UK Column News - 20th January 2025

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News.

 

Smoke & Mirrors: Trump 2.0

00:29 Mirror: Donald Trump inauguration rally chaos as thousands queue in snow while President dances to YMCA 

Donald J. Trump (on X): President Trump’s Celebratory Victory Rally (Video)

Migration Observatory: Ukrainian migration to the UK

British Red Cross: State of the nation the UK asylum system

 

What Happened in 1971? The Founding of the World Economic Forum and Then…

11:00 The WEF: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025

Oxford University Press: Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States 

Wikipedia: The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID)

WTF Happened In 1971?: WTF Happened In 1971?

Wikipedia: Black Monday (1987)

Wikimedia Commons: 1992 World Economic Forum - Havel, Schwab, HRH The Prince of Wales

The Malone Institute: World Economic Forum Project

WhatDoTheyKnow: Which MPs are affiliated to the World Economic Forum

In 2017 Klaus Schwab who heads the World Economic Forum declared: What we are very proud of, is that we penetrate the global cabinets of countries with our WEF Young Global Leaders.

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From Wildfires to Weaponry: Unveiling the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Agenda

23:59 World Economic Forum (WEF): Pre-Annual Meeting 2025 Press Conference (Video)

World Economic Forum (YouTube): Donald Trump Speaks at Davos 2018

World Economic Forum (YouTube 2021): Fighting wildfire with 4 innovative tech inventions

CPD: CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) can support your environmental journey – turning data into Earth-positive impact

World Economic Forum (YouTube): Ray Dalio: The climate crisis is ‘expensive' - How bridging climate finance gaps can help

World Economic Forum: The Global Risks Report 2023 - 18th Edition (PDF)

Congressional Research Service: Defense Primer: Directed-Energy Weapons (PDF)

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC): DARPA letter, 10 May 1983: Forest Fire As A Military Weapon (PDF)

World Economic Forum (YouTube 2011): The Davos Annual Meeting 2011 - world's leading opinion-shapers from the media and academia debate possible scenarios for 2011

 

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UK Column interview: Dear Farmers: 999, Part 1 – How did we get here? – with Roger Meacock and Sandi Adams

Common Knowledge Events: The Scottish People's Covid-19 Inquiry, Saturday 22nd February, Edinburgh

 

Child Grooming Inquiry: Starmer Abstained

37:55 STV News: Woman to stand trial accused of historical abuse of girls at Fornethy House

Daily Mail: Ban on naming judge who handed Sara Sharif over to killer father will have a 'corrosive impact' on public confidence in the justice system, court hears

Daily Mail (2021): Vulnerable children are put at risk as private equity sharks rake in millions through debt-fuelled business models - which watchdog fears could force hundreds of homes to close

This is Money: Children's homes run by private equity rake in millions

TheyWorkForYou: Mr Ivor Caplin, former MP, Hove

The Times of Israel (2020): Many accused Jewish pedophiles in US flee to Israel

UK Column interview: Child Stealing by the State: A Mother Criminalised for Speaking Out – Part 1

 

The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023: An Academic Excuse for Censorship?

46:15 Telegraph: Gender-critical student suspended from university radio after posting interview with detransitioner (Archived)

Parliament Live TV: Ministerial statement: Higher Education Regulatory Approach - (Wednesday 15 January 2025)

GOV.UK: Government reaffirms commitment to Free Speech in universities

Telegraph: Bridget Phillipson to revive free speech laws after backlash from academics (Archived)

StudentAFAF’s (Substack): The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023: The Student Response

Andrew Gold - Heretics (YouTube): Well, that escalated...unexpectedly! Campus Gender Debate

King's College London: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology DClinPsy

British Academy of Management: The BAM Guide to Decolonising the Business School Curriculum

Prof Diane Rasmussen McAdie (on X): Here you can see why my leaving academia was the only sensible option

Duke University Press: Geologic Life - Inhuman Intimacies and the Geophysics of Race

 

Who Is Casey Calista?

57:10 LinkedIn: Casey Calista - Women In Tech Policy

Jake Richards MP on digital ID & what needs to happen to make it a reality.

LinkedIn: Dr Hannah Shimko

LinkedIn: Sarah-jane Sewell