UK Column News - 15th January 2025

Source: ukcolumn.org

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today’s UK Column News.

 

Foot and Mouth Disease: Is Neil Ferguson Dusting Off His Calculator?

00:00 GOV.UK: Government introduces import ban of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany to protect farmers after Foot and Mouth case

GOV.UK: Foot and Mouth Disease in Germany (Report PDF)

UK Column documentary: Insight: Slaughtered on Suspicion

World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH): Foot and mouth disease

Imperial College London: Neil Ferguson Profile

 

Gene Editing of Cereals Advances, and Who is Behind The Climate and Nature Bill?

06:50 GOV.UK: Government announces reforms to boost profits for farmers with a cast iron commitment to food production 

BOFIN (2024): A project bringing trials of precision-bred cereal crops onto commercial farms for the first time in Europe is now underway

UK Parliament: Climate and Nature Bill (PDF)

Parallel Parliament: Climate and Nature Bill 2024-26

Zero Hour: Zero Hour is the campaign for the Climate and Nature Bill - formerly the CE Bill and the CEE Bill

Population Matters: Population Matters statement regarding Alex Sobel MP

UK Column interview: Extradition: A most one-sided affair—with Lord Deben

Children’s Health Defense: ‘Big Win’ for Amish Farmer and Food Freedom in Raw Milk Case

Emergency open zoom call: Stop The Climate & Nature Bill - Wednesday 15th January 18:00

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David Miller Tribunal: UK Law Protects Anti-Zionism, Bristol University Files Appeal

21:39 The Guardian: Anti-Zionist beliefs ‘worthy of respect’, UK tribunal finds

David Miller (on X): Tracking_Power’s post

My landmark legal victory against Bristol University is being appealed. My case established that anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. The University wants to overturn this. But if we win at the Employment Appeal Tribunal, we’ll strengthen this precedent, which is invaluable and necessary for pro-Palestine campaigners across Britain and beyond.

I need to raise at least £75k for the appeal.

If you can help, please contribute here: https://www.fightingfund.org/supportmiller

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UK Column interview: Licence to Kill: Drugs with Consequences—with Dr Mike Yeadon

Dissidents Meet-Up Event: Food & Farming Security Solutions Event Exeter Devon – Saturday 18th January 2025 from 09:30 – 16:00 (Direct Ticket Link)

⁩Petition: Review how to turn the MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator

Common Knowledge Events: The Scottish People’s Covid-19 Inquiry, Saturday 22nd February, Edinburgh

 

Whitehall’s Push for AI Superpower Status – What’s the Carbon Footprint?

27:26 GOV.UK: Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI

£14 billion and 13,250 jobs committed by private leading tech firms following AI Action Plan

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Facebook): AI can transform people’s lives (Video)

World Economic Forum (WEF): Matt Clifford - Chair, Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: How the UK Can Power the Artificial-Intelligence Era

 

EVs in Africa: The Road Ahead or a Dead End?

33:32 Statista: Electric Vehicles – Africa

ESX Academy: ESX Academy is a Learning Management System focusing on education and capacity-building efforts within the Ethiopian Capital Markets ecosystem

Gates Foundation: Committed Grants database

GOV.UK (2024): Digital development strategy 2024 to 2030

Abdi Ali (on X): What a Tesla gigafactory would look like in Berbera, Somaliland. According to Grok.

British International Investment: Port of Berbera

Daily Mail: The LA fire conspiracy theories that are flooding the internet: From plot to protect P Diddy to a ‘direct energy weapon’ and drone cover-up

Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s Political Influence Wears Down Global Resistance to Starlink

Ramaphosa and Musk have been in contact to discuss ways for the government to change the rules to allow Starlink’s high-speed Internet to operate legally in South Africa.

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Court of Appeal to Decide on Judge Anonymity in Sara Sharif Family Case

48:17 The Transparency Project: Court of Appeal to consider the idea of the anonymous judge

Judiciary: In the matter of the Sharif children: Louise Tickle and another

Tortoise Media: Top judge approves appeal against anonymity in Sharif case

Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Court 4 (YouTube): Re: Sharif children - Louise Tickle Appeal Court Hearing

 

Craig Murray: Carlile, Janner, and the Dark Web of Establishment Connections

52:13 Craig Murray (2022): How the Establishment Functions: The Real Dark Web

We now know that the police had a great deal of corroborative evidence for Beck’s claim that Janner was abusing children in care homes. I do not claim Carlile knew this – I do not know.

 

Vanessa Beeley’s Segments Combined

Please see UK Column Extracts for the segments

55:30 X: David Lammy’s profile

The Cradle: Mahmoud Abbas’ big gamble to crush West Bank resistance

Le Monde: Syria’s HTS ‘is a movement that has de-radicalized from the top‘

David Miller (on X): David Miller’s post

It’s not just the Saudis that will Zionise. Syria is already finished, Lebanon and Iraq are on the chopping block and Jordan and Egypt are expected to cede territory too.

The Cradle: Rights groups sound alarm over ‘forced disappearance’ of Gaza hospital director

Eye on Palestine (on Telegram): Subjected to torture and ill-treatment, Euro-Med Monitor received reports of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s deteriorating health after Israeli forces detained him from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern.

GOV.UK (2018): Alert for charities operating in Syria or Turkey about aid passing through the Bab Al-Hawa crossing (This news article was withdrawn on 6 November 2023)

Middle East Eye: Turkey angered by possible French presence on Syrian border

The Guardian (2016): John Kerry says partition of Syria could be part of ‘plan B’ if peace talks fail

The Independent (2018): Turkey warns France could become ‘target’ for supporting Kurdish militia in Syria

Foundation for Defense of Democracies: Turkey Pushing for ‘Elimination’ of Kurdish-Led, U.S.-Allied Syrian Democratic Forces

Wikipedia: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon map

Nidal Hamade (on X): Call to erect gallows for Alawites in one day and displace their villages (Video)

Ostensible Oyster (on X): OstensibleOyster’s video

Zama, Jableh: At funeral for yet another murdered Alawite man, Alawite Sheikh & representative Saleh Mansour declares: “If sectarian targeting of Alawites doesn’t stop, millions of us will sign & present to the UN a document demanding protection from France!”

Origins: Alawites and the Fate of Syria

The Collector: Map of the Ottoman Empire at Its Peak (1683 CE)

Nidal Hamade (on X): Map showing the distribution of control in Syria