Should the Foreign Office get away with indefinitely burying its spending just because UK Column started tracking what was going to which NGOs? This is your public data on tax spending. Please send your MP this clip and demand timely spending publication by the FCDO.

Being near the front of the 'I can only see this one way' queue, Douglas Murray joins a burgeoning band of commentators with no idea what Rules of Engagement (ROE) are, or what 'peacekeeping' means.

Whilst ROE can be amended according to the operational situation, peacekeeping and being 'willing to shoot' do not go together. The term 'self-defence' has, to an extent, been redefined since 7th October 2023.

Murray's paragraph is the conclusion to an article in The Spectator about the United Nations (UN) and Israel. The thing is, the UN is very specific about the difference between 'peacekeeping' and 'peace enforcement'.

From the UN page on the Principles of Peacekeeping: 'UN peacekeeping operations are not an enforcement tool. However, they may use force...if acting in self-defence and defence of the mandate.'

I do not write in defence of the UN, or of Gaza, or of Israel. The idea that killing some people, in order to stop other people killing each other is not one that history reckons to be a good one.

At first glance, I thought this was something to do with the "COVID" "Inquiry".

A somewhat confusing PR job being done for Israel with the ‘Children of the Generation of Victory’ song and, in particular, its lyrics. Mark Anderson spoke about this on UK Column News yesterday.

From the Palestine Chronicle: ‘Israel’s state broadcaster Kan aired the song under the title “We will annihilate everyone in Gaza,” but was later forced to remove the clip after it sparked angry global responses.’

To read the completely extraordinary lyrics, which were sung by children, see below.

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https://www.palestinechronicle.com/we-will-annihilate-everyone-in-gaza-israeli-children-song-calls-for-destroying-gaza-video/

Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jon Cook for UK Column. He is a dairy farmer, an intellect, a phenomenal communicator and he buzzes with enough energy to run the National Grid.

I urge you to listen to him describing the journey that he and his livestock have been on and how it bears relation to the way in which you shop and nourish yourself.

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/raw-truth-unadulterated-milk-and-food-security-with-jon-cook

A long piece by the BBC which confirms what was known in 2020; these products will increase the chances of the consumer becoming ill.

'She told me: "People's antibody levels against Covid are probably as low now as they have been since the vaccine was first introduced."

Antibody levels are relatively low because it has been a long time since many of us were vaccinated (if you are young and healthy you were only ever offered two doses and a booster) or infected, which also tops up immunity.'

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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67726685

On 23 Nov, I posted a screenshot sent in by Roy, which showed his MP indoctrinating schoolchildren into promoting pharmaceutical products. Roy wrote to Rebecca Harris MP about this, in which he referenced the death of a family member following a booster jab. The letter he received in reply is posted below.

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A reminder of how a ‘modern Western democracy’ works, and why it is exported all over the world.

We vote for an individual to sit in the House of Commons, to shout senselessly at other people when it doesn’t matter and to vacate the chamber when it does.

We pay them to do this and then we sit back and watch them taking money from other organisations, besides government, that we also fund.

Every few years, we are given the chance to select a new bunch of recipients. As yet, there is not an option on the ballot paper for not returning a member.

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https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/231211/231211.pdf

I’m not sure if Bob’s most recent cartoon was inspired by this ‘festive’ display I saw yesterday, or vice versa.

There has been a terrific response to the interview with Jon Cook, who produces raw milk on his dairy farm.

The Raw Milk Producers Association, with which he is involved, has a list of all raw milk producers and a map, on their website.

To illustrate the threat to this industry, I should point out that in Scotland, 'It is an offence to place raw milk or cream on the market for direct consumption in Scotland - this includes distribution', because...'Raw drinking milk and cream has historically been recognised as a high risk to public health'.

Food Standards Scotland does not explain how much time William Wallace spent filtering, pasteurising and homogenising his milk, but I suppose it must have been considerable as he would not have otherwise survived.

If, as is likely the case, you do not have a producer on the doorstep, I can offer a personal assurance that raw milk freezes well and there is no wateriness or lumpiness once thawed. So, if you have a big freezer, stocking up every once in a while is the way to go.

Marianna Spring has blocked UK Column on Twitter for this reply.
The BBC's 'TV Licence' is about £13.25 a month. Supporting UK Column's work is voluntary at £5 a month, just saying.

This was a great interview, thank you very much. We’re very lucky to have a local supplier.
If anyone else is in South Wales, Gelli Farm, Cefn Cribwr sells raw milk from their farm milk hut.
They quite often have customers buying it in huge quantities. I was there several weeks ago when the farmer told me they cancelled the milk tanker for that day as they’d had someone drive down from Birmingham and bought so much of it, the tanker would have had a wasted journey!
Most people I meet and chat to at the milk hut are there buying it for health reasons and the milk is helping them.

Census data from 2021 suggests that there are at least 1.8m veterans in England and Wales.

A Veteran's ID card was announced by Tobias Ellwood (who served in Royal Green Jackets in Regular Army, now serves as Reservist with 77 Brigade) in February 2019, with no suggestion that it would be anything other than a piece of plastic.

The project has been stalled and stalled and, finally, it is revealed that the Veterans' ID card will 'officially launch by the end of January 2024 following a successful assessment from the Central Digital and Data Office'.

It is not made clear exactly what a veteran will need to submit to in order to obtain such a card, but it looks highly likely to be the gateway to a biometric data gathering exercise or, at least, the normalising of a form of digital identity across a very broad cross-section of society.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed, in response to a Freedom of Information request, that the card will not be linked to any other personal data (health, travel, banking and so forth), so we shall see how that works out.

We are fortunate to have 2 Jersey cows and we drink raw milk every day. It is full of nutrition and doesn't go off, it just changes form. So, if you manage to buy some, do not throw it out if you think it is on the turn, just leave it in a jar in the kitchen as it will turn into 'clabber' . When it splits, strain it in some muslin, mix with a little salt and garlic if you like, and you will have a lovely cream cheese.

Today marks the winter solstice, which is a useful reminder of our lack of a complete understanding of the environment we live in. As you may be aware, the shortest day has neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise. Since we are yet to devise a method of keeping time accurately, it seems both daft and arrogant to assume that we know best when it comes to the 'climate'.

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https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/earliest-sunset.html