UK Column News - 4th September 2024

Source:  ukcolumn

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today’s UK Column News.

 

Starmer’s Britain: The Rise of Authoritarianism

00:25 The Crispin Flintoff Show (YouTube): UK journalist under house arrest on terrorism charges (Sarah Wilkinson interview)

Consortium News: UK Prime Minister Terrorizing Palestine Supporters

After the arrest of Sarah Wilkinson on Thursday, Jonathan Cook says Keir Starmer is determined to silence critics of his — and his government’s — complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Socialist Worker: Palestine Action co-founder faces charges under Terrorism Act

Consortium News: Acclaimed Journalist Charged With ‘Anti-Semitism’

 

Who Are The Terrorists?

09:52 Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales (CPS): Terrorism

Legislation: Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

GOV.UK: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations

GOV.UK: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation: Arrests, outcomes, and stop and search, Great Britain, quarterly update to March 2024 

212 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year ending 31 March 2024

Magistrates’ Association: Becoming a magistrate

GOV.UK: Pre-charge bail statutory guidance

 

Ukraine’s Cabinet Crisis: Key Figures Depart Amidst Turmoil

15:58 AP News: Ukraine’s defense minister resigns following Zelenskyy’s announcement of his replacement

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov submitted a letter of resignation on Monday

Financial Times: Ukrainian foreign minister resigns in government shake-up

Financial Times: Poland has ‘duty’ to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, says minister

Reuters: Romanian lawmakers approve donation of Patriot missile system to Ukraine

GOV.UK: UK-Ukraine digital trade set to grow

Parallel Parliament: UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement: Entry into Force

HMS Queen Elizabeth (on X): HMS Queen Elizabeth’s post

Summer leave over!

Good to be heading back to sea for a busy period of equipment trials and training.

CobraEmergency (YouTube): Aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, heading out to sea after being in Portsmouth for summer following repairs in Scotland

 

UK Column On Location: Bristol—October 2024 (Limited tickets)

22:20 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community

UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards

UK Column shop: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

Forthcoming UK Column interview: Lawyer Clare Wills Harrison—5th September at 1 pm

UK Column interview: Discussing The Second Climate Masterclass

UK Column symposium: The International Center for 9/11 Justice and UK Column presents: AVIATION IMPOSSIBILITIES—Deconstructing the Official Story of the 9/1 Hijackings and Air Defense Failures—Sunday, September 8 2024 6–10 pm BST (1–5 pm EDT)

Children’s Health Defense: Attack on Food and Farmers and how to fight back Symposium—September 6th and 7th

Event: Died Suddenly Exhibition: London, November 2024. Exact location TBD; contact: [email protected]

 

Targeted as Extremists: The Crackdown on Independent Media, and the Battle for Free Speech

26:35 UK Parliament: Hansard: Violent Disorder (Debated on Monday 2 September 2024)

The Free Speech Union (on X): The Free Speech Union’s post

We’ve threatened to take the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to court over he plan to revive the perception-based version of the non-crime hate incident (NCHI). NCHIs are a recent and chilling restriction of our free speech 

The Free Speech Union: Labour and the return of Orwellian non-crime hate incidents

UK Column article: Britain had the First Amendment first

 

David Lammy’s Arms Export Policy: Virtue-Signalling or Real Change?

30:36 iNews: UK and Europe ‘running out of weapons’ to help Taiwan if China invades

GOV.UK: UK policy on arms export licences to Israel: Foreign Secretary’s statement 

 

No Food or Water for Gaza: Only Bombs and Vaccines Provided

33:32 Foreign Office junior minister Anneliese Dodds (on X): Anneliese Dodds’ post

I welcome the news that the polio vaccine campaign is underway in Gaza.

UK funding to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is supporting the delivery of this vital vaccine.

It’s imperative that staff have sufficient time to continue vaccinating in safe conditions this week.

World Health Organization (WHO): Humanitarian pauses vital for critical polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip

Middle East Eye: Former Israel general says “severe epidemics” in Gaza would help Israel win the war

Husseini (Substack): Israel Wanted Disease and Genocide in Gaza, So Why Is It Agreeing to the Polio Vaccine Being Given?

The Unz Review: Vaccination Campaign in Gaza: Polio Eradication or Transition to Bio-Warfare?

ABC News: Deadly diseases ripping through Gaza after destruction of water, sewage systems

Oxfam (Policy and Practice): Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponised water in its military campaign in Gaza

Childrens Health Defense (2019): Polio Vaccination—Still Causing Polio After All These Years

Science (2018): Alarming polio outbreak spreads in Congo, threatening global eradication efforts (Archived)

Vanessa Beeley (YouTube): Journalist Bisan Owda in Gaza distrusts the polio vaccine campaign

 

Global Vaccine Efforts: From Polio in Ukraine and Syria to U.S. Health Controversies

44:06 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF, 2023): UNICEF delivers over 650,000 doses of polio vaccine to Ukraine

World Health Organization (WHO 2023): On the move for health: defending Ukraine against vaccine-preventable diseases

Scientific American: The Pentagon’s Antivaccine Propaganda Endangered Public Health and Tarnished U.S. Credibility

US Department of Veteran Affairs Public Health: Vaccinations and Gulf War Veterans

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus confirmed in Syria

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Polio—Eradication, Vaccination, & Access

 

Digital ID By Hook or By Crook: One Login Mandatory for Companies House

48:00 GOV.UK: Companies House to join GOV.UK One Login

GOV.UK: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act

Legislation: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

GOV.UK: FAQs on government digital identity consultation response

Yahoo Finance UK: HMRC customer service at ‘all-time low’ as phone line wait gets longer

GOV.UK: Enabling the use of digital identities in the UK

GOV.UK: List of certified digital identity and attribute services

Advai: Identity Verification Assurance

AI is core to online identity verification. As the complexity of verification tools have advanced, so too have the methods to deceive them.

Sumsub: Sumsub Becomes First Verification Provider to Achieve New Global Digital Identity Certification

LinkedIn: Jacob Sever—Sumsub

GOV.UK: Companies House: Sum and Substance LTD

Sumsub: Face Authentication for Banks—Facial Recognition in Fintech (Banking)

Finastra: Where will UK Payments be in the next 10 years?

[…] and the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The review suggests that it will take at least 5 years and a total cost of between £10bn and £20bn to deliver this payments roadmap.