UK Column News - 22nd January 2025

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