UK Column News – 17th December 2025

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

00:41 Russia War: New head of MI6 lays out her position

Head of MI6 speech at Vauxhall Cross, 15 December 2025

The Integrated Operating Concept 2021 (withdrawn)

The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy

NSSIF | Home

Chief of Defence Staff speech at Royal United Services Institute, 15 December 2025

RUSI: Annual CDS Lecture recording

Commonwealth Recruiting Pause: Joining as a non-UK national 

11:38 Military Intelligence Services: Combining them all in one place due to ‘threat’

UK launches new Military Intelligence Services as hostile threats surge – GOV.UK

15:12 Bondi Shooting: Possible false flag

Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed a ‘source of pride’ for family and friends in Syria – ABC News

https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2000684443242049627

Police investigating Bondi gunmen’s trip to Philippines month before shooting – BBC News

Arsen Ostrovksy wounded at Bondi Beach shooting | The Jerusalem Post

Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active – The New York Times

Terror On The Beach – by Nate Bear – ¡Do Not Panic!

Schlanger video https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/2000390951290966230/video/1

Should Israel strike Iran if it’s behind Bondi shooting? | The Jerusalem Post

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28:44 Freemasons & the police: The Met has kicked the hornet’s nest

Met Police: Hierarchical organisations added to declarable association policy

United Grand Lodge of England statement on Metropolitan Police

Freemasons launch legal action against Metropolitan Police

College of Policing: Vetting Code of Practice 2023

Metropolitan Police Federation: Statement on Consultation on Freemasonry

32:21 Zivver: Tech firm used widely in UK has links with Israeli intelligence

Secure Business Email | Zivver

Confidential data at stake after Zivver acquisition – ALTA-ICT

Kiteworks Management Team: Roles & Responsibilities

37:06 Vaccinations: Latest on US childhood programmes

Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B | CIDRAP

RFK Jr. Is a Public Health Disaster | The Nation

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against RFK Jr. | Congresswoman Haley Stevens

42:02 Isis: Attacks on US military in Syria

2 Of 3 Americans Killed in Syria by ISIS Terrorist Were Members of Iowa National Guard

3 Americans killed, 3 injured in Islamic State ambush attack in Palmyra, Syria – FDD’s Long War Journal

Alarming development | Gunmen in military uniforms with ISIS patches establish makeshift checkpoints in Aleppo and Deir Ezzor countryside – The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Syrian who killed Americans was part of security forces

47:57 Online Safety Act: Debate poorly attended

Repeal the Online Safety Act – Petitions

Parliamentlive.tv – Westminster Hall

50:00 Trump BBC: He’s set to sue and has pulled out of UK tech deal

BBC says it will defend Trump defamation lawsuit over Panorama speech edit – BBC News

53:26 Tariffs: Supreme court could rule against Trump’s proposals and make one family very rich

Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs – TPM – Talking Points Memo

Will the Supreme Court determine the fate of the Trump tariffs? | PIIE

58:08 Farmers: Starmer denies targeting farmers with new finance bill

Finance (No 2) Bill 2025

Prime Minister speaks to Liaison Committee (video), 15 December 2025