American justice for sale - UK Column News - 21st November 2022
Reuters: Report of second major U.S. Supreme Court leak draws calls for probe—Republican Party Evangelical donors allegedly tipped a nod ahead of time over dinner about the Hobby Lobby ruling (important to Evangelicals) Mark Anderson analysis: The media establishment is now doing everything it can to call US judicial legitimacy into question, after the huge blow of losing half a century of having a reliably socially liberal Supreme Court Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-21st-november-2022
UK Aiming For New Leadership With… Synthetic Biology
* Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023
- GOV.UK: First meeting of UK science champions to cement UK leadership in safe, responsible biology breakthroughs
- Society of Chemical Industry: New Council looks to put UK at forefront of responsible engineering biology use
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI): Synthetic Biology for Growth
- UKRI: Engineering Biology Missions Hubs and Mission Awards
- Scottish issues clip
- Muslim Council withdraws support for Nicola Sturgeon's SNP/Green government (Archive)
And Finally
- Asteroid Sar2667
Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-february-2023
Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-21st-june-2023
- GOV.UK: Support for farmers to access investment to drive nature recovery
- GOV.UK: The Green Finance Strategy and Nature Markets Framework
- Natural England: Nature on Dartmoor
- Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023:
“A Bill to make provision about the release and marketing of, and risk assessments relating to, precision bred plants and animals, and the marketing of food and feed produced from such plants and animals; and for connected purposes.”
Andrew Bridgen Pleads For An Investigation On Excess Deaths (Receives Cheers From The Gallery)
Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-october-2023
- Andrew Bridgen (on X):
“Today is the day of the first debate in a Parliament anywhere in the world on the subject of excess deaths. Please tune in to the debate this afternoon or, if you can, come down to the House of Commons and watch from the Public Gallery.”
- Response letter from Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
- Response letter from Sheryll Murray MP
- Health Advisory And Recovery Team (HART): Joint Letter from HART, DfPUK and UKMFA
Iranian President’s Death; Azerbaijan Gets Back At France Far Away Over Support For Armenia; Confederation in Sahel Under Russian Tutelage
Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-20th-may-2024
- Reuters: Iran's hardliner President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
- Moneycircus (Telegram):
“Something smells off. The helicopter was one of three—so the nature of the crash and its location was known. Reaching it took time.”
- Mossad Commentary (on X):
“Unconfirmed reports of the assassination of the commander-in-chief of the Iranian police. Was shot 7 times.”
- Le Figaro (French): New Caledonia: [Interior Minister] Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference in riots, Baku denounces “unfounded” accusations
- Jurist: Junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger reaffirm commitment to create confederation
- The Hindu: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger finalise regional alliance project
- AfricaMediaTV (YouTube): Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara—The Speech On Debt in Addis Abeba (Organisation of African Unity Summit): Part 1 | Part 2 (shortly before his 1987 assassination)
Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-27th-february-2023-0
- Trans woman found guilty of rape moved to men’s prison
- New transgender prisoner policy comes into force-—Transgender women with male genitalia will no longer be able to be held in mainstream women’s prisons
Who Is Really Coming Up With Sadiq Khan’s Plans?
* Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-september-2023
- The Telegraph: No meat, no dairy and three outfits a year: Welcome to Sadiq Khan’s plan for London
- C40 Cities: C40 is a global network of mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis
- The Week: Who are the Tory Net Zero Scrutiny Group?
Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-12th-december-2022
- Daily Telegraph: Jeremy Hunt faces Tory rebellion over £7 billion spending on ‘woke’ projects Sun: Woke ‘waste’—£7 billion of taxpayers’ money splurged on woke roles and activities Sun: Jeremy Hunt faces Tory revolt as bombshell report reveals £7 billion of taxpayers’ cash is wasted on woke projects
- The report itself—Conservative Way Forward: Defunding Politically-Motivated Campaigns Brian Gerrish commentary: Case studies in Section 2 are particularly interesting, as they illustrate the introduction of toxicity into society by charities Mike Robinson commentary: This is, of course, unlawful for charities
- Graphic on screen: BBC has no coverage of this report Brian Gerrish criticism: Conservative Way forward did not ask the key questions about the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion billions—
1 Which department(s) responsible?
2 Which ministers responsible?
3 Which civil servants responsible?
- David Scott commentary: While identifying the individual decision-makers proves very difficult, the funding is clear enough. Not external agitation, not individual consciences being changed; we bring this about by the taxes paid to our councils
- And Finally—Far Side cartoon blast from the past: “All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names”
Rishi Sunak’s “deeply humbling” first visit to Ukraine to pledge £50 million of your money
MoD tweet: lighters for troops training in Britain, engraved with message for heroes
So, the Ukrainian push to Kherson was not enough for peace after all; was Sunak dispatched to be the stop-peace man?
- Barron’s: Poland says it will not allow the Russian delegation to the OSCE talks [Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe]
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova: This violates the OSCE Rules of Procedure and causes irreparable damage to the institution’s reputation
- BBC says Ukraine is winning—Ukraine war: Hope returns to Kherson after Russian forces leave
Yahoo! News: Ukraine begins evacuation from Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts [southern regions of Ukraine] (syndicated report from Ukraïnska Pravda)
Ukrainian deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk issues statement on voluntary evacuation to western Ukraine for all who want it—tacit admission that the south-east is lost
Pravda (Ukraine): Residents of liberated Kherson Oblast are urged to evacuate—Kherson Oblast [regional] head Yaroslav Yanushevych statement admits desperation remains and calls for thousands of left-behind “collaborators” to be “punished”
Yet the above BBC report suggests all is a jolly liberation knees-up
David Scott commentary: Mass evacuation being described as “optimistic”—a new low
Daily News (Ukraine) and Kyiv Independent: Ministry of Economy confirms that at least 5 million Ukrainians have lost their jobs due to the war
Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Minister of the Economy, speaks of 7 million having left the country due to hostilities
On-screen backstory: Berezhna’s LinkedIn profile includes an internship in the Parliament of Canada
On-screen backstory: Another deputy economy minister has held managerial positions with a US-headquartered firm
UkrInform: War leaves 53% of Ukrainians unemployed—note dateline: 24 March (just a month into the war)
Some sources are now saying over 50% of Ukrainian electricity generation is down
Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-21st-november-2022