UK Column Extracts

Are Critical Mineral Wars Coming? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023 - UK Parliament: A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience “We urge the Government to define the UK's role in the critical minerals value chain and to set out a coherent 'Team UK' proposition to explain the UK's offer to global partners.” - The Telegraph: China has 'weaponised' its dominance in critical minerals, say MPs

Has Altruism Been Hijacked For Social Credit? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023 - CBC (2020): A Covid–19 smackdown: why rule breakers need to be punished “The reason: being selfish can be socially contagious.” - King's College London (2021): Pandemic ‘triggered increase in altruism and reciprocity' across Europe - Effective Altruism: What is effective altruism? “Effective altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.” - World Economic Forum: What is effective altruism? A philosopher explains - Great Minds Official (YouTube): Effective Altruism: The Secret to Living a Good Life? - The Org: Chief Executive Officer at Guide Dogs—Tom Wright - UK Fundraising: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference - Giving What We Can: Our pledge “At Giving What We Can, we show you how to find those charities, so you can help solve some of the world's most pressing problems.” - 80,000 Hours: Is effective altruism growing? An update on the stock of funding vs people - Center For Global Development: The UK as an Effective Altruist - National Institutes of Health: PubMed: Altruism towards the end of life - Oxford Academic: Altruism and Physician Assisted Death (1993) - The Guardian (2020): 'We did what we set out to achieve': the staff who moved into care homes - Health Economics Review: The effect of altruism on Covid–19 vaccination rates - National Institutes of Health (NIH): PubMed: Help Is in Your Blood-Incentive to "Double Altruism" Resolves the Plasma Donation Paradox - Effective Altruism Forum (2014): Kidney donation is a reasonable choice for effective altruists and more should consider it - Nature Journal: These volunteers want to be infected with disease to aid research—will their altruism help? - New Scientist: DNA vaccines coding for live viruses could soon be tested in people - Global News: The virtuous few: How effective altruists are doing good better - The Guardian: The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour? - Please Join Us: UK Column Community - UK Column Shop: https://shop.ukcolumn.org - UK Column interview: Raw Truth: Unadulterated milk and food security, with Jon Cook - Goodreads: A Doctor's Despair: An anthology including poems by Dr Clare Craig, Matt Le Tissier and Doc Malik - UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: 12 December 2023

Demna, Questionable Georgian Creative Director Of Balenciaga, Is Shoring Up Ukraine Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023 - C-SPAN (2022): Senator Rubio Questions Undersecretary Nuland Over Biolabs in Ukraine - Al Jazeera (2022): Profile: Who are Ukraine's far-right Azov regiment? - Washington Examiner (2022): Zelensky calls for ‘preventative action’ from NATO to keep Russia from using nukes - Daily Express (2022): NATO row breaks out as Zelensky savaged for 'destructive lies' over Poland missile - U24: Demna is Selected as Ambassador for UNITED24 - UNITED24 (on X): “Demna, artistic director of BALENCIAGA, is selected as ambassador for #united24.” - Independent (2022): Balenciaga condemns child abuse in new statement addressing controversial ads

Funding For Ukraine: Budapest Blocks Bung—€50bn EU ‘Aid Package’ Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-december-2023 - Reuters: Hungary vetoes EU aid for Ukraine, bloc delays decision on funds for Budapest - Alex Soros (on X): EU leaders approve Ukraine accession talks, bypassing Orbán - The Irish Times: Hungarian PM Orbán blocks €50bn EU aid package for Ukraine - ZeroHedge: Vista Outdoors Warns "Global Shortage Of Gunpowder" Will Set Ammo Prices On Fire - Kyiv Post: Donald Tusk: A Guide to Poland’s New PM Who Wants West’s ‘Full Mobilization' for Ukraine - Fox News (YouTube): Zelenskyy: We Only Have One Enemy and It’s Putin

The Safety Of Rwanda Bill Sees A Full House Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - The Institute for Government: What is in the government's new Rwanda asylum plan? - GOV.UK: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill 2023: legal position - Sky News: MPs vote in favour of Sunak’s Rwanda policy - Toby Young (on X): “The Government’s Climate Minister has been flown thousands of miles back from the COP28 environment conference in Dubai to vote for the Rwanda bill and will then be flown back again, it has emerged.” - UK Ministry of Justice: Human Rights Act Reform: a Modern Bill of Rights - Daily Mail: Rishi Sunak 'told Rwanda flight law will make it easier for migrants to stay in Britain' as Tory 'five families' go to war for soul of party amid 'insane' threats to replace PM as leader—as cost of project doubles to almost £300million - International Labour Organization: Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking - GOV.UK: UK government modern slavery statement 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK: Combatting child sexual abuse and exploitation - National Crime Agency: Modern slavery and human trafficking - UK Parliament: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Hezbollah and Israel—Potential For Escalation Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - UN News: UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session “Not only does this resolution fail to condemn Hamas for crimes against humanity, it does not mention Hamas at all. This will only prolong the death and destruction in the region, that is precisely what a ceasefire means.” - Times Of Israel: Gallant: We’ll push Hezbollah beyond Litani River before residents of northern Israel return home - Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu to Hezbollah: If you attack, we'll turn Beirut into Gaza - Brookings: Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

