Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, David Scott and Mark Anderson with today’s UK Column News.
Protests; Lockdown Prosecutions Dropped
00:28 STOP OXFORD—No 15-Minute Cities
Daily Sceptic: Crown Prosecution Service discontinues prosecution of two Stroud (Gloucestershire) freedom activists, Marcus Blackett and Richard House
Rage Against the War Machine—Chants of “Blowing up pipelines is a war crime” and “No NATO, no war!” in the streets of Washington DC right now
Patrick Henningsen explains NAFO (The North Atlantic Fella Organization)
Stop the War Coalition: Stop the War in Ukraine—Central London on Sat 25 February
Vast Infringements of Liberty
14:04 RMX News: EU pushes to stamp out Polish constitution, assert power of EU courts over Polish law
Daily Mail reports that Yes Minister and The Thick of It were among the satire programmes flagged by beleaguered counter-terror Prevent scheme
Racket News: The West's Betrayal of Freedom
Sky News: Liz Truss warns that 'authoritarian regimes' are trying to create 'a new world order'
Rishi and Ben at Munich
22:56 David Lammy at Munich Security Conference
David Lammy sounding like a Tory at Chatham House
Lammy boasts of his meeting with Bill Gates
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech at Munich Security Conference 2023
Ben Wallace spoke about the nuclear order and challenges for transatlantic defence (with mic troubles)
Ukraine: Inconvenient Battles Underreported
37:58 BBC not reporting on Ukraine or the Munich Security Conference
Defense Politics Asia reports: Where Ukraine will withdraw to after the fall of Bakhmut
Ukraine sending young women to war
First Post: UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace noted that NATO has to face the painful truth that “our armies have been more or less hollowed out over the last 30 years”
Recommended viewing: The New Atlas (Brian Berletic)
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine—20 February 2023
BBC: Zelensky hails 'historic' day as Biden makes surprise visit to Kyiv
Times of Israel: Russia condemns Israeli strike on Syria as ‘flagrant violation’ of international law
Immigration: UK and US
51:12 Guardian: Asylum seekers ‘living in fear’ as more UK anti-migrant protests planned
Wesley Russell asks, "What are they fleeing from?"
The Mexican Government has accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Arizona) of gun trafficking and promoting murder
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Scottish Leadership Race
1:10:58 The Scotsman: The bookies' favourite, Angus Robertson, confirms he will not stand for SNP leadership
Ash Regan: A slightly better version of Nicola Sturgeon is possible
Telegraph: Humza Yousaf, once dubbed 'the worst health secretary on record', bemuses some as Ash Regan also throws her hat in the ring
Kate Forbes' SNP leadership campaign launch upstages Nicola Sturgeon’s preferred successor
Guardian: Kate Forbes’ religious beliefs could stall her bid to succeed Sturgeon
UK Column Fornethy House conference video coming soon
And Finally: Prying Plymouth Pooch Protection Proctors
1:20:39 Daily Express: Sinister council wardens follow pensioners walking their dogs
Plymouth Herald: The plain-clothes officers even followed Judy to the toilet
Plymouth City Council: Public Spaces Protection Order Control of Dogs 2020