UK Column News - 19th July 2024

Source:  ukcolumn

Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Ben Rubin with today’s UK Column News.

 

Brexit Without The Exit For EU Military Unification 

00:28 Institute for Government: Keir Starmer’s Blenheim Palace trip completes a positive international induction round

10 Downing Street (YouTube): Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s press conference at the European Political Community summit

AFP News Agency (on X): AFP News Agency’s post

President Volodymyr Zelensky said solar panels should be installed on Ukraine’s hospitals and schools, following a wave of Russian strikes on power plants. ‘Solar panels, smart meters, and energy storage units must appear in every school and hospital as soon as possible,’ Zelensky said on social media, urging tax breaks for the use of energy-saving technology

The House of Commons Library: What is the European Political Community?

Nigel Farage MP (on X): Nigel Farage’s post

Make America Great Once Again! 

GOV.UK: The King’s Speech 2024

My Ministers will seek a new security pact to strengthen cooperation on the mutual threats faced by the United Kingdom and the European Union.

EEAS: European Neighbourhood Policy

European Defence Agency (2019): 23 Member States sign new military mobility programme

Skwawkbox: Starmer ‘didn’t know’ re sub-postmasters, ‘wasn’t involved’ on Savile. What DID he do as DPP?

 

Has ‘Sustainable’ Already Become Unsustainable?

14:12 GOV.UK: What is the King’s Speech and what does it mean for me?

The Independent: Campaigners arrested in Westminster over planned protest ahead of King’s Speech

The Met Police arrested 10 members of campaign group Youth Demand in Westminster on Wednesday morning.

Financial Times: UK plans to put failing water companies into ‘special measures’

TheyWorkForYou (2021): Water Companies: Planning Permission: 13 January 2021

The Labour Party: ‘How’, not ‘if’: Labour will jump start planning to build 1.5 million homes and save the dream of homeownership

The Telegraph: Labour to allow 100,000 migrants to apply for asylum (Archived)

Nearly 36,000 migrants are currently being accommodated in hotels, more than half of which are from high asylum grant countries, costing the taxpayer £2.9 million a day.

Civil Service World: Labour confirms HMRC funding and border-security command in surprise-free manifesto

Great British Energy: Switch on Great British Energy

Great British Energy will be a new, publicly owned, clean energy company, that ensures jobs are created here in Britain and that we aren’t dependent on tyrants like Putin.

Capitalise Great British Energy with an initial £8.3 billion in the first Parliament, investing in clean power in partnership with the private sector.

BBC: King Charles to divert Crown Estate windfall to ‘public good’

Engineering and Technology Magazine: Labour lifts nine-year ban on onshore wind farms

The Eco Experts: Labour approves new solar farms to start a ‘rooftop revolution’

Eastern Daily Press: Rachel Reeves backs controversial south Norfolk pylons

 

2024 UK General Election: 141 Fabians Elected—What Is Fabianism?

20:10 Author Documentaries (YouTube): George Bernard Shaw documentary

National Portrait Gallery: Explore our Collection

Wikipedia: The Open Conspiracy by H. G. Wells

A-Z Quotes: Bertrand Russell quote

I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology […] Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda.

Fabian Society: The future of the left since 1884

Patheos (2017): Enter the Fabian Society: A Small Meditation About What Democratic Socialism Actually Means (Image of a turtle with the words ‘When I strike I strike Hard’)

Wikipedia: Fabian Society coat of arms (wolves in sheep’s clothing)

The Fabian Society (on X): The Fabian Society’s post

141 Fabians elected!

From every corner of the country, brilliant Fabians will be shaping the future of the left in parliament. We can’t wait to work with you all!

To all Fabians who stood yesterday, whether elected or not, you are the backbone of our movement. Your commitment to our shared values makes us stronger.