UN ‘Con’ 28 Climate Change and UK’s Net Zero Growth Plan Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - United Nations: Secretary-General's statement at the closing of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 - GOV.UK: Powering Up Britain: Net Zero Growth Plan “the practice of improving standards in one place, area of activity etc. so that they are the same as another place …” - Reuters: UK economy shrinks, testing Bank of England's resolve on rates - Please Join Us: UK Column Community - UK Column Shop: https://shop.ukcolumn.org - UK Column Situation Room: Pfizer/Moderna Document Analysis - UK Column interview: Dark Crusade: a look at the origins of Christian Zionism with Clifford Kiracofe - UK Column article: Pablo Miller: The people working alongside the real James Bond

Met Police Now Doxing People Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - Metropolitan Police (on X): “The pro-Palestinian protest has set off from Bank junction. The front of the march is passing St Paul’s. As the march formed up, officers identified a man with a placard making comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany. He has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.” - Holocaust Encyclopedia: Public Humiliation - Mondoweiss: I used to think the term ’Judeo-Nazis’ was excessive. I don’t any longer - Save the Children: Stripped, beaten and blindfolded: new research reveals ongoing violence and abuse of Palestinian children detained by Israeli military

Strengthening Police In Numbers, But Not In Skill Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - Daily Mail: Suella Braverman axes requirement for all police officers to have degrees after backlash from chief constables - IPLDP and Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP): Joining the Police: “This will be available to all forces from April 2024. For this entry route you will undertake a two-year training programme and, on successful completion of your probation, you will be confirmed in post as a police constable.” - GOV.UK: National campaign to recruit 20,000 police officers launches today - GOV.UK: Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2023 “As at 31 March 2023, in England and Wales there were 53,080 female officers in post, accounting for 35.5% of officers, an increase on 35.1% as at 31 December 2022. This is the highest number and proportion of female officers in post since comparable records began. By comparison, as at 31 March 2019 (before the programme began) 31.7% of officers were female.” - Police Superintendents' Association: PSA Publishes Annual Report for 2022–2023

Israel’s Ex-Justice Minister Walks Out After Being Challenged on Gaza Slaughter Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - Jewish News: Shoah Foundation launches project to document ‘unspeakable barbarity’ of 7 October - Mondoweiss: CNN report claiming sexual violence on October 7 relied on non-credible witnesses, some with undisclosed ties to Israeli government - Afshin Rattansi's Going Underground (Rumble): Israel’s Ex-Justice Minister WALKS OUT After Being Challenged on Gaza Slaughter, October 7th

HMGCC, Opening Doors For The Spy Tech Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - HMGCC: Home—We are His Majesty's Government Communications Centre (HMGCC), the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK's national security - BBC: Inside the secret complex making high-tech gadgets for UK spies - GOV.UK: Government body behind secret tech opens doors to expand engineering excellence - HMGCC: First national security tech challenge launched as HMGCC Co-Creation - Intelligence Online: Britain's HMGCC looks to serve as bulwark against Beijing

Boycotts Do Work Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023 - Reuters: Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls - Middle East Monitor: Zara sparks outrage with disrespectful collection amid tragedy in Gaza - Doc Malik Honest Health (Substack): My response to the latest hospital to suspend me

Mike Robinson, Vanessa Beeley and Charles Malet with today's UK Column News. https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-december-2023

Who Arms The Israeli Military? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023 - Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Statement on Voting ‘NO’ on $110.5 Billion Emergency Foreign Aid Supplemental Bill - Senator Bernie Sanders (YouTube): We cannot be complicit in the current approach of the Israeli government. - PBS: Senate Republicans block Ukraine and Israel aid as they demand border policy changes - NBC News: White House calls Rep. Thomas Massie's X post 'virulent antisemitism,' urges House GOP leadership to condemn - New York Times: State Department bypasses Congress to approve Israel's order for tank ammunition

