UK Column News - 18th October 2024

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

 

Ukraine’s Nuclear Blackmail: Give Us What We Want, or Else!

00:00 The Telegraph: Zelensky says Ukraine will seek nuclear weapons if it cannot join Nato

NATO: NATO Defence Ministers Meeting opens with a focus on Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific

DW: Young Germans fear war and poverty yet remain optimistic

 

UK Faces Energy Shortfall Under Net Zero Plan—But Hey, At Least We Look Good on Paper!

05:58 One Man’s Rubbish is Another Mans Gold (YouTube 2015): Coalman from Wigan keeps the home fires burning!

GOV.UK (2020): Early phase out of unabated coal generation in Great Britain

BBC: UK to close last coal power station after 142 years

National Grid UK (YouTube): COP28: Our vision

GOV.UK: New publicly owned National Energy System Operator to pave the way to a clean energy future 

GOV.UK: Electricity supply emergency code (ESEC)

Power Cut 105: Wherever you live in England, Scotland or Wales, calling 105 is free and will connect you with your local network operator

 

Latest from the “Experts”: Apparently, Trees and Land Have Stopped Absorbing CO2 …

11:39 The Guardian: Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

Reuters: World’s forests failed to curb 2023 climate emissions, study finds

Arab News: Saudi Arabia takes major strides in cloud seeding to combat water scarcity

Global News: Could cloud seeding help Canada fight wildfires?

The Guardian: Series: The age of extinction

Desert Research Institute: 

Making it Snow (2023): Making it Snow: A Brief History and Review of the Science Behind Cloud-Seeding

UNFCCC: UN Climate Change Conference Baku (COP29) - November 2024

 

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UK Column News interview: He is “not a UN soldier”—A proud father speaks out for his son—Daniel New

 

Ofcom Flexes Its New Censorship Power Plans Under the Online Safety Act

21:32 Ofcom: Ofcom's approach to implementing the Online Safety Act

Ofcom: Countdown to a safer life online

Mental Health Foundation: Our joint letter to Sir Keir Starmer about the Online Safety Act

GOV.UK: First UK-US online safety agreement pledges closer co-operation to keep children safe online 

 

Making It Too Expensive: The Poor Effectively Put on Rations

27:06 The Telegraph: Britain ‘critically vulnerable’ to energy crisis 

Guido Fawkes: UK Activates Blackout Prevention System as Wind Power Falters

National Energy System Operator (NESO): What we do

National Energy System Operator (YouTube): NESO—Fintan Slye on delivering for communities and the economy

National Energy System Operator: Beyond 2030

Met Office: Long range forecast

GOV.UK: Hydrogen production delivery roadmap

 

Organ Donations: Wanted Alive, Not Dead

36:35 NPR: ‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say

UK Column article: No TIME to Die

National Institutes of Health (NIH): “Brain death”: should it be reconsidered?

NHS Organ Donation: Do not donate (opt out)

NHS Organ Donation: Withdraw your registration

 

James Roguski Still Fighting the Pandemic Agreement—And He Needs Your Help

40:06 James Roguski (Substack): The Pharmaceutical Hospital Emergency Industrial Complex (PHEIC)

World Health Organization (WHO): Governments progress on negotiations for a pandemic agreement to boost global preparedness for future emergencies

There is growing urgency for an effective Pandemic Agreement that does not only prepares us for the next pandemic but helps prevent it, including via a One Health approach,

Mr Flat Taxi (YouTube 2016): CIA Director John Brennan Admits To Chemtrails (Stratospheric Aerosol Injection)

 

Flu Jab Prize Draw: A Violation of the Nuremberg Code?

44:33 GOV.UK: Government pledges further action to strengthen patient safety 

Sky News: Sexual misconduct is problem right across health service, says NHS chief

The Mirror: Doctor says exactly when to get Covid jab to protect against XEC strain for Christmas 2024

Russ Kieron (on X): 

Are Bedford Hospital violat[ing] the Nuremberg Code Section 1 by financially incentivising people via methods of coercion?

CNBC: Eli Lilly to trial use of weight loss drugs to combat unemployment in UK

World Health Summit: Held under the theme “Building Trust for a Healthier World”, WHS 2024 set the agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions […]

Reuters: World Health Organization receives $1 billion in pledges for next budget

The Guardian: County Durham school drops plan to turn off heat on climate ‘blue nose day’

The Independent: King Charles visit to Australia to be met by anti-monarchy protests

 

Increased Sentencing Powers for Magistrates: More Power, No Solutions for the Prison Crisis

51:38 GOV.UK: Increased sentencing powers for magistrates to address prisons crisis