BBC’s Latest Series: Tightening the Skripal Novichok Narrative—The One That Doesn’t Add Up - UK Column News - 30th October 2024

- BBC: Crime Next Door—The Salisbury Poisonings
- BBC: Chief thought Skripal poisoning could be 'act of war'
- UK Column timeline (2022): The Day of the Skripal 
- BBC: Russian spy: Salisbury diners told to wash possessions
“Mobile phones, handbags and other electronic items should be wiped with baby wipes”

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I have recorded my UK Column event speech into a podcast and it's on my Substack.

I don't like doing podcasts but apparently people enjoy them more than reading. I can't stand the sound of my voice but I'm stuck with it.

I will only be doing one or two podcasts a month though and future ones will be about legal cases relevant to people, or law related stuff that people either need to be aware of, or that is useful.

The podcasts are for paid subscribers only

The Substack is here

https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18q3db

Treasury offers £84k for a COVID Corruption Commissioner—a one-year role, three days a week, for an £84k salary. Will they recover the £billions wasted by politicians, or is the target someone who ‘overindulged’ during Eat Out to Help Out? Watch today’s full Extra here: UK Column News Extra – 30th October 2024

Mike: "... due to the sloppy work of the Russian operatives."

Vanessa: "What does that even mean?"

Charles: "They might have left a ladder leaning at a silly angle."

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Something I talked about at the UK Column event was juryless trials and why they are against fundamental rights. For once a bit of good news - the temporary reprieve on juryless trials in Scotland has become permanent. There will be no juryless trials! For now at least

https://t.me/EastApp/35314

Hear what gets 19-year-old Montgomery Toms out of bed before dawn to unite the nation against tyranny. If you're older and have more resources than him, what's your excuse for having a fatalistic attitude?
www.ukcolumn.org/video/stolen-youth-with-montgomery-toms

Hear what gets 19-year-old Montgomery Toms out of bed before dawn to unite the nation against tyranny. If you're older and have more resources than him, what's your excuse for having a fatalistic attitude?
www.ukcolumn.org/video/stolen-youth-with-montgomery-toms

If you're buying a home, you must have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), or face fines. UK targets aim for EPC band C by 2035—expect heat pumps to replace boilers with "financial support" provided. But, what’s the real cost to homeowners? The future of your home’s value could hang in the balance.
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Join us live today at 1PM for UK Column News, where Debi Evans will cover:
- "Who trained you, Marianna Spring?" and a challenge to BBC on misinformation.
- The world lead on misinformation revealed.
- The NHS under budget strain—where did Covid funds go?
- Insight into a Covid corruption commissioner.
- The true cost of dying affected by the autumn budget.

Tune in at 1pm or watch on demand soon after: www.ukcolumn.org

Avid UK Column Viewers will be unsurprised to learn that DEMOS (linked to common purpose, linked to the Cabinet Office) have had their sticky fingers all over the reform of Inheritance tax legislation in the UK. Full on communism in their promoted reforms including the removal of the free uplift for capital gains tax (so you would in fact get taxed twice under this proposal). And look what we find on page 11 of their proposal document:

"It is important to note that, in order to protect the revenue gain from the recommended inheritance tax reforms, the government may need to introduce additional reforms that limit the remaining opportunities for the wealthy to reduce their tax bills. The additional taxation placed on businesses and high value estates may lead to an increase in migration, lifetime giving, and use of remaining tax reliefs among wealthy individuals. This could reduce the revenue gain. The evidence is currently unclear on the extent to which these behavioural responses would occur and the impact on the revenue gain. Yet, if the government deems this to be a significant risk they should consider additional reforms, including:

- Taxing lifetime gifts: applying tax to lifetime gifts above, for example, an annual or lifetime allowance.
- Restricting agricultural relief: capping tax relief for farmland and buildings in the same way that is recommended for tax relief for business assets.
- Taxing pensions: bringing pensions into the scope of inheritance tax.

