Brian Gerrish Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News.
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From Proxy War to Direct Conflict—Are You Ready to Fight? You First Tobias Ellwood
00:28 The Kyiv Independent: UK's Starmer says 'troops on the ground and planes in the sky' could secure Ukraine peace deal
BBC (2021): Sarah Rainsford: My last despatch before Russian expulsion
BBC: Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war
Good Morning Britain (YouTube): Is It Time to Make National Service Mandatory?
TalkTV (YouTube): Tobias Ellwood MP Argues The Need For National Service
Intelligence And Security Committee Of Parliament: Annual Report 2022–2023 (PDF)
Telegraph: How British commandos helped bring the CIA into the heart of the Ukraine war (Archived)
Russia is fighting a proxy war with the West and Nato through Ukraine
Forces News (2022): Royal Marines took part in 'high risk' missions in Ukraine, ex-commando chief reveals
"Injecting Hope" or Injecting Fear? COVID-19 Vaccine Exhibition
17:26 National Museums Scotland: Exhibition - Injecting Hope: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Science and Industry Museum: Free exhibition opening at the Science and Industry Museum puts the science of vaccines under the microscope
The Times: National Museum of Scotland accused of SNP bias in Covid exhibition (Archived)
Common Knowledge Edinburgh (Substack): Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Presenting Propaganda as Science
BBC News (YouTube): Woman, 90, first to receive Covid vaccine in UK rollout
Stewed Rhubarb Press: I Remember by Alec Finlay
The Huo Family Foundation: In Conversation With… Natasha McEnroe, Keeper of Medicines at the Science Museum
Epistemic Security or Information Control? The Plan to 'Fortify' Democracy
27:14 Demos: Epistemic Security 2029: Fortifying the UK’s information supply chain to tackle the democratic emergency
Demos: Chief Executive: Polly Curtis
Tortoise Media: Hoaxed
LinkedIn: William Perrin OBE FRSA
Ofcom: Enforcing the Online Safety Act
World Economic Forum: Melanie Dawes
GOV.UK: Natalie Black CBE
GOV.UK: Tamara Ingram appointed as Deputy Chair of the Ofcom Board
Online Safety Act Network: About
The OSA Network is led by Maeve Walsh and Professor Lorna Woods
UK Parliament: MPs and Lords: Contact information for Lord Allan of Hallam
Ofcom: Brand guidelines: The logo
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Not So Smart Meters: Risks, Recalls and Compensation for Faulty Devices
43:45 The Telegraph: Millions in line for compensation for broken smart meters (Archived)
East Anglian Daily Times: EDMI smart meters presenting risk of fire and electric shock
GOV.UK: Product Recall: EDMI Atlas Mk7CD Electricity Meters (2502-0134)
Smart Energy GB (2016): A smart route to change (Archived, PDF)
The application of behavioural science in supporting Great Britain’s smart meter rollout and changing the way we use energy for the better.
UK Column article (2020): Behavioural Insights: The Second Team Leading the UK Government’s Covid-19 Response
Liarpoliticians (YouTube): OfGem to force 600,000 people and businesses on to 'smart meters'
BBC: Energy price cap: Why are gas and electricity bills going up and can I fix?
Ofgem: Ofgem sets out new rules to boost smart meter standards and compensation
UN: Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development: SDG 7 as an enabling factor for sustainable development (PDF)
Kimbal: How Smart Meters Drive UN Sustainable Development Goals for a Responsible Tomorrow
World Economic Forum (2020): The Impact of 5G: Creating New Value across Industries and Society (PDF)
GOV.UK: Smart meter roll-out: cost-benefit analysis 2019
Smart DCC: Connecting Britain to a smarter energy network
UK Parliament: Smart meters inquiry - Written evidence: Joint written evidence submitted by Dr Isaac Jamieson and Dr Erica Mallery-Blythe (SME0003)
Food Grows on Trees—But 'They' Want to Stop It: The Battle Over Devon’s Food Forest Garden
58:51 Guardian: Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice
Dartington Trust: Trustees and management
The Agroforestry Research Trust: Save the Dartington Forest Garden
A Stand In The Park: South West Stands
Goodreads: Harry S. Truman
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.