UK Column News - 29th January 2025
Source: ukcolumn.org
Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today’s UK Column News.
Bird Flu: PCR Testing Leads to More Slaughtered on Suspicion
00:24 GOV.UK: Human case of avian flu detected in England
Currently there is no evidence of onwards transmission from this case.
BBC iPlayer: Farming Today 29/01/25 - Avian flu in people, housing orders for birds and English farm payments
Tony Blair ‘Welcomes’ Al-Qaeda Founder at Davos While Syria’s Christians Suffer
11:06 World Economic Forum: Davos 2025: What to expect and who’s coming?
The Cradle: Former Al-Qaeda in Syria founder named as caretaker Foreign Minister
World Economic Forum (YouTube): A Conversation with Asaad Hassan Al Shibani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria (With Tony Blair)
Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): Body of University Researcher Dr. Rasha Al-Ali Found After Turko-israeli terrorist Tahrir al-Sham’s Abduction
Al Mayadeen English: Syrian Christians cannot afford to keep turning the other cheek
The National: Postcard from Davos: Syria tries to convince the world it is open for business - Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, right, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in Davos
Knife Crime Crisis Used to Sharpen the Push for Digital IDs: “Just Get Your ID—It’s Convenient!”
16:50 LBC (on X, 2017): LBC’s post
Three fatal stabbings in 36 hours, 35 murders under the age of 25 this year an 84% rise in 12 months -is knife crime getting out of control?
LBC: Lawyer calls to ‘break’ knife crime culture after Elianne Andam stabbing
GOV.UK: Stricter age-verification checks for all knife retailers
The Telegraph: Idris Elba backs blunt kitchen knives to stop knife crime (Archived)
Idris Elba has called for kitchen knives to have their ends rounded off to protect victims of the UK’s violent gang crisis
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UK Column interview: A Defence of Necessity: Breaching the Official Secrets Act—with Katharine Gun
Event: Public Child Protection Wales Conference 2025 - 22nd February 2025, Cwmbran
Google Docs: RFK HHS Secretary Academic Support Letter
Common Knowledge Events: The Scottish People’s Covid-19 Inquiry, Saturday 22nd February, Edinburgh
Climate and Nature Bill: Postponed, Not Gone—The Agenda Marches On
27:30 Zerohour: Climate and Nature Bill - Back the CAN Bill Campaign
BBC: Climate and Nature Bill falls as MPs vote to end debate
Energy Dashboard: Live and historical GB National Grid electricity data
Systems Under Strain: Booming Migration Meets 2.8 Million Long-Term Sick
33:17 Mike Robinson’s population chart
Resolution Foundation: The Resolution Foundation Housing Outlook Q1 2025
The House of Commons Library: Economic update: Inactivity due to illness reaches record
Office for National Statistics: Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023
BBC: Keep assisted dying laws simple, says Whitty
Government’s Plans to Redefine Terrorism and Bring Us All Under Special Terror Laws
39:26 Policy Exchange: Extremely Confused - The Government’s new counter-extremism review revealed (PDF)
Policy Exchange: 2018 Event: In Conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu
CBBC Newsround: Fortnite: New season, release date and what to expect
Hezbollah Rejects Israel Deadline as US Contractors Screen Gaza Border
44:56 Anadolu Ajansı: Hezbollah rejects extension of Israel’s withdrawal deadline from south Lebanon
BBC: US and Egyptian contractors screening vehicles at Gaza checkpoint
Holocaust Memorial Day Dominates Media, Why Is the Holocaust the Only Event Legally Required to Be Taught in Schools?
51:09 The Royal Family Channel (YouTube): Tearful King Charles Visits Auschwitz Concentration Camp
GOV.UK: UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
Imperial War Museums: The Holocaust Galleries
GOV.UK blogs: What you need to know about Holocaust education
In recognition of its significance, the Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the history curriculum. Pupils must be taught about it at Key Stage 3 (usually when pupils are aged 13-14).
The State of Israel, Knesset News: Approved in final readings: Denial of October 7 massacre—criminal offense bearing 5-year prison sentence
Goodreads: Quote by Saint Augustine
The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.
Trump’s Gaza Exodus Plan: Profiteering or Peacekeeping?
57:45 Daily Sabah: Trump’s idea to move Gazans to Egypt, Jordan faces new backlash
Muhammad Shehada (on X): Trump’s idea of transferring Gazans to Egypt/Jordan has been an Israeli fantasy for decades
Peoples World: Prime Palestinian real estate: Trump’s proposed Gaza ‘clean out’ mixes policy and profits
Haaretz: Albanian PM Denies Israeli Reports of Trump Plan to Take in 100,000 Gazan Refugees
The Guardian: Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
Guardian: Albania approves luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner’s company
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