UK Column News – 6th August 2025

Brian Gerrish, Vanessa Beeley and Sandi Adams with Wednesday’s UK Column News.

Sources:

The Future of Welcoming In The UK?

01:46 Good Morning Britain (YouTube): Kate Asks Yvette Cooper How the ‘One In, One Out’ Deal Will Work

The National: UK wasted £38 billion on migrant arrival programmes, Oxford report finds

University of Oxford: Expert Comment: How can we make the UK more welcoming for newcomers and communities?

 

Violence, Billions, and Silence: Who’s Counting the Real Cost of Migration to the UK?

06:48 The Telegraph: Migrant shot dead in revenge killing amid spate of murders in northern France (Archived)

They are armed, it’s a real mafia with networks going all the way back to Iraq

CBC News (YouTube): 5 migrants shot in mass brawl in Calais, France

The Times: Yvette Cooper: Police should reveal suspects’ nationality (Archived)

The Guardian: The spreadsheet, the superinjunction and the relocation scheme: Afghan data leak

BBC: ‘£7bn Afghan migrant cover-up‘ and ‘Kitchen nightmare’

London Evening Standard: UK spends record £5.38billion on asylum system with bills up over 30%

 

Where Does Cyprus Fit in the New Middle East Equation?

15:01 The New York Times: David Trietsch Dies; Outstanding Zionist

Vanessa Beeley (Substack): Is the regional Zionist Project going to include occupation of Cyprus?

Al Mayadeen English: Cyprus faces outcry over Israeli real estate surge, sovereignty fears

Daily Sabah: Zionism’s grip on Northern Cyprus grows stronger each day

Israel Hayom: Northern Cyprus is also an Israeli problem

 

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Jewish Voice for Peace: Confronting Zionism: A Collection of Personal Stories

 

The Glasgow Tribunal: Mind Control or Modern Management?

33:02 The Times: MoD civil servant loses race case over diversity training

The Herald: Daniel Powell tribunal: Glasgow civil servant loses case (Archived)

UK Parliament: What do MPs do?

 

Spyware Diplomacy: Surveillance Tech and the Israel-UAE Pact

39:45 Dawn Mena: The Outsized Role of Surveillance Technology in the Israel-UAE Abraham Accords

The Times of Israel (2019): UAE-based intelligence firm said recruiting IDF veterans from elite cyber unit

Reuters: Project Raven

Strategic Culture Foundation: The Cyprus Connection to NATO’s Syrian Caliphate

 

Calling for a Rational Debate at Home Isn’t Racism — It’s Democracy

47:08 IOM Publications: Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners

City of Sanctuary UK: City of Sanctuary UK Charter 2022-2025 (PDF)

GOV.UK: National Planning Policy Framework

Somerset Live: Mosque planning application comments removed over racism

City of Sanctuary UK: Sanctuary Awards

United Nations Sustainable Development Group: THEORY OF CHANGE (PDF)

Al Onkka (YouTube): Theory of Change Explainer

IOM Publications: Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners

 

Defining Dissent as Danger: When Everything Is Extremism

57:55 GOV.UK: Commission for Countering Extremism

Policy Exchange: Extremely Confused

The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT): About ICCT

Migration and Home Affairs: EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation