Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, David Scott and Mark Anderson with today’s UK Column News.
A Weekend of Winter Protests
00:30 Stop the War Coalition in Central London on Saturday 25 February
4,000 march in London for peace talks to end Ukraine war
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell protested against the Stop the War protest
Thousands rally in Berlin, Paris to call for peace in Ukraine
Poll for The Telegraph finds 49 per cent say Britain should remain as involved
Europeans want peace, not sanctions. Poll shows two-thirds of Europeans are worried about war
Stop the War in Ukraine—Glasgow Demonstration—Wednesday 1 March 2023
Hope Not Hate’s State of Hate 2023 is hate not hope. UK Column features on page 86
2023 Prospects: The site will likely remain popular
Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: book by Dennis Dworkin—not a conspiracy
Ravaged Ukraine
09:26 BBC downplaying Ukraine war: How Russia took the south—and then got stuck
Ukrainian dead estimated at 275,000 – 375,000
Russia advances around Bakhmut
Similar heavy fighting in Ugledar
Distruction of Mariinka
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 93rd Brigade stands near a pile of empty mortar shell containers in Bakhmut
Sky News: Russian ambassador interrupts minute's silence for Ukraine and says 'all lives are priceless'
Zelensky's Doppelgänger?
23:46 Polish mainstream media accidentally recorded Zelensky's double when they covered Biden's visit to Kyiv
Zelensky's doppelgänger personal bodyguard caught on Polish media
300 Ukrainian recruits joined by British instructors for a minute’s silence
Unconfirmed report: out of approximately 15,000 Ukrainians militarily trained in UK, more than 700 people are listed as deserters
Ukrainian petition demand the veto of Law No. 8271 on strengthening the responsibility of military personnel
Israel Terror Continues
28:18 Haaretz: Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank Town; Palestinians report one killed, dozens wounded
Settlers set fire to houses and a sheep pen in the Palestinian village of Burin, north of Hawara
Settlers rampage in Huwara, torch homes, cars after terror attack
Huwara terrorist still at large after killing two, manhunt underway
Death penalty for terrorists bill approved by Israeli cabinet
No Chicagoan Left Behind
32:47 "We Will Chicago" is a citywide planning initiative under Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
Who Is To Blame For UK Food Shortages?
39:45 Supermarkets blame poor foreign harvests for fruit and veg rationing
Retailers blamed as supermarket shelves empty again
Heating costs add further threat to UK produce sector
Farmer frustration at low returns from supermarkets
Egg producers ‘on the brink’ as 30% cost rise wipes out profits
UK is 30–40 years away from 'eradication of soil fertility', warns Gove in 2017
Funding for farmers and land managers to pay farmers to stop growing food
Leaving farming: The optional Lump Sum Exit Scheme
AB15: Two year sown legume fallow to pay farmers to grow flowers
Only 100 harvests left in UK farm soils, scientists warn
New Scientist: The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy
Do we only have 60 harvests left? Hannah Ritchie: “But the ‘60 harvests’ claim is quite clearly false.”
Guardian: Labour dreams of a slightly better Britain. But a truly great country is within reach—I’ve lived there
Reminders
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Fornethy Residential School—Childhood memories and survivor testimonies from Scotland
Ukrainian policy in the Donbass: Is it fair to call it genocide?
Anecdotals—A realistic look at vaccine injury with Jennifer Sharp
Please share your views about digital ID’s with The Central, Digital and Data Office: Consultation on draft legislation to support identity verification
SNP Leadership Race—The West's Culture Wars In Microcosm
54:10 Sturgeon’s resignation gives Scotland a chance to end the political poison
This leadership election could finish the SNP for good
SNP candidate: I took my children out of state education to go private
Ash Regan accuses Sturgeon husband of ‘conflict of interest’ over vote
Regan says her independence plan is not de-facto referendum but a “voter empowerment mechanism”
Humza Yousaf suggests SNP rival Kate Forbes thinks gay marriage ‘inferior’
Alex Neil doubles down on Humza Yousaf 'missed vote' claim as health secretary issues denial
Opposition ‘scared’ of Humza Yousaf, claims Nicola Sturgeon
Humza Yousaf says only he can keep the SNP in majority government at Holyrood
Humza Yousaf tells Peter MacMahon winning independence will be a long haul
Kate Forbes isn’t homophobic for opposing same-sex marriage
Free Church of Scotland responds to media enquiries on Kate Forbes' candidature
Scottish Assositaion of Mosques—Position statement on the SNP leadership contest
Protestants are now hounded out of politics, as Kate Forbes has shown
Kate Forbes: ‘Scots are not ready for another independence referendum’
UK Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch defends SNP hopeful Forbes’ right to oppose same-sex marriage
Transgender Women New Policy: Got a willy? Back tae Barlinnie
1:15:23 Trans woman found guilty of rape moved to men’s prison
New transgender prisoner policy comes into force—Transgender women with male genitalia will no longer be able to be held in mainstream women’s prisons
WHO Plans For Pandemic Prevention Preparedness
1:18:13 Fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Could an H5N1 pandemic be worse than Covid–19?
The Atlantic: Bird Flu Leaves the World With an Existential Choice
CDC: Prevention and Antiviral Treatment of Bird Flu Viruses in People
Second meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations
Treaty meeting documents
One Health High-Level Expert Panel