Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today's UK Column News.
Pattern of Life—Pattern of Deaths: Darktrace's Remarkable Closeness To The Deep State
00:00 BBC: Missing tycoon's co-defendant fatally struck by car
The Guardian: Sicily yacht sinking: Morgan Stanley International chair Jonathan Bloomer among missing
Invoke Capital: At the Heart of European Technology
Darktrace (2013): Invoke Capital makes first investment in fundamental cyber security technology
Darktrace (2016): Darktrace Royally Rewarded for Innovation
Darktrace (2018): UK Government Department Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract with Darktrace
Darktrace: Data Sheet CrowdStrike Integration
GOV.UK: CrowdStrike—Falcon Platform—Cloud Security
Darktrace (2013): Sir Jonathan Evans joins Darktrace Advisory Board
Sir Jonathan is the former director-general of the UK's Secret Service, MI5, where he spent thirty-three years focusing on internal and domestic counter-terrorism and cyber-threats […]
Declassified UK (2020): Revealed: How Britain’s profiteering spymasters ignored the country’s biggest threats like coronavirus—and endangered the public
GOV.UK: Sir Jonathan Evans, Director General, Security Service
Nuclear Ambiguity: The Threat Of Israel's Samson Option
10:18 The Strategic Vision Institute (SVI): Deconstructing Israel’s Samson Option
Politico: Israel minister suspended after calling nuking Gaza an option
The Progressive Magazine: The Samson Option: Israel’s Plan to Nuke Its Opponents
Right Livelihood: Mordechai Vanunu: “For his courage and self-sacrifice in revealing the extent of Israel's nuclear weapons programme”
Al Jazeera: Palestine IAEA rep: Israel not international community’s ‘darling’ any more
The Jerusalem Post: Israel to upgrade plutonium in Dimona nuclear reactor
The Unz Review: Israel Goes to Court for the Crime of Genocide
The Cradle: Israel isn’t crazy, it’s just MAD [Mutually Assured Destruction]
The Palestine Chronicle: ‘UN Building Should be Wiped off Face of Earth’—Outgoing Israeli Envoy
Mondoweiss: 65% of Israeli Jews oppose criminal prosecution for soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian detainees
Journalism Not A Crime: For First Time, Journalist Returning To UK Arrested (Not Detained) For Terrorism
17:39 Richard Medhurst (YouTube): I Was Arrested at Heathrow Airport as a “Terrorist” for My Journalism
Legislation: Terrorism Act 2000, Section 12
Counter Terrorism Policing: Schedule 7
UK Column On Location: Bristol—October 2024 (Early Bird Tickets Available)
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Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community
UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards
UK Column shop: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)
Forthcoming UK Column interview: The Preservation of Fantasy: Transgender Ideology with Kevin Lister—Thursday 22nd August 13:00
UK Column interview: Real analysts should aim to change the paradigm: Calistrat Marvin Atudorei
Hope Sussex Community: HOPE Freedom Music Festival 2024
Eventbrite: Heritage Party Conference 2024
Event: Died Suddenly Exhibition: London, November 2024. Exact location TBD; contact: jakehfern@yahoo.co.uk
Children’s Health Defense: Attack on Food and Farmers and how to fight back Symposium—September 6th and 7th
UK Column symposium: The International Center for 9/11 Justice and UK Column presents: AVIATION IMPOSSIBILITIES—Deconstructing the Official Story of the 9/1 Hijackings and Air Defense Failures—Sunday, September 8 2024 6–10 pm BST (1–5 pm EDT)
Corny Campaign to Make Noise For Ukraine
27:48 GOV.UK: Make Noise For Ukraine
Space Wars
29:42 UK Space Command (on X): UK Space Command’s post
And Tyche is away! The team at Surrey Satellites will now operate the satellite and make sure it's working. Tyche is the first satellite in space as part of Programme ISTARI, which will deliver a family of satellites for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Britannica: Tyche (Fate, Fortune & Mythology)
GOV.UK: UK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite
Defence Equipment & Support: Tyche satellite procured by DE&S launched into space
GOV.UK (2022): UK cutting-edge space defence backed by £1.4 billion
GOV.UK: Dstl: The Science Inside 2022
Bloomberg: SpaceX Tender Offer Said to Value Company at Record $210 Billion
Dstl (YouTube): AUKUS: Autonomy and AI collaboration
Advanced Television: SpaceX building a spy satellite network?
Space: SpaceX reveals 'Starshield' satellite project for military use
US Space Command: ‘Space Fires’ To Establish Space Superiority
35:00 Karman Space & Defense: Space & Missile Defense Symposium
Breaking Defense: ‘Space fires’ to enable ‘space superiority’ are top SPACECOM priorities for FY27
Army University Press: Army Space Vision Supporting Multidomain Operations
The ‘Sadistic Farce’ Ceasefire—with Vanessa Beeley
39:26 PBS: Blinken says Israel agrees to a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire, calls on Hamas to do same
Middle East Eye: Netanyahu added new conditions to ceasefire proposal
Tribune: Hamas rejects Israel’s 'new conditions' in Doha ceasefire talks
BBC: Israel accepts 'bridging proposal' for ceasefire deal—Blinken
Alon Mizrahi (on X): Alon Mizrahi’s post
Did you notice this pattern where Blinken always announces on Netamyahu's behalf that Netanyahu 'agreed to the deal', but Netanyahu never says so himself?
Here are some examples. Note the different dates. It took me 5 minutes to find them, I'm sure there are more
Mouin Rabban (on X): Mouin Rabban’s post
Al Mayadeen: Israeli attack on Lebanon's Bekaa kills one, wounds 5 children under 8
The Cradle: Israeli jet hits Gaza school killing at least 12
Forbes Breaking News (YouTube): Sec. Antony Blinken Says Israel Has Accepted Gaza Ceasefire & Hostage Release Deal
AUKUS To Take The Brakes Off Arms Deals: Former Aus PM Says It's A Forty-Year Lock-In By USA
48:10 GOV.UK: AUKUS statement: 16 August 2024
GOV.UK: Historic Breakthrough in defence trade between AUKUS partners
Chucking The Green Belt Rules Out Of The Window With ‘Renewable’ Planning Applications
54:09 GOV.UK: Open consultation: Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system
Irwin Mitchell: The New NPPF—a consultation and a written ministerial statement (Brownfield Land, Green Belt & Grey Belt)
GOV.UK: Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract
10 Downing Street (on X): Find out what Great British Energy can do for you
Cornwall Insight: Cornwall Insight release final forecast for October price cap
This is a rise of 9% from the current price cap which was set at £1,568 per year for a typical consumer. Ofgem will announce the October cap on Friday 23 August.
Ofgem: Energy price cap