UK Column News – 23rd July 2025

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

Sources: 

Small Boats, Big Lies: Mass Migration is Policy — Digital ID is the Goal

00:46 Office for National Statistics: Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending December 2024

WiredGov: UK brings forward world’s first sanctions regime to smash the gangs responsible for irregular migration

BBC: What we know so far about Afghan data breach

Daily Mail: Fears of a ‘summer of riots’ over migrants grow: Warning of ‘real discontent’ amid claims small communities are being ‘taken advantage of’ as protests spread to Canary Wharf

BBC: BBC Radio 4 – State of Terror

The Labour Party: Change Labour Party Manifesto 2024 (PDF)

Charles Malet comments: No mention of Digital ID’s

Labour Together: BritCard: a progressive digital identity for Britain

UK Parliament: Home Affairs Committee – Summary

Big Brother Watch: No2DigitalID

 

Alligator Alcatraz: America’s Most Inhuman Prison Plan Yet?

12:07 Politico: Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador sent back to Venezuela, Bukele says

Politico: White House touts deportation of alleged gang members that court ordered returned to US

Reuters (YouTube): Inside the El Salvador mega-prison holding US deportees

Reuters: El Salvador sends detained Venezuelans home in swap for Americans

France24: Venezuela accuses El Salvador of torturing migrants deported by US

New York Times (Archived): How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump’s Deportation Agenda

U.S. Department of Justice: MS-13: A Gang Profile (NCJ Number: 228135)

The Telegraph (Archived): Inside Alligator Alcatraz: Prisoners describe ‘nightmare’ conditions

 

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UK Column shop: UK Column On Location Livestream Access

Event: Hope Sussex Community: HOPE Freedom Music Festival – 22nd to 25th August

Event: Freedom Fest 2025 – Leicestershire – 1st to 3rd of August

Event: UK Column: On Location – Saturday, 18 October 2025, York (Tickets on sale soon!)

Event: Andrew Bridgen discusses the issues facing Britain today – 25th July at 7PM at Royal Seven Stars Hotel, The Plains Totnes TQ9 5DD

Event (Facebook): Stand For Peace – Glasgow Rally – 28th June 2025 from 1PM

Event: Celebrating Freedom Of Speech At the “Hacienda” Windmill Lane TA10 9EP

 

When Marianna Met the Shemiranis: How Reporting Becomes Propaganda

24:17 Resistance GB: How the NHS Killed Her Daughter – Resistance Podcast #60 with Kate Shemirani

UK Column: When Marianna Met the Shemiranis: How Reporting Becomes Propaganda

UK Column: No TIME to Die

 

Digital Purge Continues: Online Censorship Act Claims Another Platform

30:04 Janitorai: UK Online Safety Act (OSA) Update – Tough news for our UK users 

Persona Identities: Persona: Secure Identity Verification Solutions

Ofcom: Statement Online Safety Transparency Reporting (PDF)

UK Parliament: Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act

 

South West Rising: Sandi Adams Covers Exeter Dissident Meet-Up

34:45 Seven Concerned Citizens: Welcome

UK Citizen: About UK Citizen

Template Download: Letter to Your MP: Objection to Undemocratic Regional Devolution (DOCX)

 

Reports Suggest America’s Nuclear Weapons Are On UK Soil

40:41 The Aviationist: High Priority C-17 Flight Fuels Speculation About RAF Lakenheath Nuclear Mission

Chatham House: After Brexit: E3. New treaty puts UK, Germany and France back at the heart of European security

 

Gaza Is Being Deliberately Starved To Death

44:36 The Kucinich Report (Substack): An Offensive Shield — for Impunity, and Genocide: The Iron Dome and U.S. Complicity in Slaughter of Gazans

Eyes on Palestine (Telegram): Little Sahar Awadallah suffers in silence from cystic fibrosis in her lungs and pancreas-an illness that’s slowly consuming her frail body

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Occupied Palestinian Territory

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Humanitarian Situation Update #306 – Gaza Strip

OCHA: Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (3 April 2025)

 

It’s Not About the Climate — It’s About Control, Compliance and Cash

49:05 GOV.UK: Independent Water Commission Final Report (PDF)

Darren Grimes (on X): Reform UK council axes climate emergency declaration: ‘Enough of net zero lunacy!’

4C Offshore: Trailblazing offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus enters decommissioning phase

UK Parliament: Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) inquiry

NASA: Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

BBC: The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

 

National Residents Association – Remember The Nolan Principles

52:44 National Residents Association: Enable the community

LSB Film Productions (YouTube): Sefton Council Meltdown: Town Hall Transparency Goes Up in Flames

GOV.UK: The Seven Principles of Public Life – An overview of the ‘Nolan principles’