UK Column News – 2nd June 2025

Mike Robinson, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with Monday’s UK Column News.

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Britain Gears Up for War—Preparing for Defence or Planning for Offence?

00:51 GOV.UK: PM’s remarks on the Strategic Defence Review: 2 June 2025

GOV.UK: UK to expand submarine programme in response to Strategic Defence Review

Plymouth Live (2018): The nuclear graveyard in Plymouth where submarines go to die

BBC (2024): Trident missile test fails for second time in a row

GOV.UK: New ‘engine for growth’ package announced as Defence Secretary closes London Stock Exchange 

 

All the World’s a Stage: From Mossad to Palantir—Who’s Writing the Script?

06:59 Just Security: What Just Happened: Trump’s Announcement of the Stargate AI Infrastructure Project

New York Times: Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans (Archived)

The White House: Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos

Palantir (YouTube): Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Israel, AI and Outlook – CNBC at Davos 2024

Unlimited Hangout: How Peter Thiel-Linked Tech is Fueling the Ukraine War

Bilderberg Meetings: Former Steering Committee Members

The Intel Drop: 4Chan Exposed as Israeli Mossad Honeypot/Propaganda/Incitement Site

Fireship (YouTube): 4chan penetrated by a gang of soyjaks…

60 Minutes (YouTube): How Israel’s Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying explosive pagers

Mossad Commentary (on X): The Ukranian operation against Russia is a wake up call on the Era of drone warfare. One said Ukraine doesn’t have any cards. He proved him wrong

 

Fornethy Update: Misconduct in Public Office?

18:54 UK Column: Series: Fornethy Residential School

STV: Call to extend compensation to Fornethy House abuse survivors rejected

STV: Council apologises to girls who faced abuse at Fornethy House

Scottish Parliament: Chamber and committees: Justice for the Fornethy Survivors

Scottish Parliament Petitions: Under consideration PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme 

Scottish Parliament: Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee – Redress Scheme: Fornethy House Residential School (PE1933)

 

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27:13 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

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UK Column shop: UK Column On Location Livestream Access

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

Competition: Sounds Beautiful Festival 2X Ticket Giveaway

Event: Thetford Truth and Freedom Festival – 18th July 

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

Bob Moran art: Paradigms

Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF): Free Speech Seminar Series

UK Column: The Steel Trap

UK Column: Christians in Cornwall Are Saying No to ‘On the Way’

UK Column: The Blair-Bush Project in Syria That Brought Al Qaeda to Power

UK Column: People’s Reactions to Opposing Trans Ideology

UK Column: Schools in Wales: A Hostile Environment for Teachers and Learners?

UK Column: Remove or Rewrite the Current Government Guidance on Relationships and Sexuality Education

 

Operation Spiderweb: Badenoch Confirms UK Role in Ukraine Proxy War

33:19 Reuters: To attack Russian air bases, Ukrainian spies hid drones in wooden sheds

France24: What we know about Ukraine’s drone strikes on airbases in Russia

Boris Johnson (on X): Johnson’s post

Congratulations to Ukraine on the superb strike against Russia’s air power. The Ukrainians are indomitable and technologically brillliant. They do their best to hit military targets while Putin indiscriminately slaughters civilians.

 

Full Fact – Narrative Enforcers with BBC Endorsed Begging Bowl

39:38 Full Fact: Teaching on conspiracy theories should start in primary schools

 

Buried by the Absurd: Real News Lost in a Sea of Stupid

43:52 The i Paper: BBC ‘amnesty’ for over-75s who do not pay their TV licence fee

Express: Households in England urged to put sheets in windows on Saturday

Birmingham Mail: UK households warned not to dry clothes or towels in garden

Daily Mail: Health expert furious as Aussies avoid getting the Covid-19 vaccine: ‘We have dropped the ball’

The Telegraph: Give trans staff extra breaks to adjust underwear, NHS LGBT group suggested (Archived)

 

Data and AI Centres Consume Vital Water Supplies—Can The UK Cope?

50:40 GOV.UK: Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI

The Guardian: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

The World Economic Forum: Why circular water solutions are key to sustainable data centres

However, data centre operations come with a significant environmental cost, particularly regarding materials, energy and, most notably, water usage.

 

Stand Up to Racism or Stand Down to Manipulation?

54:14 Stand Up to Racism: Stop the far right – events in your area

Plymouth Hub for Climate Justice: Formed to support the COP26 International Coalition