UK Column News - 2nd December 2024

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News.

 

Lammy and Cummings Herald the End of the UK’s Hard and Soft Power: It’s All Coming Out Now

00:32 UK Parliament (YouTube): Foreign Affairs Committee: Secretary of State Session (Timestamps: First clip 1:04:55 — Second clip 50:00)

BBC: David Lammy: Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash

BBC: Media Action: Meet the BBC's international charity

BantheBBC (on X): Watch Dominic Cummings, Government is fake—Cummings blows the whistle on the elected politician, civil service charade

Fake meritocracy, fake responsibility and a fake government

Cabinet is a stage theatre

Both sides are happy with the fake version of government

GOV.UK: UK and World Economic Forum to lead regulation revolution to foster industries of the future 

The Telegraph (YouTube): Boris Johnson: British troops should help defend Ukraine's border as part of any peace deal

Joe Biden (on X): Joe Biden’s post

No one is above the law.

Face the Nation (YouTube): Biden says "no one is above the law" after Supreme Court rules on Trump immunity

 

We've Got Fake Politicians, Fake Democracy—and Here Are Fake Youth Movements

13:53 My Life My Say (YouTube): My Life My Say X The Body Shop Democracy Café

LinkedIn: Melisha John

Schwarzman Scholars: Shape the future

Apply for a one-year, fully-funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a global community of future leaders who will serve to deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world.

Blackstone: Stephen A. Schwarzman

UK Column archive: UK Column News—28th October 2024

LinkedIn: Dan Lawes

Turning moments into movements. Next Gen couldn’t happen without our partners, all invested in the idea of a healthy democracy where young people are heard

Fabian Women's Network: Sisterhood, Solidarity, Service

 

Attacks on Education, Assaults on Language: Progressive Dumbing Down for Control

29:07 James Esses (on X): James Esses’ post

We are not ‘cis male’ or ‘cis female’. We are simply male or female. No prefix required.

The Economist: Britain's Supreme Court considers what a woman is

New Statesman: The Scottish government is ignoring women's rights

The Telegraph: Has 'wokeness' killed the English literature degree? (Archived)

Daily Express: Woke row as university orders lecturers to ‘problematise’ being white and heterosexual

Committee For Academic Freedom: The QAA tells academics to decolonise Classics and Maths

GOV.UK: Citizen Space: Curriculum and Assessment Review

We're seeking views from stakeholders to share their perspective on potential improvements to the curriculum and assessment system.

The University of Manchester Library: Our vision, mission and values

RTÉ: Publisher pulls school book over depiction of Irish family

The Telegraph: Welsh Government vows to change ‘beliefs and behaviour of the white majority’ (Archived)

Elgar Online: The Strategy of Maoism in the West

AbeBooks: Politics & the English Language by George Orwell

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.

Relevant link: Anti-racist Wales Action Plan: 2024 update (PDF)

 

How Many British Soldiers Have Died in Ukraine? The Official Answer: Denied

40:22 Freedom of Information Request: How many British Servicemen Dead in Ukraine?

GOV.UK: Freedom of Information responses released by the Ministry of Defence: 2024

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Welsh Parliament: Ensure diagnosis and treatment for people suffering from adverse Covid–19 vaccine side effects 

Event: Agenda 2030: How Will It Affect You? Presentation & Workshop—Friday 6th December, 11 am–5 pm, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick, London W4 2EL (Tickets on the door or Eventbrite link here)

 

Sortition Deception: Citizens' Assemblies Handpicked to Push Globalist Agendas

45:50 Global Democracy Coalition: Democracy Next

DemocracyNext’s Newsletter (Substack): Where are the citizens in the UK's debate on assisted dying? 

LinkedIn: Emma DeSouza

DemocracyNext: The French Citizens' Assembly on End of Life, Explained

Iswe Foundation: Iswe and Partners to launch Global Citizens’ Assembly for People and Planet at UN Summit of the Future

Buergerrat (German Citizens' Assembly): Brought out of political disenchantment

858 Project: Replace the Lords with a House of Citizens

 

In 2011, UK Column Was Already Exposing Child Abuse at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College

51:28 Daily Mail: Sex between 13-year-olds is NORMAL, says controversial 'traffic light tool' sent to schools to teach about relationships

Brook: CPD: Brook Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool (RSE) Course—Buy the Traffic Light Tool online training course

UK Column article (2013): Racist Thames Valley Police And Oxford Safeguarding Board Protect Paedophiles

 

Diane’s Report From the St Andrew’s Day Celebration

54:12 Common Knowledge Edinburgh (Substack): St Andrew's Day Celebration

Edinburgh People: Edinburgh People is a grassroots member-led democratic political party with voluntary membership fees

EventBrite: Common Knowledge Edinburgh: Sonia Poulton—A Sonia Poulton Christmas. Sat, 14 Dec, 14:00, The Granary