Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today's UK Column News.
Hunt Gives With One Hand To Take With The Other
00:22 GOV.UK: Spring Budget 2024
The House of Commons Library: What happens if a council goes bankrupt?
Jeremy Hunt (on X): Watch live as I deliver the Spring Budget to the House of Commons
Samuel Melia Faces Jail Time For Stickers—PREVENT In Action
03:07 Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales (CPS): UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Far-right organiser found guilty of intent to stir up racial hatred through distribution of stickers
Counter Terrorism Policing: Prison Sentence For Leeds Man Intent On Stirring Up Racial Hatred
Patriotic Alternative: Sam Melia Jailed for Telling the Truth
GOV.UK (2020): Lord Walney announced as independent adviser on political violence and disruption
GOV.UK (2021): Independent review: Political violence and disruption
The coronavirus (Covid–19) pandemic has coincided with an increase in activity and prominence amongst far-right, far-left and other political groups.
GOV.UK: Tackling extremism (PDF)
Since the 2011 revised ‘Prevent' strategy, the government has defined extremism as: “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We also include in our definition of extremism calls for the death of members of our armed forces
UK Column interview: Prevented Education: Controlling the Narrative in Colleges and Universities
LinkedIn: Lord (John Woodcock) Walney
UK Parliament: Contact information for Lord Walney—MPs and Lords
UK Parliament: Register of Interests for Lord Walney
Director, The Jewish Community Media Trust
Israel And Its Use Of Technology
14:12 The Cradle: Israel’s e-warfare: using smartphones to kill the Lebanese resistance
To counteract Israeli surveillance, the Lebanese resistance has been active in dismantling radar and spy systems deployed by the Israeli military along the Lebanese–Palestinian border
Visualizing Palestine: Israel’s Use of Artificial Intelligence
In 2021, after killing 230 Palestinians in 11 days in Gaza, the Israeli military bragged about deploying new AI technology to operate a faster and deadlier assault. In 2023-2024, this technology is automated genocide, producing an “unprecedented and unparalleled” rate of destruction and civilian death in Gaza.
The Washington Post: Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank (Archived)
Daily Sabah: From ‘blue wolf’ to ‘red wolf’: An automated Israeli occupation
Al Mayadeen: Blue Wolf: New Israeli Espionage Technology against Palestinians
The Guardian: ‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza
AP News (2022): Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns in West Bank
Foreign Policy: How the Occupation Fuels Tel Aviv’s Booming AI Sector
Euro-Med Monitor: Israel’s push towards a “frictionless” occupation: A blessing or a dystopian nightmare?
Army Technology: British Army to get counter-drone SMASH smart weapon sights
Amnesty: Massive data leak reveals Israeli NSO Group’s spyware used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders globally
Defense Mirror: The Truth About Israel’s “Gospel”
GOV.UK: 2030 roadmap for UK-Israel bilateral relations
Stop The Wall: Free Palestine 101 for tech workers
5G Millimetre Wave Is Not Rolled Out, But Will Be Soon
26:32 GOV.UK: Space Capability Management Plan
UK Space Command will embed dual use at the heart of our capability management processes, considering how we can share Defence space capabilities and outputs with other Government and commercial users.
Andy Kirby (YouTube): WHY THESE MASTS ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE...
Ofcom: Paving the way for improved 5G and innovative new wireless services
Huawei: 6G: The Next Horizon
Updates And Announcements
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UK Column Shop: https://shop.ukcolumn.org—the MHRA T-shirts are being discontinued because Dame June Raine has announced her departure
Brian Gerrish (YouTube): Youtube Premiere: Walking the Dog Episode 2—11 am, Sunday 10 March
UK Column: Climate Science Masterclass Ticket
People's Food & Farming Alliance webinar: Your Farmers Need You!—7 pm on Wednesday 6 March
Solidarity Rally: No Farmers, No Food—Truro, 12:30 pm on Saturday 16 March
Glastonbury event: An Evening With Richard Vobes, Sandi Adams and Clive de Carle—7–10 pm, Saturday 30 March—tickets (£15/£10) via Rosanne.EventsSomerset@gmail.com or from Fairyland Aromatics, 48 High Street, Glastonbury BA6 9DX
Petition to UK Parliament: Repeal the Climate Change Act 2008 and Net Zero targets
Is The West’s Rhetoric Insanity?
33:35 Newsweek: NATO Will Be Drawn Into War With Russia if Ukraine Loses
TASS: If Austin talks about risk of NATO-Russia conflict, it means US has a plan for it—Lavrov
EIR: Macron Doubles Down on His Proposal To Put Boots On the Ground in Ukraine
Reuters: NATO's nuclear deterrent must be real for Finland, says new president
The Telegraph: West’s dithering over Ukraine could spark nuclear arms race, Poland warns
Atlantic Council: Bowing to Putin’s nuclear blackmail will make nuclear war more likely
The Times: Nato commander worries about Ireland’s defence due to Russian threat
Reuters: Ireland to consult public on military neutrality in wake of Ukraine war
The Flour Massacre
39:21 Press TV: Gaza ‘flour massacre’ textbook case of Israel’s war crimes and cover-ups
Euro-Med Monitor: In press conference, Euro-Med confirms Israel's full involvement in Gaza flour massacre
Six Years After The Day of the Skripal—Where Are The Skripals?
48:02 GOV.UK: UK National Statement—OPCW 105th Executive Council
UK Column article (2018): Skripal: A Russian web or a RUSI web?
UK Column article (2022): The Day of the Skripal
UK Column article (2023): Five Years On: The OPCW-Douma Deception Continues
More Food From Less Land For An Increasing Population?
50:57 Concerned Citizen (on X):
Thousands of protesters turn out in force in support of their Farmers in the Welsh Capital.
All over Europe people are waking up to the Globalist Power Grab, what it means exactly & are rejecting it.
Support the Farmers they feed us all.
NFU Cymru: Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation
GOV.Wales: Written Statement: Farming in Wales (27 February 2024)
Business Wales: Written Statement: Farming in Wales
GOV.UK: Land use statistics: England 2021
GOV.Wales: National Forest for Wales: woodland sites
UK Parliament (2021): Tree Planting in the UK (PDF)
Forestry England: Five reasons why it's good to cut down trees
The Telegraph: Trees that survived Plymouth ‘midnight massacre’ could be removed for cycle lane
The Times (2018): Sunday Times investigation: 110,000 trees lost to council axemen
Camden Cyclists: London councils remove almost 50,000 trees in five years
World Bank Open Data: Population, total—United Kingdom
UK Parliament: Restoring 30 per cent of our land and sea by 2030
Sustainable Markets Initiative: TERRA CARTA—For Nature, People & Planet (PDF)