Happy New Year.

I'm not sure which venue this is from, but it's a 1970s price list from the bar, which indicates very well the devaluation of the pound.

Perhaps the heavy weighting towards liqueurs gives a clue as to the type of patron.

Wine? No, none of that muck!

This week's Editor's Choice articles from ukcolumn.org

1. The Nottingham Common Purpose Effect Re-Visited (By Martin Edwards
Tuesday, February 2020)

2. Fake Money as Cluster Bomb (By John Waters June 2023)

3. Canada's expanding euthanasia laws: Making the unthinkable thinkable again (By Vanessa Beeley December 2022)

Clare's post, and Dan Hannan's "brainwave" about "great Anglosphere democracies" puts me in mind of Blackadder and the great universities:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKuHYO9TM5A

Frank Kitson in 1971, from Low Intensity Operations.

Mike, Vanessa and I discussed this in UK Column News Extra this afternoon.

To see the book for yourself, you can find a pdf here: https://annas-archive.org/

Justin Welby has stepped down as Archbishop of Canterbury amid criticism over his handling of abuse allegations.
The Bishop of Manchester is reportedly a leading candidate for the role—but is this really an improvement?
Charles Malet’s UK Column article exposed the Church of England’s investments in pornography, weapons, and embryonic stem cells, raising serious questions about its moral compass:
www.ukcolumn.org/blogs/the-church-of-england-ethically-investing-in-pornography-weapons-and-embryonic-stem-cells
What direction will the Church take now?

How BBC News works:

I have just heard this girl describe the snow she is standing in as "knee deep".

Call me old fashioned, but as I observe the increasing numbers of (predominantly young) people wandering about the place with "earpods" permanently stuffed into their heads, I cannot help but think it a terribly bad idea. Situational awareness to zero, brain-cooking potential to high.

I wonder if anyone is aware of any research into the effects of this technological development, on hearing, health and cognitive function.

As it stands, the statistics on hearing loss are extraordinary (if they are to be believed): 18 million people in UK with hearing defect of some sort.

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https://www.hearingaid.org.uk/hearing-loss-awareness/uk-hearing-loss-and-hearing-aids-statistics

Musk’s 2025: 130–200 X Posts a Day for the Israel Lobby (Disinformation is Harmful) - UK Column News - 8th January 2025

- Elon Musk (on X): Starmer is evil
- Nigel Farage (on X): Farage’s post
“Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree. My view remains that Tommy Robinson is not right for Reform and I never sell out my principles.”
- Elon Musk (on X): Jess Philips is a rape genocide apologist
- BBC: Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Phillips
- The Guardian (2015): Labour MP Jess Phillips will 'knife Corbyn in the front' if he damages party
- Department of Government Efficiency (on X): The people voted for major reform
- Thinking Coalition’s (Substack): Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Do not put your trust in princes

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-january-2025

What's he up to this time?

Elon Musk's modus operandi, to date, has been to trouser large amounts of public money via the mechanism of an innovative business that the Government just has to support.

With that in mind, which particular pot of British cash is he eyeing up?

The piece referred to in the above segment is from Thinking Coalition, and is a great read:

https://substack.com/@thinkingcoalition/p-151664862

Raja Miah, mentioned on UK Column recently, posted this today:

"Just so people who are coming to this late appreciate the scale of the cover up. Not only can you see @OldhamCouncil leader @shah_arooj hanging off the arm of the convicted getaway driver of the cop killer DALE CREGAN & partying with a man wearing a @UKLabour rosette that kidnapped and tortured someone, Even knowing this, the Labour Party appointed AROOJ SHAH as its chair of the powerful National Constitutional Committee

I do not believe that Oldham is the only town controlled by Pakistani gangsters. These are the people @Keir_Starmer relies on to stay in power. This is another reason why the Labour Party wants to block a Public Inquiry"

Source https://x.com/recusant_raja/status/1876956597919842580?t=24LjeqRhm3iifRs28GPQIw&s=19

Schools and universities across the UK are undergoing radical curriculum changes, removing classics like Shakespeare and Dickens while promoting divisive ideologies. As we're heavily censored on the main platforms, visit our website for honest reporting and real information: www.ukcolumn.org

Dominic Adler's take on politcal policing over the years, with poor outcomes for just about everyone:

"Yet given the scale of the rape gang scandal, is it now unreasonable to ask if any babies were chucked out with the bathwater? I think they were. I describe it as “Tsunami Policing” — where the solution to a policing problem is, initially, like a gentle offshore wave. Then, as it rushes towards the landmass of reality, urged on by opinion formers and politicians and grasping police managers, it becomes a monstrosity. This describes the post-Macpherson Met’s obsession with race, whereby Scotland Yard played “trendy vicar” one minute, Torquemada the next."

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https://unherd.com/2025/01/why-the-police-ignored-the-rape-gangs/

How times have changed.

As yet, nobody has replied with "what?"

Dan Astin-Gregory was kind enough to host me on his podcast and he asked a range of excellent questions during a discussion on the criminal justice system, which ended up ranging fairly far and wide.

If you think this may be of interest to those around you, please send it on, and for more of the same sort of commentary, come to ukcolumn.org.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DybSsORlIE0

Be ye not deceived. It is not in the least inclusive; there was only one loo.

And, that chap in the middle needs a word with his tailor, sharpish.

Just listening through the first 15 minutes (now time for bed) there’s a striking parallel as Charles outlines today’s Police having ro deal with minor issues that should be sorted out within families and communities - things like hurty feelings - and what’s happening today within the NHS with multi-testing of perfectly healthy people who aren’t ill. The thresholds for intervention have been brought right down to nonsense. In nursing I was taught that if people are OK and they can get on without you, then leave well alone. This allows professional time to deal with those most in need. Ultimately in today’s NHS so much technocratic inspired outreach, useless appointments, apps and fake consultations do no good and just get in the way. The parallel for the Police is they can’t do their job as also happens in NHS. These enforced restrictions from above strangle our society. It’s Common Purpose at play.

How many women does it take to change a planet?

A BBC posse of propagandists has hit the ground running this year, pushing out such gems as:

"We love our pets. But research shows keeping animals is not always the most environmentally friendly thing to do. Take pet cats. They can generate over three tonnes of CO2 over the course of their life – equivalent to driving a petrol car 12,070km (7,500 miles)."


If you need a laugh, read on....or listen to the audio version as you drive your cat to work.

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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241231-seven-proven-ways-to-help-the-planet