Ukraine: It’ll Be Over By Christmas ... Which Christmas? - UK Column News - 14th August 2023

- The Messenger: Ukraine is Losing US Weapons on the Battlefield
- The Times: Ukraine is winning the war with Russia, but it won’t be over by Christmas
- Washington Post: F–16 training for Ukrainian pilots faces delays and uncertainty

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-august-2023

USA: State Schooling In Decline - UK Column News - 14th August 2023

- Fortune: It’s not just the office people don’t want to go to: COVID looks to have permanently severed something as school attendance plummets and keeps dropping
“All told, an estimated 6.5 million additional students became chronically absent, according to the data.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-august-2023

Rise of Dissident Cinema: Human Trafficking And Now Modern Slavery In The Movies - UK Column News - 14th August 2023

- Small Screen: Sound Of Freedom: In UK and Irish cinemas release date is 1st September 2023
- IMDb: Jones Plantation (2023)

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-august-2023

And Finally: EU's War and Diplomacy Arm Announces Big Push Eastwards - UK Column News - 14th August 2023

- EEAS (2022): Quo vadis Europa? The birth of geopolitical Europe
- EEAS: "Quo Vadis Europa?" Summer Course—2023 Programme
- The Guardian: Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘deeply personal and revealing’ autobiography to be published in 2025

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-august-2023

Is Any Data Safe—And Who Lets Leaks Happen? - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Belfast Telegraph: PSNI data leak document posted on wall opposite Sinn Fein office along with ‘sinister’ threat
- Belfast Telegraph: Officers identified in PSNI data breach as working with MI5 could be called as witnesses in terror trial
- Belfast Telegraph: Third PSNI data breach: Officers’ full names still on internet two days after being reported
- Kennedys Law: The Electoral Commission data breach: three key takeaways

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

North American courts: Montana's "constitutional climate rights", and ruling Alberta lockdown illegal on a technicality - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Bloomberg: Montana Youth Climate Activists Get Historic Win in State Case
- Read the judgment: Held v. Montana
- The Federal List: Canadian Court Invalidates Covid Lockdowns Due To Illegal Implementation
- Court of King’s Bench of Alberta: Ingram v Alberta (Chief Medical Officer of Health), 2023 ABKB 453
- About Law: Montana First Judicial District Court Lewis and Clark County

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Andrew Bridgen Exposes—33 Years Ago Today: Gulf War Anthrax Jab Harms Foreseen By MoD - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Andrew Bridgen (Twitter): “Shocking evidence released, also of the cavalier attitude to vaccine safety and vaccine harms back in 1990”
- Andrew Bridgen (Twitter): “Letter to Rishi Sunak with all the evidence sent yesterday.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Dr Chris Flowers And His 3,500 Volunteers - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Dr Chris Flowers (Substack): A Bunch of Flowers
- Daily Clout: PDF eBook: War Room / DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Reports
- UK Column interview: Amy Kelly—An Angel with Clout
- UK Column interview: What did Pfizer know? A shot in the dark
- E-mail to UK Column: Katie Hopkins feedback
“Brian. Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed and appreciated David Scott's interview with Katie Hopkins. What a wonderful, entertaining, principled and inspiring lady she is.”
- UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: 15 August 2023
- Comment from Brian Gerrish: 
“Thank you, Jane, for your card & kind donation to our new studio home.”
- E-mail to UK Column: Asylum Seekers and Save Our Stradey Park and Neighbourhood (Llanelli)

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Conservatives' Public Order Act 2023 In Action: Thou Shalt Not Pray - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- The Daily Sceptic: Looks Like You've Had a Bit Too Much to Think, Sir
- UK Column content: Charles Malet Podcast: Birmingham's No-Prayer Law—the law that has to ask if you're breaking it

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Ukraine: Admiral Radakin Visits Kiev—Without His Toy Map - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Ministry of Defence (Twitter): Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine—14 August 2023
- TASS: Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian naval drone production sites in precision strike 
- Euromaidan Press: UK Chief of Defence Staff Radakin visited Ukraine, discussed current counteroffensive with Ukrainian Commander in Chief Zaluzhnyi
- Daily Mail: Army sparks feminist backlash after first transgender soldier to serve on the front line takes part in panel discussion about 'women in leadership' at Sandhurst event
- Newsweek: Ukraine Military Has a New Transgender Spokesperson

