Unelected think tanks, funded by wealthy “philanthropists” and linked to groups like the World Economic Forum (WEF), are quietly shaping policies in the name of protecting democracy. But what they’re really doing is protecting power — not people. What looks like philanthropy is often just influence in disguise.
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The Unknowns of Trump’s Tariffs: Congressional Moves, Trade Policy Shifts and Industry Reactions - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- The Hill: 4 GOP senators vote with Democrats to undo Trump tariffs on Canada
- Senator Chuck Grassley: Grassley, Cantwell Introduce Bill to Restore Congress’ Constitutional Role in Trade
- House Ways and Means: Full Committee Hearing on the Trump Administration’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
- Ways and Means Committee Republicans (YouTube): Hearing on the Trump Administration’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda with Ambassador Jamieson Greer
- MyRGV: Saving shrimpers: Industry cheers proposed legislation, Trump tariffs

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Bottled It: Trump Announces '90-Day Pause' on Tariff War, Except for China - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- NDTV: Why Trump Hit 90-Day Pause On Tariffs For All Countries, Except China
- BBC: China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war ramps up
- Euronews: White House says tariff rate on most Chinese imports is now 145%
- The White House: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security
- Fortune: Trump’s tariff formula used the wrong value in its calculations, conservative think tank says. ‘This whole thing was rigged’

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Farmers Protest: The Government Won’t Save You – It’s Time to Break Free from Their Control - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- Farmers Weekly: Farmers block Defra minister's exit in Tavistock protest
- GOV.UK: Edition 39: News from the Adjudicator
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U.S. Economic Strategy from Taiwan to Spain - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- Census: U.S International Trade In Goods And Services, February 2025 (PDF)
- Governor Abbott Press Office (YouTube): Governor Abbott Visits Taiwan, Korea, And Japan To Forge A Future Of Innovation: Gov. Whitmer to Meet with Business Leaders and Foreign Officials in Spain to Compete for Jobs and Bring Supply Chains Home

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The Hypersonic Arms Narrative, Operation HIGHMAST and the Path to War with Iran - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- GOV.UK: UK and US hit major milestone in development of hypersonic weapons
- The Kyiv Independent (2024): Russia now has Iran's Fath-360 ballistic missile
- Forces News: Major milestone overcome as UK successfully tests hypersonic missile engine
“Brazil, China, France, Iran, North Korea and Japan are among the other countries with plans or programmes devoted to hypersonic weapons.”
- GOV.UK: Country policy and information note: military service, Iran, November 2022
- UK Parliament: Hansard: Iran
“It is regrettably true that Iran’s nuclear programme has never been more advanced, and it threatens international peace and security. We remain determined that Iran must never develop a nuclear weapon, and we remain committed to a diplomatic solution to achieve that.”
- Council on Foreign Relations: U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence
- CNN:  Netanyahu met Trump seeking wins on tariffs and Iran

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WHO Pandemic Treaty Delayed: Don’t Celebrate Too Soon – They Won’t Give Up - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- SDG Knowledge Hub: 78th World Health Assembly
“The main functions of the WHA are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.”

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Why Does the BBC Still Celebrate Eric Gill’s Statue? A Paedophile’s Legacy Still Standing - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- BBC: BBC unveils restored controversial Eric Gill statue
- BBC: Profile: Rolf Harris
- BBC: Profile: Jimmy Savile
- BBC: Timeline: How the Huw Edwards scandal unfolded

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Ukrainian Draft Dodgers, In Space… - UK Column News - 11th April 2025

- 21st Century Wire: Zelensky Tries to Arrest ISS Cosmonaut IN SPACE, Seeks 15-yr Jail Term for ‘Draft Dodger’
- RT International: Zelensky was a draft dodger – ex-Ukrainian president 

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Dinner Is Served (In a Patch) – UK Column Pathétic News

The World Health Organization unveils its haute cuisine for the masses: nutrient pouches straight to the bloodstream, stem-cell sludge with chemical tang, and the occasional lobster-flavoured sticker—if you’re lucky. Tedros, saving the world one scam at a time, calls it progress. Farmers call it bollocks. The WHO’s official response? “Do one.”

