Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin, Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie and Sandi Adams with today's UK Column News.
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5 Years After the Covid Crackdown: No Cure for the Damage
00:35 10 Downing Street (YouTube): Boris Johnson: Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives
UK Column archive: UK Column News - 23rd March 2020
Legislation: UK Public General Acts: Coronavirus Act 2020
Institute for Government: Timeline of UK coronavirus lockdowns, March 2020 to March 2021 (PDF Archived)
GOV.UK: Guidance: High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)
The Telegraph: Never forget that making Britain into a broke, repressive dystopia was a deliberate choice (Archived)
ChronicleLive: ChronicleLive lockdown survey reveals 98% of people believe government could've handled pandemic better
Valley Times Wales (Facebook): Last Chance for COVID-19 Jabs! (Image)
No Money for Our Own, But Plenty for War
09:43 BBC: Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine
GOV.UK: UK leads major Ukraine Summit and announces £150 million firepower package
BBC: Rachel Reeves confirms 15% cut to Civil Service running costs
GOV.UK: Policy paper: UK support to Ukraine - factsheet
The Times: UK handed leadership role in Ukraine defence group as US pulls back (Archived)
Drone Wars: Anduril and Helsing
Scottish Parliament: Cross Party Group on Ukraine (PDF)
The Standard: Briton running Ukraine drone factory says fight continues regardless of talks
Meet Anthropy: The WEF’s South West UK Outpost
17:50 Anthropy: Anthropy brings together responsible leaders and organisations to look at how to make the UK a better place
Anthropy®™ is a major three day gathering for leaders. It grew out of the fusion of ideas for a UK ‘Davos’, a ‘Glastonbury of Good’ and a national ‘Ted talk’.
The Eden Project: Anthropy 2025: Rebooting Britain
John O'Brien MBE: Ethical business purpose expert, strategic advisor, philanthropist, author and influencer
Ben Rubin’s Chart: Wealth Inequality: United States 1962-2014
The Equiano Project (YouTube): Sir Trevor Phillips discusses the significant ways demographic changes will redefine Britain
LinkedIn: Crispin Truman OBE's Post
I'm hugely looking forward to chairing the session on 'Philanthropy - the hidden hand of innovation', on day two of Anthropy UK.
Rayne Foundation: The Rayne Foundation has a long history of supporting refugees and asylum seekers
The Federation Of London Youth Clubs: London Youth: Read our strategy 2023-2026 (PDF)
Cities of Sanctuary: Implementing the Migration and 2030 Agenda Where You Live
27:42 City of Sanctuary UK: From community groups to councils, schools to libraries, these vibrant networks provide welcome, support, and opportunity to people seeking sanctuary
City of Sanctuary UK: City of Sanctuary UK Charter 2022-2025 (PDF)
Coventry City of Sanctuary: Promoting the inclusion and welfare of refugees and asylum-seekers by encouraging public, commercial and voluntary organisations
City of Sanctuary (YouTube): Schools of Sanctuary 2023/24 Launch
Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary: We help students, teachers and our wider communities to understand what it really means to be seeking sanctuary
IOM Publications: Migration and the 2030 Agenda (PDF)
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UK Column article: What They Didn’t Want to Hear: the Continued Sexualisation of Our Children - Part 1
The BBC Isn’t Telling You the News—It’s Telling You What to Think
38:28 BBC (2023): Fifth Floor, What's happening in Ukraine?
BBC: Media Action: Europe and Caucasus
BBC: Media Action: Ukraine
BBC: Senior Research Manager: Sally Gowland
Euromaidan Press: UK Chief of Defence Staff Radakin visited Ukraine, discussed current counteroffensive with Ukrainian Commander in Chief Zaluzhnyi
Daily Mail: Army sparks feminist backlash after first transgender soldier to serve on the front line takes part in panel discussion about 'women in leadership' at Sandhurst event
Newsweek: Ukraine military has a new transgender spokesperson
Bridges, Roads, Power—What Will Be Left by 2050?
47:36 Daily Mail: Richard Tice claims Heathrow shutdown after substation fire was 'caused by airport getting rid of its diesel back-up for Net Zero alternative'
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN): North Hyde Grid Supply Point: Strategic Development Plan (PDF)
The Hidden Hands Showcasing Women’s Power: From CWL to Climate Justice
51:59 Connected Women Leaders (CWL): The importance of making space for future women's leadership
Project Dandelion: A Women-led Global Campaign For Climate Justice
The WOW Foundation: WOW - Women of the World
Shevaun Haviland (LinkedIn): Merged British Embassy with Chambers of Commerce
GOV.UK: New Permanent Under-Secretary Appointed at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Events Spotlight: From Permaculture to the Influence of Change
56:03 The Northern School of Permaculture: Angus Soutar’s School of Northern Permaculture
The Guardian (2015): Earth has lost a third of arable land in past 40 years, scientists say
Amazon UK: No-One's Dad's A Plumber: Musical Truth 4 by Mark Devlin
Cult Studio (YouTube): Phil Collins in 1964 in the movie A Hard Day's Night, by The Beatles
GreenClown2021 (YouTube): Jeffrey Epstein and Eva Andersson in 1985
Martin Garrix (YouTube): Martin Garrix, Bono & The Edge at EURO 2020 Opening Ceremony - We Are The People