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Your MP Can Still Speak His Mind—SNP Statesman(?) Wants This Existential "Threat To Democracy" Curtailed - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Herald Scotland: Truth tsar calls amid 'existential threat' to democracy
- The Spectator: Angus MacNeil expelled from the SNP after bust-up with chief whip
- Angus B. MacNeil (Twitter): “I didn't leave the SNP—the SNP have left me.”
(The change from Owen Thompson to Brendan O'Hara was the second recent replacement of SNP Chief Whip at Westminster in as many years after Patrick Grady got handsy with staff)
- UK Column Podcast Series: A Dissident's Guide to the Constitution

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Government Tender Alert! Contract For Access to Media Monitoring Services At Home—And Is Refugee Rent Being Topped Up In A Pilot Scheme? - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Crown Commercial Service: Media Monitoring and Associated Services
- Government Contracts Finder: Provision of Access to Media Monitoring Services
- Description:
“To ensure communications are underpinned by effective media monitoring, Cabinet Office and the His Majesty (HM) Treasury Communications Team intend to procure an online platform which provides access to previously aired tv and radio broadcast footage from a range of UK national and regional channels.”
- Government Contracts Finder: Future opportunity: 2023-2024-009: Migrant Rent Deposit Scheme
“Funds that are not drawn upon at the end of the tenancy will remain within the TDS to assist further refugee households through the pilot.”
- Please contact UK Column if you have any information about this government initiative.

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

The Dangers Of EVs: Is Your Bike A Firework? - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Sky News: E-bike and e-scooter owners urged to check if chargers are appropriate
- Daily Express: Alarm after an electric car caught fire while recharging its battery in Mallorca
- New Zealand Herald: House on fire in Pakuranga Heights, electric vehicle ablaze in garage
- ITV News: 'Faulty electric bike' likely to have caused Leicester house fire which left two in hospital
- Electrek: Why electric bike companies don't want you to repair your e-bike
- Top comment by Eric Rodz:
“Cellphones, tablets and laptops are much more complex than an e-bike and they all contain dangerous lithium batteries too. So they also need to be excluded from the list of right-to-repair products. Best regards, Apple Inc.”
- Metro: Treat e-bike batteries like fireworks, charity warns
- Electrical Safety First: Battery breakdown: Our report into dangerous lithium-ion batteries
- Sky News: E-bikes must have number plates and insurance, MP says 

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Devon Devilment: Paignton Town Centre Crossroads Resembles Loyalist Kerbs Of Belfast - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- The Telegraph: Confused by these road markings? You're not the only one
- Spokesman for Torbay Council: 
“The red is to remind motorists as they approach the junction to slow down and think ‘should I be driving through here?’ before proceeding to turn slowly at the junction. The blue is to better define the carriage for pedestrians and to reflect some of the placemaking ambitions for a permanent scheme.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

German Establishment All-Out To Ban Political Opponents - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- Spiegel: Ban enemies of the constitution! The AfD has become more and more radicalized. It's time to defend democracy with sharper weapons
- Junge Freiheit: The oddities in the Andreas Jurca case (paywall)
- Eugyppius, A Plague Chronicle: On the self-inflicted political crisis of the German ruling establishment, and why banning Alternative für Deutschland will deepen their failures

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

And Finally: Taxed Beyond The Grave - UK Column News - 16th August 2023

- This is Money: Families face spectre of bigger tax bills if they inherit a pension

