UK Column News - 30th October 2024

Source:  ukcolumn

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