UK Column News – 31st March 2025

Brian Gerrish Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today’s UK Column News.

 

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From Proxy War to Direct Conflict—Are You Ready to Fight? You First Tobias Ellwood

00:28 The Kyiv Independent: UK’s Starmer says ‘troops on the ground and planes in the sky’ could secure Ukraine peace deal

BBC (2021): Sarah Rainsford: My last despatch before Russian expulsion

BBC: Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war

Good Morning Britain (YouTube): Is It Time to Make National Service Mandatory?

TalkTV (YouTube): Tobias Ellwood MP Argues The Need For National Service

Intelligence And Security Committee Of Parliament: Annual Report 2022–2023 (PDF)

Telegraph: How British commandos helped bring the CIA into the heart of the Ukraine war (Archived)

Russia is fighting a proxy war with the West and Nato through Ukraine

Forces News (2022): Royal Marines took part in ‘high risk’ missions in Ukraine, ex-commando chief reveals 

 

“Injecting Hope” or Injecting Fear? COVID-19 Vaccine Exhibition

17:26 National Museums Scotland: Exhibition – Injecting Hope: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine 

Science and Industry Museum: Free exhibition opening at the Science and Industry Museum puts the science of vaccines under the microscope

The Times: National Museum of Scotland accused of SNP bias in Covid exhibition (Archived)

Common Knowledge Edinburgh (Substack): Behind the Scenes at the Museum – Presenting Propaganda as Science

BBC News (YouTube): Woman, 90, first to receive Covid vaccine in UK rollout

Stewed Rhubarb Press: I Remember by Alec Finlay

The Huo Family Foundation: In Conversation With… Natasha McEnroe, Keeper of Medicines at the Science Museum

 

Epistemic Security or Information Control? The Plan to ‘Fortify’ Democracy

27:14 Demos: Epistemic Security 2029: Fortifying the UK’s information supply chain to tackle the democratic emergency

Demos: Chief Executive: Polly Curtis

Tortoise Media: Hoaxed

LinkedIn: William Perrin OBE FRSA

Ofcom: Enforcing the Online Safety Act

World Economic Forum: Melanie Dawes

GOV.UK: Natalie Black CBE

GOV.UK: Tamara Ingram appointed as Deputy Chair of the Ofcom Board 

Online Safety Act Network: About

The OSA Network is led by Maeve Walsh and Professor Lorna Woods

UK Parliament: MPs and Lords: Contact information for Lord Allan of Hallam

Ofcom: Brand guidelines: The logo

 

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Not So Smart Meters: Risks, Recalls and Compensation for Faulty Devices

43:45 The Telegraph: Millions in line for compensation for broken smart meters (Archived)

East Anglian Daily Times: EDMI smart meters presenting risk of fire and electric shock

GOV.UK: Product Recall: EDMI Atlas Mk7CD Electricity Meters (2502-0134)

Smart Energy GB (2016): A smart route to change (Archived, PDF)

The application of behavioural science in supporting Great Britain’s smart meter rollout and changing the way we use energy for the better.

UK Column article (2020): Behavioural Insights: The Second Team Leading the UK Government’s Covid-19 Response

Liarpoliticians (YouTube): OfGem to force 600,000 people and businesses on to ‘smart meters’

BBC: Energy price cap: Why are gas and electricity bills going up and can I fix?

Ofgem: Ofgem sets out new rules to boost smart meter standards and compensation 

UN: Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development: SDG 7 as an enabling factor for sustainable development (PDF)

Kimbal: How Smart Meters Drive UN Sustainable Development Goals for a Responsible Tomorrow 

World Economic Forum (2020): The Impact of 5G: Creating New Value across Industries and Society (PDF)

GOV.UK: Smart meter roll-out: cost-benefit analysis 2019

Smart DCC: Connecting Britain to a smarter energy network

UK Parliament: Smart meters inquiry – Written evidence: Joint written evidence submitted by Dr Isaac Jamieson and Dr Erica Mallery-Blythe (SME0003)

 

Food Grows on Trees—But ‘They’ Want to Stop It: The Battle Over Devon’s Food Forest Garden

58:51 Guardian: Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice

Dartington Trust: Trustees and management

The Agroforestry Research Trust: Save the Dartington Forest Garden

A Stand In The Park: South West Stands

Goodreads: Harry S. Truman

You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.