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-august-2023

Who Is Starting Wildfires?—Burn Back Better? - UK Column News - 18th August 2023

- Real World News (Telegram): Video: Maui Wildfires and the Theft of Sacred Hawaiian Land
- Dr. Kathy J. Forti (LinkedIn): What Really Happened on Maui—I Was There
- Nick Sortor (Twitter): Reports of a 12-mile ‘media free zone’ around Lahaina
- ABC7 Chicago: Maui's emergency services chief resigns after facing criticism for not activating sirens during fire
- ThePostMillennial:  Hawaii governor says state is looking to 'acquire land' that was destroyed in fires
- Govtech Events: Hawaii Digital Government Summit 2023 
- IEEE SMC: The 2023 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conferences
- Electric Power Research Institute (2016): JUMPSmartMaui Demonstration Project Phase 1 Assessment (PDF)
- Wall Street Journal: Since Covid, Hawaii Home Sales Over $10 Million Have Grown Sixfold
- CNN: Opinion: After ‘no comment,’ Biden’s response to Maui will be key 
- Newsweek: Joe Biden Sending $700 to Maui Fire Victims Sparks Backlash: 'Insulting'
- Euronews: 'Out of control' wildfires rage in Tenerife: Map of affected areas, evacuations and how to stay safe 
- eSmartCity: Innovative Public Procurement and Smart Buildings will be the stars of the III Tenerife Smart Island
- INtech Tenerife: Tenerife Smart Island. A Smart Tourist Destination
- GOV.UK: IFA035 - Making Science Fiction a Reality: Future Directed Energy Weapons 
“Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) are systems capable of discrete target selection that emit laser or Radio Frequency (RF) energy as the primary means to cause disruptive, damaging or destructive effects on equipment or facilities.”
- GOV.UK (2017): UK Innovation: Laser Weapon Contract Awarded 
“the first laser weapons would come into service in the mid-2020s.”
 
Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-august-2023

NATO Backtracks On Statement - UK Column News - 18th August 2023

- The New Voice of Ukraine (via Yahoo!):  Ukraine could join NATO in return for ceding territory — alliance official
- VG: Open to Ukraine ceding territory in exchange for NATO membership
- TASS: Russian diplomat slams NATO official’s remark on Ukraine accession as bogus 
- Defense Advancement: Kongsberg Delivering C-UAS Air Defense Systems to Ukraine
- Kongsberg: International Fund for Ukraine orders multiple C-UAS air defence systems
- AP News: Czechs ratify defense treaty with US that makes it easier to deploy US troops in Czech territory

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-august-2023

From Ukraine, To Russia And China - UK Column News - 18th August 2023

- TASS: MI6 prepares Ukrainian sabotage group for missions in Africa — source
- Al Mayadeen English: UK MI6 to send 100 Ukrainian fighters to Africa to counter Russia
- Rosatom: Plenary session "Nuclear Technologies for the Development of Africa" was held at the Second Summit Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum
- Mongabay: CAPS, new gas megaproject, aims to power Central Africa, but at what cost, critics ask
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-august-2023

Child Abuse—BBC's Reflex Is Still To Cover Up - UK Column News - 18th August 2023

- WhatDoTheyKnow: Failure to respond to news of child sex exploitation
- WhatDoTheyKnow: Evidence to support statement about child sex exploitation 
- WhatDoTheyKnow: Evidence to support Nazir Afzal's claim about a 2008 circular about CSE
- WhatDoTheyKnow: Cover-up of Child Sex Exploitation by Sheffield City Council
UK Column finding: Questions to the BBC about the release of child abuse data under Freedom of Information Act are quickly passed to the BBC's legal team.
- BBC: Dame Elan Closs Stephens DBE
- WhatDoTheyKnow: Blocking of the flow of information concerning child sex exploitation
- BBC: Prosecutor Nazir Afzal: I couldn't defend a rapist
- Mark Braithwaite (YouTube): Nazir Afzal—Carolyn Quinn—The FULL Interview (19 October 2018)

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-august-2023

UK Health Security Agency—Is It About Health At All? - UK Column News - 18th August 2023

- GOV.UK: Letter from Maria Caulfield MP to Professor Dame Jenny Harries, UKHSA chief executive 
“…and work with industry, in particular in the life sciences, to prevent and mitigate public health hazards through innovative approaches and collaboration such as with pharmaceutical companies on vaccine research and development of diagnostics”
(Note) The Guardian: Former Covid medical officer Van-Tam takes role at vaccine maker Moderna

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-august-2023