic Forum to lead regulation revolution to foster industries of the future 
- The Telegraph (YouTube): Boris Johnson: British troops should help defend Ukraine's border as part of any peace deal
- Joe Biden (on X): Joe Biden’s post
“No one is above the law.”
- Face the Nation (YouTube): Biden says "no one is above the law" after Supreme Court rules on Trump immunity

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-2nd-december-2024

We've Got Fake Politicians, Fake Democracy—and Here Are Fake Youth Movements - UK Column News - 2nd December 2024

- My Life My Say (YouTube): My Life My Say X The Body Shop Democracy Café
- LinkedIn: Melisha John
- Schwarzman Scholars: Shape the future
“Apply for a one-year, fully-funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a global community of future leaders who will serve to deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world.”
- Blackstone: Stephen A. Schwarzman
- UK Column archive: UK Column News—28th October 2024
- LinkedIn: Dan Lawes
“Turning moments into movements. Next Gen couldn’t happen without our partners, all invested in the idea of a healthy democracy where young people are heard”
- Fabian Women's Network: Sisterhood, Solidarity, Service

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-2nd-december-2024

Attacks on Education, Assaults on Language: Progressive Dumbing Down for Control - UK Column News - 2nd December 2024

- James Esses (on X): James Esses’ post
“We are not ‘cis male’ or ‘cis female’. We are simply male or female. No prefix required.”
- The Economist: Britain's Supreme Court considers what a woman is
- New Statesman: The Scottish government is ignoring women's rights
- The Telegraph: Has 'wokeness' killed the English literature degree? (Archived)
- Daily Express: Woke row as university orders lecturers to ‘problematise’ being white and heterosexual
- Committee For Academic Freedom: The QAA tells academics to decolonise Classics and Maths
- GOV.UK: Citizen Space: Curriculum and Assessment Review
“We're seeking views from stakeholders to share their perspective on potential improvements to the curriculum and assessment system.”
- The University of Manchester Library: Our vision, mission and values
- RTÉ: Publisher pulls school book over depiction of Irish family
- The Telegraph: Welsh Government vows to change ‘beliefs and behaviour of the white majority’ (Archived)
- Elgar Online: The Strategy of Maoism in the West
- AbeBooks: Politics & the English Language by George Orwell
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.”

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-2nd-december-2024