UK Column News - 24th July 2024

Source: ukcolumn

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

Digital Identity: The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

00:23 The Times: Government-backed ‘digital IDs’ to let people open bank accounts (Archived)

GOV.UK: The King’s Speech 2023

UK Parliament: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, UK Parliament

GOV.UK: UK digital identity and attributes trust framework alpha v1 (0.1) 

CitizenCard: The UK’s ID solution—Yoti CitizenCard

European Commission: EU Digital Identity Wallet Home

GOV.UK: GOV.UK One Login

Ofcom: Implementing the Online Safety Act: Protecting children from online pornography

GOV.UK: FAQs on government digital identity consultation response

CyberWell Censorship

09:40 The Guardian: Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war

Jewish Virtual Library: The Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel)

CyberWell (Archived): Policy Advisory Opinion 2024-05-07

Regarding New Cases on Posts that Include “From the River to the Sea” Comments Submitted May 20, 2024, by Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor on behalf of CyberWell Ltd. (CC)

Jewish News Syndicate (JNS): CyberWell briefs European leaders on online antisemitism

Jerusalem Post: CyberWell – Using data to reduce online antisemitism

CyberWell: The first open database dedicated to fighting online antisemitism

Access live posts, interactive dashboards and report hate!

UJA-Federation of New York: We are UJA

Caring for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds, responding to crises close to home and far away, and shaping our Jewish future.

UJA-Federation of New York: Our Leadership

LinkedIn: Linda Mirels: Experience

Israeli-American Council (IAC): Eric Goldstein—CEO, UJA-Federation

Lee Fang (Substack): Pro-Israel Group Censoring Social Media Led by Former Israeli Intelligence Officers

Voices of Israel Ltd. (PBC): Financial Reports

UK Column interview: The Zionist Movement in Britain: David Miller and Vanessa Beeley

Geoengineering: If They Did It, Here’s How (à la O.J. Simpson)?

22:24 BBC (InDepth): Conspiracy theories swirl about geo-engineering, but could it help save the planet?

If we can’t control rising global temperatures by drastically cutting carbon emissions, could something called geo-engineering be a way to cool the planet?

UK Research and Innovation: Area of investment and support: Modelling environmental responses to solar radiation management

Geoengineering Monitor: Geoengineering Monitor is a joint project of Biofuelwatch and ETC Group, with support from Heinrich Boell Foundation

The Times: Welcome to the Glastonbury for conspiracy theorists (Archived)

GOV.UK: Prevent duty guidance: England and Wales (2023)

GOV.UK: Statutory guidance: Glossary of terms 

United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime: Module 1: Introduction To International Terrorism (PDF)

UK Column Live In Bristol—Saturday, 19th October 2024

30:06 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

UK Column interview: How to SAVE Truth and Justice: Detransitioners—with Edward Bartlett

Forthcoming UK Column interview: Joy Warren: Thursday 25th of July at 1pm

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

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

Further Escalations In The Middle East: Yemen

33:02 The Guardian: Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel Aviv

Almasirah: UNMHA Team Inspects Damages from Recent Israeli Airstrikes on Hodeidah Port

Almasirah: Arab Journalists, Writers: Zionist Entity [Israel] Seeking Deterrent Image Misjudged the Yemeni Position

CNN: At least 6 killed, Houthis say, as Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen day after Tel Aviv drone attack 

The Cradle: Yemen opens ‘coordination office’ in Iraqi capital

Al Mayadeen: Ansar Allah warns: Swift and unprecedented retaliation to ‘Israel’

SABA Yemen News Agency (Telegram): Head of the national negotiating delegation, Muhammad Abdel Salam

Haaretz: Yes, Tel Aviv Is More Important Than Other Parts of Israel

Paul Kagame’s Landslide Victory in Rwanda

38:19 RFI: Final results confirm Paul Kagame’s landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election

Financial Times: Total hands security contract for $20bn Mozambique gas project to Rwandan state-linked business

Council of the European Union: European Peace Facility: Council adopts assistance measures in support of the armed forces of five countries—Support to the deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force in Mozambique

IFRI: After the success of its army in Mozambique, Rwanda expects economic rewards 

Crystal Ventures: Crystal Ventures Ltd

Online Safety: Ofcom Fines TikTok £1.875m

45:05 Ofcom: TikTok fined £1.875m for providing inaccurate data on safety controls

Virgin Media O2: Virgin Media O2 and Internet Matters spotlight online safety harms in powerful new film

Internet Matters: Find The Right Words

O2 UK: Help & Support: Age restricted content and age verification

WARP: 1.1.1.1 — The free app that makes your Internet faster

Sky News: Former Tory chancellor Zahawi plots £600m Telegraph bid

RedBird Capital Partners: RedBird Capital Partners Home

Land Use: The Holocaust Is The Only Compulsory Historical Event On The National Curriculum

50:58 GOV.UK: Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2023

Migration Observatory: The Impact of Migration on UK Population Growth

The Crown Estate: The Crown Estate delivers a record £1.1 billion net revenue profit for the public finances

UK Parliament: Holocaust Memorial Bill: Progress of the Bill (PDF)

Holocaust Educational Trust: Holocaust Education in the UK

Sir Keir Starmer Performs Another Flip-Flop

57:10 Jessica Elgot (on X): Jessica Elgot’s post

New—Seven Labour rebels on the SNP amendment on two child benefit

Apsana Begum

Imran Hussain

Rebecca Long Bailey 

Ian Byrne

Richard Burgon

Zarah Sultana

John McDonnell

gud (on X): gud’s post

Responsible adults don’t punish innocent kids for what is rightly or wrongly seen as the irresponsibility of other adults. Responsible adults realise not reducing childhood poverty is more expensive long term. Responsible adults do not include Keir Starmer

The Prole Star (on X): The Prole Star’s post

Sir Kid Starver—actually whips ‘Labour’ MPs to vote against lifting 500,000 children out of poverty—suspends the MPs who voted to feed them… Happy to hand out £3 billion to buy bombs, though. ‘Scum’ doesn’t even begin to describe the Stalinist dictator! We did say…

Keir Starmer (on X): Keir Starmer’s post

We must scrap the inhuman Work Capability Assessments and private provision of disability assessments (e.g. ATOS), scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.