UK Column News - 2nd August 2024

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

 

New National Policing Capabilities: We Are Being Played

00:00 GOV.UK: Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement in Downing Street—1st August 2024

The Telegraph (YouTube): In full: Starmer addresses far-Right rioting after Southport stabbing

GOV.UK: Securing the future: counter-terrorism strategy published—Home Secretary Sajid Javid sets out the UK’s response to evolving threat of terrorism (2018)

GOV.UK: PREVENT Strategy

Henry Jackson Society: Terrorism in the West: An Age of Extremes

The Times (2018): Tory turmoil could lead to a far‑right revival (Archived)

Economics Observatory: How can we tackle the UK's housing crisis?

UK Column chart: Mike Robinson’s chart showing migration flow into the UK by thousands 

Nigel Farage (YouTube): My message to Keir Starmer

Metro (2020): London police take the knee with Black Lives Matter protesters

Alan D Miller (on X): Alan Miller’s post

ISIS & Hamas Flags (proscribed terrorist organisations in UK) on so-called “Palestine” marches (who is being represented by who & who to negotiate for what demands?) & yet we see vandalism rockets fired violence & monuments overtaken where is the Without Fear or Favour?

Flickr: Photo from Syrian Revolution Memory

UK Parliament: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021

BBC (Media Action): Country Case Study: Syria (PDF)

We [BBC Media Action] worked in 2004 with individuals within the [Syrian] ministry who wanted change and tried to get them to be the drivers of that.

GOV.UK: Integrated Operating Concept 2025 (PDF)

 

Real Threats! Which Global Summits Do We Need To Keep Our Eyes On?

13:42 London Evening Standard (2020): Prince Charles announces ‘Great Reset Programme’ in bid to save planet after coronavirus pandemic

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Summit Definition & Meaning

Council on Foreign Relations: Council of Councils

Council on Foreign Relations (2023): Global Summits to Watch in 2024: Ambitious Targets Require Real Action

United Nations: Ahead of Summit of the Future, countries commit to accelerate their delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

The World Economic Forum: What is the UN’s Summit of the Future in 2024?

United Nations Library & Archives Geneva (YouTube): What is the multilateralism of the future? Join the Journey to the Summit of the Future 

Our Future Agenda: Summit of the Future Brief (PDF)

UN Vienna (YouTube): Summit of the Future explainer video

United Nations: Summit of the Future: Friday, 20 September 2024—Action Days main event programme—Draft (PDF)

United Nations: Letter from Yoka M.G. Brandt and Brian Wallace, Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations dated 2 July 2024 (PDF)

GOV.UK: The UK welcomes the EU’s commitment to championing multilateralism and tackling global challenges: UK statement at the UN Security Council 

Goodreads: United Nations Global Strait Jacket by Joan M. Veon

 

Sovereignty Summit 2: Strategizing to Counter “Global Governance”

25:19 Sovereignty Summit: The Sovereignty Summit 2—Strategizing to Counter “Global Governance” Gambits: 9 am Eastern Time (North America), Monday, July 29, 2024

GovTrack (USA): House Resolution 1425: No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

Becket—Religious Liberty for All (2021): South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom; Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom

 

UK Column Live In Bristol—Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Early Bird Tickets Now Available)

31:55 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community

UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards

UK Column interview: Gutsy Women: Exploring Fornethy With Natasha McCallum

UK Column shop: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

Hope Sussex Community: HOPE Freedom Music Festival 2024

 

Will Any F–16s Sent To Ukraine Get In The Air? Who Will Fly Them?

34:12 Sky News (via Yahoo): F–16 fighter jets finally arrive in Ukraine—here's what they'll be used for

The New York Times: Only a Strong U.S. ‘No’ to Israel Will Stop War in Lebanon

 

Valdai Discussion Club: Russia-Africa Cooperation

40:19 Valdai Discussion Club: Russia-Africa Cooperation: Outlook and Objectives

Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United Republic of Tanzania: Speech by the Ambassador of Russia to Tanzania, His Excellency Andrey Avetisyan at the conference of the Valdai Discussion Club (Dar es Salaam, July 24, 2024) 

 

More Big Global Summits For More Big Global Changes

45:59 Brics Russia 2024: Russian 2024 BRICS Chairmanship

MHRAgovuk (YouTube): MHRA Board Meeting May 2024

World Health Summit: World Health Summit 2024

World Health Summit: Sponsoring Partners

United Nations: Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (PDF)

World Health Organization (WHO): AMR is invisible. I am not

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): UN Climate Change Conference Baku—November 2024 (COP29)

G20: The G20 Summit will be in Rio de Janeiro—18th November 2024

United Nations: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

World Health Organization (WHO): International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

The first ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was held on 27 December 2020

 

What They Call Sustainable Seems Very Unsustainable

53:52 GOV.UK: Government to restore stability for farmers as confidence amongst sector low 

Optimising Environmental Land Management schemes so they produce the right outcomes for all farmers—including those who have been too often ignored such as small, grassland, upland and tenanted farms—while delivering food security and nature recovery in a just and equitable way. 

YouTube: Harry’s Farm