Mike Robinson, Dr Piers Robinson, Debi Evans and Mark Anderson with today's UK Column News.
The Evolution of War Planning is Peaking: Syria, Russia, China, and Iran
00:23 NATO: NATO Foreign Ministers chart way forward in addressing Russian sabotage
NATO: Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the second day of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels
[…] both Russia and China have tried to destabilise our countries and divide our societies with acts of sabotage, cyber-attacks, and energy blackmail […]
NATO News (YouTube): NATO Secretary General press conference at Foreign Ministers Meeting, 04 DEC 2024
GOV.UK: UK to push Allies to increase support for Ukraine and defence spending at NATO
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations: Statement by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at a UNSC briefing on the Syrian chemical file
UK Column article: Five Years On: The OPCW-Douma Deception Continues (2018–2023)
Piers Robinson (on X): Piers Robinson’s post
As the Turkish-US-Israel axis again attacks Syria, seeking its violent overthrow, the White Helmets are employed at the UNSC to promote allegations of chemical weapons use. Even the controversial 2018 alleged attack in Douma is cited.
BBC: Thousands flee Syrian city Homs as rebels advance further
Daily Mail: Clarifications and corrections
Following publication, it came to light that the image was likely a doctored version of a photograph which had originally been published in 2023, and which had not featured North Korean women. We apologise for any confusion caused.
GOV.UK: Companies House: EAST2WEST LIMITED—People (William Ian STEWART)
Forthcoming UK Column symposium: The Second Annual David Ray Griffin Lecture And Roundtable—My Post-9/11 Awakening A Path To Self-liberation And Unity (Sunday, December 15, 2024, 6–8 pm UK / 1–3 pm EST)
#ScrapTheApp: All Roads Lead to Palantir as Public Data Fuels Billion-Dollar Deals
17:26 Washington Examiner: Billionaire Peter Thiel supports Trump for president
UK Column News archive: UK Column News—30th August 2024 (Timestamp: 10:13—Have You Got The NHS App? Scrap The App Before The NHS Is Digital First)
GOV.UK: A plan for digital health and social care
Gulf News: Meet Peter Thiel: Anti-globalist, fierce billionaire backer of Trump—PayPal co-founder, Facebook investor
Privacy International (2020): All roads lead to Palantir: A review of how the data analytics company has embedded itself throughout the UK (PDF)
Pharmaphorum (2023): NHS data in spotlight again as Palantir wins new contract
BBC: NHS data sale can fuel tech boom—Blair and Hague
The NHS should sell anonymised medical records to harness a new biotechnology "industrial revolution", Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have said.
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: A New National Purpose: Leading the Biotech Revolution
NHS England: NHS ‘ping and book’ screening to help save thousands of women’s lives
NHS Digital: Introduction to NHS App messaging
We hope that eventually it will be the main way that citizens of England receive their healthcare messages.
Financial Times: NHS staff use WhatsApp ‘constantly’ to share private patient data (Archived)
University of the West of England, Bristol: UWE Bristol to lead £1.3 million project to evaluate the use of phone app to help with back pain
Digital Health: Concerns raised that NHS digital plans could exclude older adults
Digital Health: NHS App national director Joe Harrison confirmed for Rewired 2025
The Telegraph: NHS technophobes are blocking reforms, warns GP at Hand founder
Below-Replacement Fertility: This Is How the World Ends—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper
26:24 What the Hell is Going On? (Substack): WTH Where have all the people gone?—by Danielle Pletka
The Guardian (2015): China’s brutal one-child policy shaped how millions lived, loved and died
It’s not crazy to think about the impact of China’s shrinking youth demographic. In China, of course, decades of forced abortion to enable the one-child policy also means fewer women to marry as well.—Danielle Pletka
American Enterprise Institute: Nicholas Eberstadt
The Federation of Catholic Family Associations: The impact of pornography on demography
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Petition: Ensure diagnosis and treatment for people suffering from adverse Covid–19 vaccine side effects (NOTE: The e-mails to confirm your signature are going to people’s junk/spam folder)
Event: Agenda 2030: How Will It Affect You? Presentation & Workshop—Friday 6th December, 11 am–5 pm, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick, London W4 2EL (Tickets on the door or Eventbrite link here)
New Homes Accelerator Group: 1½ Million New Homes for New People—But What About the Infrastructure?
37:55 UK Prime Minister (on X): 10DowningStreet’s video
This government’s long-term missions—and ambitious but achievable milestones—will deliver change for working people.
Big Issue: Can Labour really build 1.5 million new homes?
GOV.UK: Ministers set to unleash biggest building boom in half a century
[…] the Budget recently confirmed that government investment in housing will increase to £5 billion for next year.
GOV.UK: Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower
GOV.UK: PM speech on Plan for Change: 5 December 2024
So never again can a tyrant like Putin attack the living standards of working people.
Politico: Keir Starmer's reset, rated
Border Bash: The Rio Grande Valley and Trump’s Immigration Policy
43:47 RGV Partnership: About the Rio Grande Valley
Wikipedia: Immigration policy of Donald Trump
Texas gov: letter to President-elect Donald Trump (PDF)
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (on X): RealSheriffJoe
NEUROTECH: Graphene Brain Implanting Set to Begin (Then Instil Pain For Coercive Measures?)
49:36 University of California at Irvine (YouTube 2010): Elizabeth Loftus: False Memories, Testimony—UC Irvine
Forbes: The Future Of Neurotechnology: Five Trends To Watch
Nature: Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain's secrets
Neuralink: Neuralink—Pioneering Brain Computer Interfaces
Redefining the boundaries of human capabilities requires pioneers.
MIT Technology Review: Beyond Neuralink: Meet the other companies developing brain-computer interfaces
Financial Times: Brain implant made from graphene is set to begin UK clinical trial (Archived)
The University of Manchester: INBRAIN Neuroelectronics Announces World’s First Human Graphene-Based Brain Computer Interface Procedure
Tribeca Film Center: I Am Human (2019)
The World Economic Forum: Nita Farahany—Agenda Contributor
Tryphon Salade (YouTube): WEF: instill pain and use that in coercive measures
TED (YouTube 2018): Nita Farahany: When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? (Timestamp 07:49)
FreeThinker Fitness (YouTube): Nita Farahany: Sensors In Headphones Will Monitor Your Brain—WEF 2024
TechRadar: They're real: Neurable's brainwave-reading headphones are here, promising to help you focus and avoid burnout
In Loving Memory: Anna de Buisseret
59:13 Not On The Beeb: The Sad Loss Of A Hero Of The Freedom Movement—Anna De Buisseret
UK Column feature: Playing God (Documentary timestamp 26:03)
GiveSendGo: 'We need Anna and Anna needs Us' (Campaign funds will be received by Annamarie Harvey de Buisseret)
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Cicero
UK Column Extracts (Rumble): Kim Isherwood Highlights Court Order Requiring Full Mastectomy Against Child's Wishes
Public Child Protection Wales: Press Releases: Court Stops Order For School Girl Mastectomy!
Oklahoma City Sentinel: Joe Biden's Parting Shot at America—A Commentary (Archived, because access to original restricted in the European Economic Area/EEA)