UK's Ruinable Energy Policy  - UK Column News - 3rd April 2024

- AHDB: Early Bird Survey
- UK Parliament: Planning for solar farms (PDF)
“By 2035, Govt aim is 70GW = 113,360 hectares”
- Campaign to Protect Rural England: CPRE statement on solar energy
- UK Column interview: The Race to Zero with Steve Goreham
- UK Parliament: Written evidence submitted by Solar Energy UK (GRI0084)
- UK Parliament: Solar Energy UK response
- GOV.UK: British Industry Supercharger gives huge boost to UK businesses
“The Supercharger’s measures will fully exempt eligible firms from certain costs linked to renewable energy policies”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024

These are the sorts of photographs that Grant Shapps, David Cameron and Tony Radakin should be considering.

Unearthly Interference: The Corruption of the Organic Movement—with Sir Julian Rose

Sir Julian Rose speaks to Charles Malet about the slavery created by subsidy and how to break away from supermarkets and one world government.

www.ukcolumn.org/video/unearthly-interference-the-corruption-of-the-organic-movement-with-sir-julian-rose

Comfort Ero, of the International Crisis Group, writing in Foreign Affairs:

"Recent global events have made schisms between these countries and the West more pronounced. When many non-Western governments refused to take sides after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some Western leaders acknowledged the need to address allegations of a double standard—specifically, the perception that they only took principled stands when a European nation was attacked.

Only with the support of a large bloc of states that are usually considered part of the global South, after all, could the UN General Assembly deliver a strong show of solidarity with Ukraine. But Western governments did not seek to apply this lesson beyond the Russia-Ukraine war.

If the war in Gaza posed the next test of whether Western leaders truly grasped the importance of facing accusations of hypocrisy, those leaders appear to have failed. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, officials and citizens believe that the United States and some of its allies in Europe have greenlighted Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza. The perception of double standards is stronger than ever."

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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/trouble-global-south

Victoria Prentis, the Attorney General, demonstrates how turning a blind eye can become an art form.

As though not a drop of blood had been shed in eastern Ukraine between 2014 and 2022, she is seen here leaping on the bandwagon which passes by currently, saying:

“Since Russia’s barbaric invasion over two years ago, there has been extensive and profound damage inflicted on Ukrainian buildings and vital infrastructure.

The UK is fully committed to helping secure accountability for Ukraine and the Register of Damages scheme, which will act as an important mechanism to document this brutal conflict.”

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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-reaffirms-support-for-ukrainian-efforts-to-seek-justice-for-russias-illegal-invasion

There has been an extremely positive response to this interview, so I would very much encourage you to listen to what Julian has to say if you have not already managed to do so.

Happy New Year.......

The Calendar Act 1750 remains the reason for the tax year starting on 6th April. Finally, after nearly 200 years since the design of the Gregorian Calendar, England and her dominions made the switch, thus moving the start of the year from 25th March to 1st January. 11 days were lost to the out of kilter Julian calendar.

Earlier steps towards a one world government?

"In and throughout all his Majesty’s dominions and countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, belonging or subject to the crown of Great Britain, the said supputation, according to which the year of our Lord beginneth on the twenty-fifth day of March, shall not be made use of from and after the last day of December one thousand seven hundred and fifty-one;

and that the first day of January next following the said last day of December shall be reckoned, taken, deemed, and accounted to be the first of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two;

and the first day of January which shall happen next after the said first day of January one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two shall be reckoned, taken, deemed, and accounted to be the first day of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three;

and so on from time to time the first day of January in every year which shall happen in time to come shall be reckoned, taken, deemed, and accounted to be the first day of the year, and that each new year shall accordingly commence and begin to be reckoned from the first day of every such month of January next preceding the twenty-fifth day of March on which such year would according to the present supputation have begun or commenced."

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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo2/24/23/contents

And, for a bit more background:

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https://www.mass.gov/news/happy-new-year

If only the bootnecks could be tasked with keeping the legal drugs off British streets, too.

Sally Beck on cherry-picking statistics, when it comes to “infectious diseases”:

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https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/this-cruel-and-dangerous-push-for-the-measles-jab-remind-you-of-anything/

A prediction; no more Gurkhas in 20 years’ time.

“The British Embassy in Kathmandu (BEK) has a small pot of funding to scale up our ambition to support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal.”

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-embassy-kathmandu-call-for-bids-lgbt-enabling-fund

In response to the Sally Beck TCW article 👇

I've got the book mentioned in that article: Dissolving Illusions. I can't recommend it enough, though it's difficult to read at times as it explains in great detail what wretched lives the poor, particularly children, led during the Industrial Revolution

As you may be aware, some of the King’s Guard will be found by the Gendarmerie Nationale today and, in Paris, a detachment from the Coldstream Guards—my regiment—will be showing the French how this sort of thing is done properly.

There have been a number of questions about this, understandably. It has not been unusual to have non-British soldiers turning up for a ceremonial stint in London, but they have all come from the Commonwealth. Picking 120 years since the Entente Cordiale seems odd (why not 125, and I doubt anyone considered this in 2004), which makes this look like it is much more about NATO than Anglo-Frog relations.

The guard rooms at the royal palaces are classed as “transit accommodation”, because nobody spends more than 48hrs there. This means that the blokes sleep on squeaky bunk beds with plastic mattresses and there is a distinct lack of ambience. Since each battalion and company on public duties has a mass of other training to be getting on with, getting any help with this is always viewed as a plus, even if it means the public do not get the same spectacle.

Assuming the officers are given lunch in the mess at St James’s Palace afterwards, partaking of snuff might be a little awkward; the snuff box is made from one of Marengo’s hooves.

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1885542/buckingham-palace-french-soldiers

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This is perhaps easier to read, and more up-to-date than Dissolving Illustrations

For those still on the edges of their seats, this has either been completely misreported (likely), or today was a rehearsal of some kind.

The Scots Guards have not dismounted guard, so there was a much abbreviated and simplified ceremony. In short, the French turned up from Wellington Barracks (just over the road, which is usual) and formed up on the north side of the forecourt. Gendarme drill is very basic. They are unable to carry out a left form, which means we are perfectly safe, even if the entente falls apart.

Therefore, the King's Guard has not been replaced by the French; they merely turned up for some shouting and marching. However, now they know their way through the palace gates, maybe they will get a go at camping there in due course.

In a UK Column segment on 27th March, I played a clip of Tim Davies speaking about the announcement that 10 Ukrainian pilots had received basic fast jet training in the UK. Tim flew fast jets for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force for 20 years; he also trained pilots and he worked as an electronic warfare officer.

His view on the Ukraine conflict is that Russia is in control of the sky and that initial training of 10 pilots is effectively meaningless for Ukraine, but there will be knock-on effects for the airmen of the UK.

Our 25-minute conversation is now up on the UK Column website and I commend it to you. It is hard to believe that an aircraft flies faster than Tim speaks, but that is, apparently, the case:

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http://www.ukcolumn.org/video/winging-it-why-is-the-uk-training-ukrainian-pilots

You may have seen Matthew Randolph on UK Column News Extra last Wednesday.

In addition to challenging Gloucester City Council over planning applications for 5G masts, he is standing at the forthcoming election for Police and Crime Commissioner.

For more on the planning debacle, see Matt's conversation with Rachel Mathews:

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https://youtu.be/O-oAVWOYNY0?si=n7uM2KeMMJtHMY4E

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