Bon appétit.
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UK Column News - 14th April 2025
Charles Malet, Ben Rubin, Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie and Alex Kriel with today's UK Column News.
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Steal Back the Steel: UK Sidelines China to Forge a New Path with British Steel - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- British Steel: British Steel Limited
- GOV.UK: PM statement on British Steel: 12 April 2025
“A secure future. A Britain rebuilt with British steel, in the national interest”
- UK Parliament (YouTube): Recall of Parliament - British Steel - 12 April 2025
- GOV.UK: The steel strategy: the plan for steel (16 February 2025)
- UK Steel: Mutual benefit: Steel investment could secure British-made steel for offshore wind boom and shore up national security
“In the last five years less than 2% of steel used in UK wind farms was fabricated in the UK, and almost none using UK made steel.”
- UK Steel: Industrial Electricity prices - A barrier to growth, competitiveness, and profitability
- UK Parliament: Parliamentary Bills: Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill
- IPPR: Up to 8 million UK jobs at risk from AI unless government acts, finds IPPR 
- Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work: Digital Wages for Decent Work

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Mindsets for the Masses: UN’s Behavioural Science Week - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- Purpose: Purpose uses creative storytelling and campaigns to move people to remake the world. Explore our work and impact
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Nature for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace 
- UN: Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations University
- The Borgen Project: Tea Production in Developing Countries and the SDGs

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Rebuilding Minds, Rewiring Communities: From Orwell to Behavioural Science - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- Goodreads: George Orwell, 1984
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
- Behavioural Insights Team: Professor David Halpern CBE
- The Royal Society of Medicine (YouTube): RSM In Conversation Live with Dr David Halpern
- Goodreads: Cass R. Sunstein
- Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods: Baroness Hilary Armstrong Visits Wolverhampton Community Centre
- Local Trust: Big Local
- BBC: The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS
- Martyr Made: The Anti-Humans

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Sanctions and the Strange Economics of War - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- NDTV: "Horrible Thing, Mistake": Donald Trump On Russia's Strike On Ukraine's Sumy That Killed 34
- Euromaidan Press: America’s new Ukraine map looks like Putin drew it himself
- IMF DataMapper: Real GDP growth - Annual percent change
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Down But Not Out: The Russian Economy Under Western Sanctions
- World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS): Russian Federation trade statistics
- Substack: Thinking Coalition

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Reclaiming the Narrative: Funding For Big Tech and Broadcast Giants - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- Public Interest News Foundation: Regenerating Local News: What's Next?
- Charitable Journalism Project: Policy and evidence to protect and develop public interest journalism 
- Luminate: We envision a future where everyone has power to shape society
- Ren Rubin's chart: Global Publishing, TV and Meta Ad Revenues ($bn)
- City St George's, University of London (2020): Coronavirus is killing quality journalism – here’s one possible lifeline

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Billions for Better Modelling: UK Doubles Down on Climate Science to Forecast a Cleaner Planet - UK Column News - 14th April 2025

- GOV.UK: Record £13.9 billion of R&D funding unveiled to boost innovation, jobs and growth 
“The Department’s investment in R&D to protect our planet also includes £310 million for the Met Office, which while most well-known for providing accurate weather forecasting for the UK also provides the UK’s most advanced climate modelling […]”
- GOV.UK: Professor Sir Ian Chapman appointed next CEO of UK Research and Innovation with renewed focus on economic growth 
- The World Economic Forum (WEF): Ottoline Leyser - Agenda Contributor
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - NERC is the driving force of investment in environmental science
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Centre for Climate Repair
“I’ll be so happy if we’ve decarbonised so rapidly that we don’t need to apply this research”
- Hugh Hunt (LinkedIn): Hugh Hunt’s post about the Napkin Diagram
“For climate change, the Napkin Diagram (thanks to John Shepherd 2010) helps us to understand how Emissions Reduction alone is not sufficient*. Carbon Dioxide Removal CDR is also necessary but in the short term we need SRM (Solar Radiation Management) to help keep temperatures down.”
- Arctic Repair Conference: It's time to talk about climate change solutions (26th - 28th June, Cambridge)

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Dr. Sam Bailey outlines the events surrounding a NZ$150,000 demand after being judged guilty of wrongspeak.
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