UK Column News – 27th June 2025

Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Mark Anderson with Friday’s UK Column News.

Sources:

Fighting Russia to the Last Ukrainian: Operation Interflex and More Millions from UK Taxpayers

00:38 GOV.UK: Operation Interflex reaches three-year milestone

Ministry of Defence: DE&S poised to deliver on UK Government’s £150m Ukraine firepower package

Ministry of Defence (YouTube): RAVEN Air Defence: How expiring ASRAAM Missiles Became Ukraine’s New Shield

President of Russia: Meeting with graduates of higher military schools

We will focus in particular on the nuclear triad. The Strategic Missile Forces will be equipped with the latest Yars systems […]

Telegraph: Putin will be quaking in his boots today. Iran-Israel has shown he is vulnerable (Archived)

 

Zelensky Rebrands for the Next Act: New Role, New Costume

10:30 Royal United Services Institute: All About Trump: the 2025 NATO Hague Summit

Politico: US dominates European weapons purchases

Reuters: Turkey backs NATO’s 5% defence spending goal, plans nationwide air shield, source says

All the Europeans are looking at the US like the rabbit looks at the snake […]  hoping that the snake won’t bite them.

RT International: Germany asking US for Europe troop withdrawal ‘roadmap’ (Archived)

Financial Times: Germany floats return to conscription if volunteer plan fails (Archived)

 

UK Pledges £1.25 Billion to GAVI Amid Concerns Over Vaccine Damages and Global Health Agendas

25:16 UK Column: Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Spending (FCDO Spending)

GOV.UK: UK partners with Gavi to help save up to 8 million lives by 2030

the UK will support Gavi as a leading investor in the Vaccine Alliance, committing £1.25 billion to vaccinate millions of children […]

University of Minnesota Twin Cities: CIDRAP launches Vaccine Integrity Project

Children’s Health Defense: Pharma-Friendly Public Health Officials Launch New Project to ‘Shore Up U.S. Vaccination Policy’

 

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Event: Sounds Beautiful Festival – 26th to 29th June

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Starving Gazans Gunned Down in “Killing Fields” as IDF Targets Aid Seekers Amid Hidden Death Toll Crisis

31:33 21st Century Wire: HARVARD REPORT: The Hidden Numbers Behind Gaza’s Real Death Toll

Haaretz: ‘It’s a Killing Field’: IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid

The New York Times: The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza

Israel’s government services and information: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

All-Source Intelligence (Substack): Secretive Gaza checkpoint contractor reported as outgrowth of private intel firm

 

Poll Report: Most Americans Oppose Military Action Against Iran

37:53 Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Americans Oppose than Support US Strikes against Iran

CNN: Iranians demonstrate against US strikes

Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Six in 10 Americans Support US Participation in a Nuclear Agreement with Iran 

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Vaccine experts band together to counter U.S. government misinformation

Times of India: “Trump Peace Prize’: GOP’s Matt Gaetz says Israel giving up nukes could win Trump Nobel; MAGA split over Iran

 

Speech Police with Sticky Fingers: Fines Will Fund Mass Censorship Machine

49:42 GOV.UK (2023): Guidance to the regulator about fees relating to the Online Safety Act 2023

Ofcom: Statement: Online Safety – fees and penalties

Ofcom: Guidance on content harmful to children (PDF)

 

Changing of the Guard: Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri Assumes Head of Think Tank

55:20 Chatham House: How should Britain build influence and impact on the Korean Peninsula?

Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Leslie Vinjamuri Named President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs 

Chatham House: Dr Leslie Vinjamuri