Genocidal Song Sung By Children Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023 - Owen Jones (YouTube): ‘Annihilate Everyone': Israeli TV Promotes Genocidal Song - Euronews: Fact-check: Did Israeli children really sing about 'annihilating everyone in Gaza'? - Jerusalem Post: 'Never again': Tel Aviv's controversial billboard campaign

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and Mark Anderson with today's UK Column News. Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023 00:28 Fusion Doctrine: ‘Building A Culture Of Common Purpose Across Departments’ 08:21 Horrors In Gaza 17:48 Genocidal Song Sung By Children 25:18 Updates & Viewers' E-mails 31:31 What Is Zionism? 36:45 Who Arms The Israeli Military? 45:47 US Vetoes UN Security Council Demand For A Ceasefire In Gaza 50:48 UK Is To Lead New Maritime Capability Coalition 50:36 Pope Francis Exposed Expelling Christians From Episcopacy 57:45 The Idea Of Tying Payments To A Digital Identity

Horrors In Gaza Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023 - Metro: Palestinians stripped and humiliated after being captured and blindfolded in Gaza - The Guardian: Footage shows IDF parading scores of Palestinian men around in underwear - BBC Verify: Israel-Gaza war: Video shows Gaza detainees allegedly 'surrendering guns'—what we know - Holiday Weather: Jerusalem Weather, December - OHCHR: Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Fusion Doctrine: ‘Building A Culture Of Common Purpose Across Departments’ Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023 - Daily Mail: RAF intelligence officers joined Whitehall and Army in 'spying' on Covid lockdown critics—including David Davis and Peter Hitchens - GOV.UK: National Security Capability Review—March 2018 - UK Column special news episode (2018): The Fusion Doctrine - Metro: Armed Forces reveal what help they’ve given in fight against coronavirus - GOV.UK: Fact Sheet 14: Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) - UK Column interview: No Smoke Without Fire Part 5: PREVENTing a War on Domestic Terror in the United Kingdom?

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Heiko Khoo’s Gordian Knot: Britain, Israel, America Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - Chatham House: Does American power have staying power? - Tyrant Finder U.K (YouTube): Heiko Khoo Speaking at the Pro-Palestine protest

John Kirby Says IDF’s Strategy Is Not To “Kill Innocent People” In Gaza Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - Newsweek (YouTube): John Kirby Says IDF's Strategy Is Not To 'Kill Innocent People' In Gaza - RT News: I lived through two Israel-Gaza wars. This one is the worst - In Gaza And Beyond: I documented two Israeli wars on Gaza. This current one is the worst—by Eva K. Bartlett - Middle East Eye: How Israel uses AI genocide programme to obliterate Gaza - The Times of Israel: IDF chief: Flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater 'a good idea'

UK Foreign Office Has Sanctioned Russian Intelligence Officer Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - GOV.UK: Foreign Secretary travels to US to reaffirm support for Ukraine - Cyber Security Hub: Russian FSB accused of spear-phishing campaign - UK Column article (2018): Integrity Initiative: A Look Into the Deep State? - The Aspen Institute (YouTube): Fireside Chat with David Cameron - GOV.UK: Aspen Security Forum 2023 DC Edition: Foreign Secretary’s speech

Who Kills? A Look At Mainstream Media Headline Wording Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - BBC: Israel-Gaza: Londoner loses 42 family members - CNN: Video shows Israeli soldier shooting mentally disabled Palestinian in West Bank - BBC: Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October, BBC hears - The Grayzone: Scandal-stained Israeli ‘rescue’ group fuels October 7 fabrications - Max Blumenthal (on X): “BBC's key voice here is May Golan, a Kahanist thug who led anti-Black race riots in Tel Aviv before she was appointed Israel's Minister of Women's Empowerment”

Digital ID “Not Obligatory”? We’re Gradually Losing Human-Operated Helplines Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - UK Parliament: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill—Parliamentary Bills - Daily Mail: HMRC axes its self assessment tax helpline

Bill Gates Pushes Digital ID for Newborns in Kenya Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-december-2023 - UK Column interview: Energy and Ambition in Kenya, with Jusper Machogu - Africa Climate Summit: Africa Climate Summit 2023 - TRT World Now (YouTube): Julian Assange on Afghan war in a 2011 video - Children's Health Defense: Bill Gates Pushes Digital ID for Newborns in Kenya as Critics Warn of Surveillance Risk - The Guardian: King Charles stops short of apology for ‘abhorrent’ colonial violence in Kenya - Island Innovation: A Call for Justice: African Union and CARICOM Forge Alliance on Reparations