Fabian Society: Priorities

The Guardian (2003): Full text: Blair’s Fabian speech (part 1) | Public services policy

Plant Based News: Ecotricity Founder Dale Vince Slams Animal Agriculture In Nature March Speech 

Food, Farming and Countryside Commission: Food: An Unstoppable Movement for Change

Daily Mail (2013): The man who hated Britain: Red Ed’s pledge to bring back socialism is a homage to his Marxist father. So what did Miliband Snr really believe in? The answer should disturb everyone who loves this country

Tortoise Media: The Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon

 

Date For Your Diary: UK Column Live—Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

31:49 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community

UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards

Date For Your Diary: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

UK Column interview: Irrefutable Evidence with John Beaudoin—Part 1

UK Column presentation: Taking on the MHRA: HARM Enablers?

UK Column interview: The Indoctrinated Brain: Michael Nehls MD PhD—Part 2: Solutions

Event: Died Suddenly Exhibition: London, November 2024. Exact location TBD; contact: jakehfern@yahoo.co.uk

 

Do You Care What Is Coming Out Of Your Tap? What Is Desalination? 

33:35 Financial Times: Labour plans new water regulator for England and Wales (Archived)

AllPodcastFunny (YouTube): Desalination The Solution to Water Crisis

South West Water: Desalination: What is Desalination?

Grand View Research: Global Water Desalination Equipment Market Size Report 2030

The World Economic Forum: Desalination: How can it help tackle water scarcity?

World Bank: The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World: Technical Paper

USGS: Desalination: U.S. Geological Survey

World Health Organization (WHO 2011): Safe drinking-water from desalination

Chatham House (2019): Exploring the Looming Water Crisis

Waterless Co. Inc: Desalination: The Good, the Troublesome, and the Future

Idadesal: IDRA 2024 World Congress—Addressing Water Scarcity (8–12 December, Abu Dhabi)

GOV.UK: Preserving our water resources in a changing climate

Financial Times: Wave of innovation aims to make desalination sustainable

GOV.UK: Meeting our Future Water Needs: a National Framework for Water Resources (PDF)

BBC: South West Water says reservoirs are nearly full (March 2024)

BBC: Cornwall: Desalination ‘could provide third of county’s water’ (March 2023)

The World Economic Forum: Desalination: Why is desalination needed?

South West Water: Par Desalination Project (phase one) (PDF)

Imerys: Water treatment solutions from Imerys

Imerys: Imerys in the UK

Imerys in the UK employs over 1,110 people at 30 operations, including at five world-class open-pit mine sites, located in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Essex.

Imerys: Imerys and British Lithium announce a strategic partnership to accelerate development of UK’s largest lithium deposit

ImerysReplay (YouTube): Imerys x British Lithium (Video)

British Lithium: Explore the Future of Lithium Production with Imerys British Lithium

ScienceDirect (2022): Desalination: Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges

South West Water: South West Water joins forces with Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions to bring desalination to Cornwall

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions: Lithium Processing Solutions & Services

Cambridge University Press & Assessment: Lithium in drinking water and suicide mortality

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Lithium in Drinking Water as a Public Policy for Suicide Prevention: Relevance and Considerations

 

CrowdStrike Update Breaks Microsoft Systems—Was This A Rehearsal? 

48:35 CrowdStrike: Stop breaches. Drive business

Sky News: IT outage ‘causing disruption in majority of GP practices’ in England

Voice of America (2017): Cyber Firm Rewrites Part of Disputed Russian Hacking Report

Voice of America (2017): Think Tank: Cyber Firm at Center of Russian Hacking Charges Misread Data

 

Business and Healthcare Do Not Mix—Here’s Why, with Ben Rubin

51:56 LinkedIn: Professor Mark Britnell

GOV.UK (2021): Life Sciences Vision (PDF)

Wellcome Trust (LinkedIn): Senior Strategic Engagement Adviser, International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat

Wikipedia: Spike: The Virus Vs. The People—the Inside Story by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja

NHS Providers: Annual Conference and Exhibition 2024

The Independent (2018): The great PFI heist: The real story of how Britain’s economy has been left high and dry by a doomed economic philosophy

World Economic Forum (YouTube): Davos 2017—An Insight, An Idea with Sergey Brin (Timestamped)