UK Column News - 24th March 2025

Source:  ukcolumn

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin, Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie and Sandi Adams with today’s UK Column News.

 

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5 Years After the Covid Crackdown: No Cure for the Damage

00:35 10 Downing Street (YouTube): Boris Johnson: Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives

UK Column archive: UK Column News - 23rd March 2020

Legislation: UK Public General Acts: Coronavirus Act 2020

Institute for Government: Timeline of UK coronavirus lockdowns, March 2020 to March 2021 (PDF Archived)

GOV.UK: Guidance: High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)

The Telegraph: Never forget that making Britain into a broke, repressive dystopia was a deliberate choice (Archived)

ChronicleLive: ChronicleLive lockdown survey reveals 98% of people believe government could’ve handled pandemic better

Valley Times Wales (Facebook): Last Chance for COVID-19 Jabs! (Image)

 

No Money for Our Own, But Plenty for War

09:43 BBC: Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine

GOV.UK: UK leads major Ukraine Summit and announces £150 million firepower package

BBC: Rachel Reeves confirms 15% cut to Civil Service running costs

GOV.UK: Policy paper: UK support to Ukraine - factsheet 

The Times: UK handed leadership role in Ukraine defence group as US pulls back (Archived)

Drone Wars: Anduril and Helsing

Scottish Parliament: Cross Party Group on Ukraine (PDF)

The Standard: Briton running Ukraine drone factory says fight continues regardless of talks

 

Meet Anthropy: The WEF’s South West UK Outpost

17:50 Anthropy: Anthropy brings together responsible leaders and organisations to look at how to make the UK a better place

Anthropy®™ is a major three day gathering for leaders. It grew out of the fusion of ideas for a UK ‘Davos’, a ‘Glastonbury of Good’ and a national ‘Ted talk’.

The Eden Project: Anthropy 2025: Rebooting Britain

John O’Brien MBE: Ethical business purpose expert, strategic advisor, philanthropist, author and influencer

Ben Rubin’s Chart: Wealth Inequality: United States 1962-2014

The Equiano Project (YouTube): Sir Trevor Phillips discusses the significant ways demographic changes will redefine Britain

LinkedIn: Crispin Truman OBE’s Post

I’m hugely looking forward to chairing the session on ‘Philanthropy – the hidden hand of innovation’, on day two of Anthropy UK.

Rayne Foundation: The Rayne Foundation has a long history of supporting refugees and asylum seekers

The Federation Of London Youth Clubs: London Youth: Read our strategy 2023-2026 (PDF)

 

Cities of Sanctuary: Implementing the Migration and 2030 Agenda Where You Live

27:42 City of Sanctuary UK: From community groups to councils, schools to libraries, these vibrant networks provide welcome, support, and opportunity to people seeking sanctuary

City of Sanctuary UK: City of Sanctuary UK Charter 2022-2025 (PDF)

Coventry City of Sanctuary: Promoting the inclusion and welfare of refugees and asylum-seekers by encouraging public, commercial and voluntary organisations

City of Sanctuary (YouTube): Schools of Sanctuary 2023/24 Launch 

Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary: We help students, teachers and our wider communities to understand what it really means to be seeking sanctuary

IOM Publications: Migration and the 2030 Agenda (PDF)

 

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UK Column article: What They Didn’t Want to Hear: the Continued Sexualisation of Our Children - Part 1

 

The BBC Isn’t Telling You the News—It’s Telling You What to Think

38:28 BBC (2023): Fifth Floor, What’s happening in Ukraine?

BBC: Media Action: Europe and Caucasus

BBC: Media Action: Ukraine

BBC: Senior Research Manager: Sally Gowland

Euromaidan Press: UK Chief of Defence Staff Radakin visited Ukraine, discussed current counteroffensive with Ukrainian Commander in Chief Zaluzhnyi

Daily Mail: Army sparks feminist backlash after first transgender soldier to serve on the front line takes part in panel discussion about ‘women in leadership’ at Sandhurst event

Newsweek: Ukraine military has a new transgender spokesperson

 

Bridges, Roads, Power—What Will Be Left by 2050?

47:36 Daily Mail: Richard Tice claims Heathrow shutdown after substation fire was ‘caused by airport getting rid of its diesel back-up for Net Zero alternative’

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN): North Hyde Grid Supply Point: Strategic Development Plan (PDF)

 

The Hidden Hands Showcasing Women’s Power: From CWL to Climate Justice

51:59 Connected Women Leaders (CWL): The importance of making space for future women’s leadership

Project Dandelion: A Women-led Global Campaign For Climate Justice

The WOW Foundation: WOW - Women of the World

Shevaun Haviland (LinkedIn): Merged British Embassy with Chambers of Commerce

GOV.UK: New Permanent Under-Secretary Appointed at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

 

Events Spotlight: From Permaculture to the Influence of Change

56:03 The Northern School of Permaculture: Angus Soutar’s School of Northern Permaculture

The Guardian (2015): Earth has lost a third of arable land in past 40 years, scientists say

Amazon UK: No-One’s Dad’s A Plumber: Musical Truth 4 by Mark Devlin

Cult Studio (YouTube): Phil Collins in 1964 in the movie A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles

GreenClown2021 (YouTube): Jeffrey Epstein and Eva Andersson in 1985

Martin Garrix (YouTube): Martin Garrix, Bono & The Edge at EURO 2020 Opening Ceremony – We Are The People