UK Column News - 30th September 2024

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

 

Britain’s Leading Role in Global Leadership—or Global Leadership Subverting Britain?

00:28 United Nations (on X): UN’s post (Video)

Take a look back at some of the action from this week's UN General Assembly in New York.

See how world leaders, activists & other influential voices came together at UNGA to share solutions and chart a path ahead for Our Common Future.

Keir Starmer (on X): Keir Starmer’s post

My government was elected to change Britain.

Delivering on our five missions cannot be separated from events beyond our shores—Britain is stronger when we work with others. My message to the UN today is this: we are returning the UK to responsible global leadership.

United Nations (General Debate): General Assembly: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, His Excellency Keir Starmer, Prime Minister

United Nations: General Debate of the 79th Session

United Nations (WebTV): United Kingdom Prime Minister Addresses General Debate, 79th Session (Video)

United Nations (Digital Library System): In defence of the Earth: the basic texts on environment—Founex, Stockholm, Cocoyoc (PDF download)

United Nations: United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 5–16 June 1972, Stockholm

UN Environment Programme (YouTube): 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment—Full Video

University of Wisconsin: How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation (and not the other way around) by Barry Commoner 1975 (Archived)

AP Archive (YouTube 2015): Brazil—Rio Earth Summit (1992)

United Nations: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3–14 June 1992

United Nations (General Assembly): Report Of The United Nations Conference On Environment And Development (Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992) Annex I—Rio Declaration On Environment And Development (PDF)

United Nations: Summit Of The Future Outcome Documents September 2024 Pact For The Future, Global Digital Compact, And Declaration On Future Generations (PDF)

UN Environment Programme (on X): UNEP’s post

The next round of Climate Plans, called NDCs, are due in 2025.

United Nations (Climate Action): All About the NDCs

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Nationally Determined Contribution (PDF)

 

New Bird Registration Law: System Overloaded and Crashes

12:44 The Telegraph: Chicken keepers must register to beat bird flu (Archived)

Sasha Yanshin (on X): In the UK, we have a new law where you must register ANY birds on your property with the Government by 1 October

Geoff BuysCars (on X): Geoff comments:

I want to have a play, and I want to encourage my 140,000 subscribers to do the same! Lots of pigeons and pheasants around here, they need to be represented.

GovDotUKwatch (Telegram): Registration link says: 

We are experiencing an extremely high volume of applications.

GovDotUKwatch (Telegram): Image of broken webpage

Sorry, there is a problem with the service.

Try again later.

JC History Tuition: What was the Four Pests campaign?

UK Column’s first documentary, relating to events in 2001: Insight: Slaughtered on Suspicion

Home Office continues to withhold information pertaining to child abuse and child protection

 

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Used to Justify Push to Rewrite the US Constitution

17:22 LinkedIn: Nina Jankowicz

SIPA Institute of Global Politics: It's Everyone’s Problem: Mainstreaming Responses to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (PDF)

[…] any act that is committed, assisted, aggravated, or amplified by the use of information communication technologies or other digital tools, that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological, social, political, or eco-nomic harm, or other infringements of rights and freedoms.

The World Economic Forum: Julie Inman Grant—Agenda Contributor

Daily Mail: Wakeley church stabbing: Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel breaks his silence after alleged attack with a powerful message

The Guardian: Australia’s online safety regulator has drawn a line in the sand for X. Will she prevail?

United Nations: Preventing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF GBV) (PDF)

Vital Voices: Vital Voices Global Partnership invests in women who are taking on the world’s greatest challenges 

LinkedIn: Alyse Nelson—President & CEO at Vital Voices Global Partnership

 

UK Column Event: Bristol—Last Tickets Available

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UK Column article: Attacks on Academic Freedom, The Times of London, and MI6

Forthcoming UK Column interview: Insight: David Siegel on Longevity—Tuesday 1st October, 13:00

UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards

UK Column event: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

Pattern18 (Substack): DIANE RASMUSSEN McADIE

 

Brian Gerrish’s Insights from the Heritage Party Conference

The Heritage Party: Events

UK Column article (2009): A New World Order Is Emerging

I think a New World Order is emerging, and with it a new and progressive era of international cooperation.

YellowForum (YouTube): The New Normal 2020 Documentary

The Independent: What is the ‘New World Order’ and why has Joe Biden caused uproar by using the phrase?

X: Joe Sommerlad

UK Column article (2013): Behavioural Change in a Common Purpose

Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G): Blog: Consigned to history: the UK delivers on its promise to phase out coal power 

 

Raising Concerns Over Gender Indoctrination Of Children: Voices Not Loud Enough

50:20 Scottish professionals advising on gender (ScotPAG): Isn't honesty always the best policy?

Education Scotland: About Curriculum for Excellence

Scottish Union for Education (Substack): Scottish Union for Education—Newsletter No. 25

United Nations Geneva (on X): UNGeneva’s post

Every child has the right to learn in a safe environment. 

Children, civilians, and schools, are not a target. They must be protected at all times under international humanitarian law.

Erie County Public Library: Event: It’s a Period Party—In-Person for ages 8–13

Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries (on X): SexHarassed’s post

A public library in Erie County, Pennsylvania: Erie Library has a “trans and non-binary” “period party” for kids age 8–13. Read that again. It’s public funded Marxism.

Libraries Ireland: Headings List: Subject: Sex Instruction For Children Juvenile Literature

Amazon UK: The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon 

The Scout Association: Pronoun pairs

Learn about pronouns, gender neutral language, and what to do if you misgender someone in this quick card matching game.

American Library Association: Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023

Amazon UK: Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

The Royal Family (on X): Royal Family’s post

Unveiling The Sustainable Markets Initiatives Astra Carta!

The King has welcomed astronauts, business leaders, environmentalists and scientists to a Space Sustainability Event at Buckingham Palace

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—30th June 2023

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

UNOOSA: The “Space2030” Agenda Space As A Driver Of Sustainable Development (PDF)

UNOOSA: UNISPACE IV—Non-Paper by the Office for Outer Space Affairs (PDF)

 

UK Financial Crisis: Gordon Brown’s “Compassionate” “Multibank”—The Latest Fix?

58:21 Financial Times: Nearly 3 million fell into financial difficulty last year in the UK

Fabian Society (2016): Gordon Brown's English problem

The Guardian: Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears

The Multibank: A Coalition of Compassion