Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News.
All Hail Blue Bacchus at Satan’s Supper! Thomas Jolly’s Fetish Olympics Opening Ceremony
00:28 The Guardian: Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for Last Supper parody
BBC (Sport): Olympics opening ceremony: Paris 2024 sorry for causing offence after complaints—choreographer’s statement:
You'll never find in my work any desire to mock or denigrate anyone. I wanted a ceremony that brings people together, that reconciles, but also a ceremony that affirms our Republican values of liberty, equality and fraternity […]
The Sun: Who are Thomas Jolly and Thierry Reboul? Duo behind the Paris Olympics’ ceremony [sic, with illiterate apostrophe]
Daily Mail: Paris 2024 Olympics: Did everyone get it wrong about THAT controversial opening ceremony moment?
Rev. Benjamin Cremer (on X): Rev. Benjamin Cremer’s post
Opening ceremony choreographer denies Last Supper parody at launch of Paris Games.
Progress for Fornethy House Abuse Survivors
11:10 Exploring With Natasha (YouTube): Inside Fornethy House
Scottish Parliament: Petition PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme
Scottish Parliament: Petition PE1933: Copy of report provided by Dr Emma Fossey
Scottish Parliament: Petition PE1933: Professor Diane McAdie submission of 11 March 2024
The Scottish Parliament (YouTube): Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee—20 March 2024
The Scottish Parliament (YouTube): Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee—26 June 2024
The Courier: Major compensation breakthrough for Fornethy House abuse survivors
Labour’s ‘Democratically Elected’ Class Of 2024
22:13 Labour List: A picture is worth 412 MPs: First group photo of Labour class of 2024
The Guardian: Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review—the women who tried to carve a path in a new China
Financial Times: Yuan Yang
UK Parliament: Parliamentary career for Laura Kyrke-Smith
Portland: Portland is a fully integrated communications consultancy
UK Column article: The International Rescue Committee: A Trojan Horse of the Globalists?
TheyWorkForYou: Katie White MP, Leeds North West
TheyWorkForYou: Tom Hayes MP, Bournemouth East
Wikipedia: Polly Billington
TheyWorkForYou: David Pinto-Duschinsky MP for Hendon
Wikipedia: David Pinto-Duschinsky
UK Column Live In Bristol—Saturday, 19th October 2024
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Request For Assistance: Abduction of 2-Year-old Twins—Hillingdon Council Childcare Services: hearing at West London Family Court, 4 Dukes Green Avenue, Feltham TW14 0LR, 30 July 2024 at 9.00 am
UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards
Forthcoming UK Column interview: John Beaudoin, Part 2—Tuesday 30th of July at 1 pm
Date For Your Diary: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)
Fabian Change Agents Partnering With Labour
34:38 CRUX (YouTube): “We Want Our Country Back…” Far-Right Protesters March In Tommy Robinson-Led Rally
Foundation for European Progressive Studies: About
Foundation for European Progressive Studies: Members
Foundation for European Progressive Studies: Event: A free and democratic Europe: Countering far-right populism
Solidar: Civil Society for EU | Unlock the potential of EU democracy
European Policy Centre (EPC): The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda
The Party of European Socialists: Home
University of Sheffield: Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)
University of Greenwich: Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC)
Progressive Britain: Home
Center for American Progress: Project 2025
The People Who Talk About Democracy The Most Don’t Seem To Understand Democracy
49:03 United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Comer and Raskin Statement on Attempted Assassination of President Trump
NBC News: Kamala Harris’ 2020 campaign was a mess. If she replaces Biden, this time could be a lot different
USA.GOV: National convention: What happens at a national political convention?
CNN: Democratic Presidential Primaries and Caucuses 2024
Cornell Law School: 25th Amendment of the US Constitution Procedure for replacing the President or Vice President
Newsweek: Democrats Might Not Be Able to Replace Joe Biden on Ballot in These States
NBC News: Majority of pledged Democratic delegates endorse Harris on first full day as a candidate
Democrats: DNCC Rules Committee Passes Permanent Rules for 2024 Presidential Nomination
Kamala Harris (YouTube): Barack and Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris for President
Spads’n’Spooks Get Political: The Class of 2024 with Ben Rubin
57:25 Financial Times: Keir Starmer turns to arch-networker Varun Chandra to woo business
Institute For Government: SpAdCast: What is it really like to be a special adviser? Episode 1: Into government
Intelligence Online: Hakluyt attempts to unlock mysteries of Investment Security Unit
Hakluyt: Lord William Hague becomes chair of Hakluyt’s international advisory board
Wikipedia: Tony Blair Associates (TBA)
GOV.UK: Lord Timpson OBE
Waterstones: The Happy Index by James Timpson
Metro: Prisons minister James Timpson thinks ‘two thirds of inmates shouldn’t be there’
GOV.UK: Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation: Lord Patrick Vallance
GOV.UK: Nearly £50 million unlocked for world-leading UK Biobank following new industry backing
Citadel: Kenneth C. Griffin—Founder & CEO
Eric Schmidt: About Eric