Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Patrick Henningsen with today's UK Column News.
Trump’s Mighty Pen: Executive Orders Take Centre Stage in First 48 Hours
00:28 C-SPAN (YouTube): Donald Trump 2025 Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
The Washington Post: Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1
The New York Times: Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Forbes: Oracle Stock Surges On $500 Billion ‘Stargate’ OpenAI-Trump Deal
Fortune: Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’
Associated Press (2024): Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia’s UN ambassador says he can’t
GOV.UK: Appointment of Lord Mandelson as the next British Ambassador to the United States of America
Starmer Uses Southport Murders to Expand Terrorism Labelling: A Step Towards Criminalising Dissent?
30:02 GOV.UK: Media Advisory Notice – trial of Axel Rudakubana
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): Teenager who murdered three children at Southport dance class pleads guilty
GOV.UK: PM statement on the Southport public inquiry: 21 January 2025
Britain now faces a new threat. Terrorism has changed.
[…] if the law needs to change to recognise this new and dangerous threat, then we will change it – and quickly.
10 Downing Street (YouTube): PM Keir Starmer's statement on Southport
BBC: BBC investigation exposes 'far-right' group in secret filming
The group cannot be banned under current legislation as they do not advocate terrorism
BBC (2024): Michael Gove names groups as he unveils extremism definition
GOV.UK: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations - Al Qa’ida (AQ) - Proscribed March 2001
BBC: Syria not a threat to world, rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa tells BBC
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UK Column interview: 'Students Are Being Bullied into Submission’ with Heather McKee, Convener of Student Academics for Academic Freedom
Trump's Stargate Project and the UK's Digital Push: Digital Serfdom for Both Sides of the Pond
46:34 GOV.UK: Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI
GOV.UK: A blueprint for modern digital government
GOV.UK: New government tech deals boost the business of cancer detection
National Security: Industry, Not Police at the Forefront of Cracking Down on State Actor Threats
50:55 GOV.UK: Security professionals urged to tackle threat from state actors
City Security Magazine: Minister for Security Dan Jarvis: complying with the National Security Act 2023
Counter Terrorism Policing: Three people charged with offences under the National Security Act
London Evening Standard (2024): Pair deny helping Hong Kong intelligence service in national security breach
Farmer Pushback, But It Should Be Consumers Who Stand Up Against the Supermarkets
55:15 Children's Health Defense: ‘Big Win’ for Amish Farmer and Food Freedom in Raw Milk Case
UK Column interview: Raw Truth: Unadulterated milk and food security, with Jon Cook
Gloucestershire Live: Apology after farmers fume over council campaign suggesting people switch to non-dairy milk
UK Column interview: Dear Farmers: 999, Part 1 – How did we get here? – with Roger Meacock and Sandi Adams
GOV.UK blogs: Capital grants in 2024: an overview - Defra Farming Blog
Somerset House: SOIL: The World at Our Feet - a landmark exhibition unearthing the wonder of soil, its unbreakable bond to all life, and the vital role it plays in our planet’s future