Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today's UK Column News.
Blood Red Budget Day: State Pensions Debt = £6.1 TRILLION
00:00 GOV.UK: Autumn Budget 2024
UK Parliament (YouTube): Prime Minister's Questions and Budget 2024—30 October 2024
Office for Budget Responsibility: Fiscal risks and sustainability—September 2024
(Chart 1.1: Projected total government revenue and spending, on page 4)
Total outstanding debt: State Pensions = £6.1 TRILLION
The Telegraph: Armed Forces not ready to fight a war, admits Defence Secretary (Archived)
The Telegraph: Starmer’s popularity collapse bigger than any PM (Archived)
Correction: The green bar on Mike’s donut chart should have been labelled Public Finance Initiative. The corrected version can be downloaded on UK Column's Telegram channel here.
Harrowing Budget Predictions: Ploughing Fear into Farming’s Future
07:48 The Guardian: Hard-hit Defra to have budget slashed further despite warnings
National Audit Office (NAO): Investigation into military support for Ukraine (PDF)
NFUonline: New AgDiversity course promotes inclusivity in agriculture
GOV.UK: Agricultural workforce in England at 1 June 2024
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): October 2024: Arrival of more than 30,000 new seeds—A continuation of global efforts to conserve diversity in the face of escalating climate change, conflict and other crises
GatesNotes: A thought-provoking look at the gene-editing revolution
GOV.UK: 30by30 on land in England: confirmed criteria and next steps
NASA.gov (2016): Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds
Shady British Mercenary Operations in Gaza
15:11 Global Delivery Company (GDC): Projects: Our Current Main Efforts
Global Delivery Company (GDC): Logistical expertise and aid for complex humanitarian emergencies due to war, conflict and natural disasters (Video)
GDC has been operating across the globe for over 14 years to assist humanitarian efforts in the times of greatest need.
The Telegraph: Former British special forces poised to deliver aid to new Gaza ‘gated communities’ (Archived)
The Jewish Chronicle: Israeli rescue expert builds vital Ukraine supplies ‘bridge’
Grey Dynamics (2023): Triple Canopy: A Deep Dive
Badger Six: The Team: Justin Sapp
Justin Sapp was a Special Forces captain detailed to the CIA shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
Fordham University (2021): Former CIA Officers and Journalist Recall Post-9/11 Special Mission
UK Column Data analysis: Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Spending
Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO): South Africa delivers evidence of Israel genocide to ICJ
The National (YouTube): David Lammy: Calling Gaza a 'genocide' undermines the term
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UK Column event: UK Column On Location—Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)
UK Column event: UK Column On Location Live Stream
UK Column interview: A conversation with Joseph B. Sweeney, former CIA Head of Litigation and the author of A Dangerous Injustice
The Integrity Initiative & BBC Media Action: An Interference Agency Fuelling Putinphobia
32:59 David Lammy (on X) David Lammy’s video
The Kremlin’s disinformation is a desperate attempt to undermine our democracy. I’m taking action to tackle it.
CyberScoop: [US] Justice Department accuses Russia of interfering with 2024 elections
UK Parliament (2018): Hansard: Institute for Statecraft: Integrity Initiative
The Integrity Initiative aims to unite people who understand the threat, in order to provide a coordinated Western response to Russian disinformation and other elements of hybrid warfare.
BBC (Media Action 2019): Supporting independent news in Ukraine
Project name: Building Capacity at Hromadske TV
BBC (2022): David Nott: The war surgeon helping doctors save lives in Ukraine
BBC (2018): Surgeon David Nott: Hack led to Syria air strike
BBC (2013): Syria snipers 'shoot at pregnant women,' UK doctor claims
Business Standard (2013): Syrian snipers 'shooting pregnant women to win cigarettes'
GOV.UK: White Helmets International Donor Group statement on 10 year anniversary of humanitarian efforts in Syria
Fight the Censors with Us: Challenge the Online Safety Bill Together
39:38 GOV.UK: Protection zones around abortion clinics in place by October
Anyone found guilty of breaking the law will face an unlimited fine.
Alliance Defending Freedom International: GUILTY: Army Vet convicted for praying silently near abortion facility
The Guardian: Journalism is the lifeblood of British democracy. My government will protect it
Charles lists a long lists of recent attacks on journalists
UK Column archive: UK Column News Special: Taking the Fight to the Censors
Regional Developments: Middle East Tensions and Israel’s Message to Syria
43:29 Israel National News (Hebrew): Minister Gideon Saar: The message Israel needs to convey to the Assad regime in Syria
Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): Gallant and Lapid interviews
The Times of Israel: Netanyahu says Israel’s Iran strike destroyed ‘industrial factories of death,’ vows to prevent Iran nukes, plans further Arab peace deals
Judicidal Supremacy: When Courts Rule Over Law
50:15 GOV.UK: Attorney General's 2024 Bingham Lecture on the rule of law
Judiciary: Sanction for contempt of court: Summary of reasons—Stephen Yaxley-Lennon [alias Tommy Robinson] and Jamal Hijazi (PDF)
Legislation: Defamation Act 2013—CHAPTER 26 (PDF)
The In-House Lawyer: Stop the press: the Reynolds defence
BBC’s Latest Series: Tightening the Skripal Novichok Narrative—The One That Doesn’t Add Up
56:06 BBC: Crime Next Door—The Salisbury Poisonings
BBC: Chief thought Skripal poisoning could be 'act of war'
UK Column timeline (2022): The Day of the Skripal
BBC: Russian spy: Salisbury diners told to wash possessions
Mobile phones, handbags and other electronic items should be wiped with baby wipes