Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News.
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29): Trillions of People's Money To Go Up in Smoke
00:57 Channel 4 News (YouTube): COP29: fury over $300 billion climate deal
Telegraph: Net zero targets will force people to change their lives, says Labour chairman of energy committee (Archived)
Outrage + Optimism (LinkedIn): This graphic from UNCS News shows how the $1.3 trillion per year climate finance target could be realised, with private finance making a substantial contribution at the top step
We Mean Business Coalition: Mission 2025
3Ci Cities Commission for Climate Investment (LinkedIn): Councillor Tom Hunt, Kate Josephs CB and William Stewart joined 3Ci's roundtable to make the strong case for investment into Sheffield's decarbonisation plans
Tragic Consequences of The Banned List: Academics For Academic Freedom Calls for Urgent Action
07:01 Academics For Academic Freedom: Who We Are
UK Column News archive: UK Column News—16th September 2024
Academics For Academic Freedom: The Banned List
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary: Alexander Rogers: Prevention of Future Deaths Report
Sex Matters: Learning from the Jo Phoenix case
On Being A Professional Academic In An Anti-intellectual Age (Substack): The Dandridge Review, The Open University and The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act 2021
Michelle Shipworth (on X): @MShipworth’s post
Astronauts for space travel! Is another way of saying Academics for Academic Freedom.
Academics For Academic Freedom: Free Speech Wales (FSW)
GOV.UK: An anti-racist Wales
We are committed to being an anti-racist nation by 2030.
Spiked: Is dog-walking racist?
Parliament TV: Monday 9 September 2024—Oral questions: Education
Legislation: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
UK Parliament: Hansard: Universities: Freedom of Speech Volume 754: debated on Thursday 10 October 2024
Free Speech Union: Education Secretary faces court over shelving free speech laws
Fermented War in Ukraine’s Mineral Grab, Yet Starmer Denies We’re at War
16:04 Independent: Starmer denies UK at war after Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory
BBC (2005): Fact check: Did Blair lie over WMD?
Kyiv Post: Opinion: Ukraine Will Win—Ukraine is not a burden to the West but a valuable investment
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Ukraine's energy policy and prospects for the gas sector
The World Economic Forum: The future of critical raw materials in Ukraine and the world
Independent Journalism Needs You—Join or Rejoin the UK Column Community
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UK Column interview: Christian Zionism: Its origins, goals, and influence—with Stephen Sizer
Concerned Citizens Advisory Assembly: Video recording of the first CCAA Zoom call held on 28th October 2024, attended by over 70 participants
Stand For Peace: Forthcoming Rallies For Peace: Edinburgh—Saturday 30th November 12.30pm
BlackRock's New Playground: Ukraine
27:51 BlackRock: BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory to advise Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Quartz: BlackRock and JPMorgan are backing a $15 billion investor fund to rebuild Ukraine
openDemocracy: The BlackRock letters: inside Labour's 'close partnership'
LinkedIn: Antony Manchester—Managing Director, Co-Head, EMEA Region, Global Public Policy Group, BlackRock
The National: Keir Starmer slammed over 'gushing' tweet about BlackRock meeting
Keir Starmer (on X): Keir Starmer’s post
I'm determined to deliver growth, create wealth and put more money in people’s pockets.
This can only be achieved by working in partnership with leading businesses, like BlackRock, to capitalise on the UK’s position as a world leading hub for investment.
Max Tempers (on X): From Private Eye: New Crawley MP, Peter Lamb, was leader of Crawley council when a major taxi corruption racket took place where mostly Asian taxi drivers paid bribes in the thousands for licences despite the fact they could "barely speak any English"
Apolitical Foundation (sic): Who Do They Think They Are, Shaping Politics?
36:00 UK Column search: Keyword: Apolitical
Apolitical Foundation: Announcing 'Apolitical Day' 2024
Apolitical (LinkedIn): It’s finally here! Today is Apolitical Day
Daniel Sachs Foundation (LinkedIn): Reflections from the road: momentum is building for political philanthropy
[…] the push for private sector and philanthropic involvement in supporting democracy is gaining strength.
GOV.UK: Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE
Forces News: British Army is ready to fight Russia if necessary, says senior military leader
Apolitical (YouTube): Apolitical Day 2024
Documenting the Destruction of the British Library
56:07 British Library: British Library Cyber Incident Review: Learning Lessons From The Cyber-attack (PDF)
Barracuda: Rhysida ransomware: The creepy crawling criminal hiding in the dark
British Library (YouTube): Knowledge Matters—50 years of the British Library
Scottish Union for Education (Substack): Newsletter Number 50
British Library (2020): Reopening and reinterpretation—our Front Hall busts
From UK Column News Extra
The Guardian: Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer
UK Column search: Keyword: Tortoise
UK Parliament: Petitions: Call a General Election