UK Column News – 1st October 2025

Charles Malet, Vanessa Beeley and Dian Rasmussen with today’s UK Column News.

00.50 Reform UK: Are they really a political alternative?

Donation Watch: https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/party/REFORM/donors

Donation Watch: Reform’s Top Donors: https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/party/REFORM/donors

Campaign Against Arms Trade: QinetiQ: https://caat.org.uk/data/companies/qinetiq

Richard Tice (X.com): Visit to Israel: https://x.com/TiceRichard/status/1973119980473364902

More in Common: Sep MRP
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insights/more-in-common-s-september-mrp/

Reform UK: Our Contract with You https://assets.nationbuilder.com/reformuk/pages/253/attachments/original/1718625371/Reform_UK_Our_Contract_with_You.pdf?1718625371

09.20 Pete Hegseth: We are now in an era of WAR

U.S. Department of War (X.com): Hegseth’s full speech https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/1973133874487058505

18.51 Gaza: Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’

ATP: Netanyahu UNGA speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfSYkG3nMjE

Times Of Israel: The Peace Plan
https://www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-us-21-point-plan-for-ending-gaza-war-creating-pathway-to-palestinian-state/

Hala Jaber on Substack: https://substack.com/inbox/post/174913491

Vatican News: American Pope urges Hamas to accept American “peace plan” https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-09/pope-leo-xiv-peace-plan-gaza-war-pro-life-migrants-vatican-trial.html

YNET News: Israeli preemptive framing of Hamas response
 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyf4os5hxg

David Miller on X https://x.com/Tracking_Power/status/1972743229016531283

White House on X https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1972723540177674363

The Cradle (X.com) Jolani meets Lauder https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1972383531386224683

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31.00 UK at War: The propaganda continues
Soldier Magazine: https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/publications/soldier-magazine/

Janes: IAV Elbit Report https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/weapons/iav-2025-elbit-to-develop-extended-range-iron-sting-showcases-sling-mortar-system

House of Commons Library: Conscription in UK https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10226/

DSEI: Estonia Defence plan https://www.dsei.co.uk/news/estonia-unveils-eur10bn-defence-spending-plan

MoD Estonia (X.com): https://x.com/MoD_Estonia/status/1972956734076699030

Republic of Estonia Ministry of Defence: National Defence Development Plan 2031 https://kaitseministeerium.ee/en/national-defence-development-plan-2031
te-september-29-2025/

36.23 Israel and U.S. aggression: Will they restart war with Iran?

Israelhayom: https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/09/28/israel-and-iran-on-a-collision-course-for-another-war/

Jerusalem Post: Senior IDF official warns of renewed Iranian threat 
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-869028

Jerusalem Post: A conversation with Pete Hegseth 
https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-868819

Eneny Watch (Telegram): Details on US military build up https://t.me/enemywatch/42309

RussiaNews (X.com): RAF https://x.com/mog_russEN/status/1973100866577047647

BasedIMINT (X.com): THAAD in Israel 
https://x.com/BasedIMINT/status/1971683967373042079

Ryanair: https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-will-not-restart-tel-aviv-flights-as-ben-gurion-airport-refuses-to-confirm-s26-slots-or-availability-of-low-cost-terminal-1/

Newsweek: Iran Sends New Warning: ‘War With the United States’
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-sends-new-warning-war-with-the-united-states-10796599

Institute for the Study of War: https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-upda

Fotros Resistance (Telegram): Missile tests in Iran https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/15928

43.40 Somalia: Multi-million pound UK support as country prepares to drill for oil.

TRT Afrika: Somalia to begin drilling oil
https://www.trtafrika.com/english/article/3365be08b485

British International Investment: UK investment into DP World Port of Berbera https://www.bii.co.uk/en/story/port-of-berbera/

Mirage News: UK contributes $30m to Somalia UK Pledges $30M for Somalia Security Transition | Mirage News 
DP World: Thames Freeport
https://www.dpworld.com/london-gateway/lg-logistics-park/thames-freeport

Geo Politics Unplugged (Substack): Turkey energy https://geopoliticsunplugged.substack.com/p/how-turkey-turned-russian-sanctions

46.15 Tik Tok: Israel attempts to dominate social media narratives

New Arab: Netanyahu meets TikTok influencers https://www.newarab.com/news/netanyahu-says-social-media-israels-new-weapon

Debra Lea on X: https://x.com/thedebralea/status/1971696328590999689

PR Week: https://www.prweek.com/article/1932820/stagwell-skdk-cut-ties-israeli-government

Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/democratic-megafirm-skdk-drops-israel-as-client-00567858

Sludge report: https://readsludge.com/2025/09/15/democratic-pr-firm-to-run-bot-army-for-israel/

Washington Post: Facebook pays GOP Firm to target TikTok: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/

https://targetedvictory.com/

54.30 Update on UK Column written content

The UN at 80 and Other Key Topics Highlighted at Tulsa’s Red Pill Expo, by Mark Anderson

Lest We Forget – Part 1: They Knew. They Did It Anyway, by Hugh McCarthy

How the British Intellligence Network of Astroturfed Muslim Civil Society Groups Is Kept Secret and Deniable, by Professor David Miller

How Muslim Civil Society Groups Are Astroturfed into ‘Products’ by British Intelligence, by Professor David Miller

Post-truth Incidence, Part 1: The Ubiquity of ‘Post-Truth’, by Professor Gloria Moss

Post-truth Incidence, Part 2: Post-Truth in Education, by Professor Gloria Moss

The Day that Celtic Football Club Played To Raise Money for Land Theft in Palestine, by Jill Thomson and Professor David Miller

Fornethy Residential School

Syria-Centric Regional Analysis

1.00:53 Nature Returns: Bringing back biodiversity to UK land

Nature Returns: https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5924090708492288

Dan Corry bio: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/dan-corry

Corry Report from April 2025: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6825d05cb2527e8de9b014cd/dan-corry-review-defra-regulatory-landscape.pdf

Future Governance Forum: https://www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/news/new-progressive-think-tank-launches-with-mission-to-shape-a-new-operating-system-for-the-uk/