Now you know who really wrote some of the budget

https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Plugging-the-black-hole_IHT_Report_2024.pdf

Rolling Out Control: The New Office for Digital Identities and Attributes for Digital ID Implementation - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- UK Parliament: Parliamentary Bills: Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
- GOV.UK: UK digital identity and attributes trust framework alpha v1 (0.1)
- GOV.UK: Office for Digital Identities and Attributes
- GOV.UK: A way to prove who you are that is fit for the UK's digital economy
- UKAS: UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework
- GOV.UK: List of certified digital identity and attribute services
- Biometric Update: Biometrics, digital ID make ‘fully digital travel experience’ a reality: IATA

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Where Are Tax Funds Wasted? Assisted Dying as a Cost-Cutting Measure? - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- GOV.UK: New funding to fix the NHS: here’s how it will be spent
- Sky News: Budget 2024: Biggest day-to-day increase in NHS spending since 2010 announced
- The BMJ: Covid–19: Government aims to appoint corruption tsar within weeks
- Civil Service World: Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
- Transparency International UK: New research raises corruption questions over billions in Covid public spending
- Sky News: Budget 2024: Biggest tax rise since 1993—with employers to bear the brunt
- Daily Mail: MPs and peers call for public inquiry into assisted dying
- Government of Canada: Medical assistance in dying: Overview
- House of Lords Library: Hospices: State funding
- Hospice UK: Urgent call to save end of life care as 20% of hospices threatened by cuts
- i News: End-of-life care to be ‘stripped back’ if NHS can’t fund hospices hit by tax hike
- The Telegraph:  Terminally ill risk being coerced to end lives for insurance payout, campaigners warn (Archived)

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Automating Death: Swiss Sarco Suicide Salesmen Seek AI for Reduced Human Intervention - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- Daily Mail: Sarco suicide pod bosses are building a NEW capsule to carry out a SECOND euthanasia outside of Switzerland after cops seized original device in 'strangulation' probe
- Wired: The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

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The Future of Cash Lies in Our Hands—Yet the Push for CBDCs Intensifies - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- The Washington Post: How technology is reshaping the future of money and finance 
- Washington Post Live (YouTube): Craig Vosburg: ‘There will always be a role for cash’
“Like any other good central bank, the Fed will move forward only if there is broad, public and political support for it, and we are not there yet…”

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Cash in Hand: The Last Defence Against a World Going Digital—Hold On While You Can - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- Juniper Research: Global CBDCs & Stablecoins Market: 2024–2031
- Group of Thirty (YouTube): G30 39th Annual International Banking Seminar
- Pymnts: Adding Value, Driving Growth: Industry Leaders Map the Future of Financial Services
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Project mBridge reaches MVP stage
- Interfax: BRICS Bridge digital payment platform to boost trade between group's states, says Russian senator

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Trust in Media Is Beyond Repair—Especially When Billionaires Curate the Headlines - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- The Washington Post (Opinion): The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media—By Jeff Bezos
- Britannica: Jeff Bezos: Biography, Amazon, & Facts
“The Amazon founder bought The Washington Post from the Graham family in 2013 for $250 million.”
- CNN: Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post non-endorsement after subscribers flee and staffers resign
- Gallup News: Americans' Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low
- Federal Reserve History: Eugene I. Meyer

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Online Safety Act: Protecting Kids from the Dangers of… Unauthorised Knowledge! - UK Column News - 1st November 2024

- The World Economic Forum (WEF): Why younger generations need critical thinking, fact-checking and media verification to stay safe online
- BBC: The Online Safety Act is one year old. Has it made children any safer?
- Holyrood: A digital tightrope: will the Online Safety Act deliver on its promises?
- Molly Rose Foundation: One year on from the Online Safety Act: Strengthen the Act to protect young lives
- YouTube Official Blog: Expanding our support for teen wellbeing on YouTube across Europe
- TikTok Newsroom: TikTok Youth Council holds first meetings, as new research shows teens want to work directly with platforms
- Meta: Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts: Built-In Protections for Teens, Peace of Mind for Parents
- Full Fact: Revitalised Online Safety Act should help fact checkers turn the tide on misinformation
- The Telegraph: Online safety laws 'pose substantial risks to our economy'
- Full Fact: Ofcom should move now to set up its Advisory Committee on Disinformation and Misinformation

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