UK Column News - 18th June 2025

Charles Malet, Ben Rubin, Vanessa Beeley and Sandi Adams with Wednesday's UK Column News.
(Apologies for the rough edges in today’s news edition — we faced some major technical issues behind the scenes and only just managed to get it recorded. Thanks for bearing with us, and we appreciate your continued support.)
Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-june-2025
00:00 Escalation, Strategy, and the Samson Option: Which Path to Persia?
11:36 SDG Superman? John McArthur’s 17 Rooms and the Global Goals Playbook
16:14 Good News: Gunning Principles Help Defeat Unlawful LTN Plan
19:22 Command and Control: Reorganising Councils, Recentralising Power
30:19 From Right to Buy to Steal-Back: Councils Reverse Course Amid Housing Crisis
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39:53 Miracle Weight Loss Injections: Big Pharma’s Newest Subscription Scheme
54:24 Conscription Threatening Britons — But Who’s Really in Charge, the EU?
57:56 Clean Air Zones? Take a Closer Look at Musk’s xAI Data Centre Pollution