UK Column News - 15th November 2024

Source: ukcolumn

Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Mark Anderson with today’s UK Column News.

 

Rachel Reeves Plots to Reave the Economy (Reaves—from the Middle English meaning to rob or plunder)

00:00 GOV.UK: Mansion House 2024 speech

GOV.UK: Chancellor fires up financial services sector to drive growth

Ernst & Young (EY): UK faces infrastructure spending shortfall of at least £700 billion by 2040, says EY report

Jeremy Hunt (on X): Jeremy Hunt’s post

Much to welcome in the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech today. Broadly same strategy and approach as I announced in the Mansion House Reforms last year and vitally important for the UK tech, life sciences and infrastructure sectors. One thing however appears to be missing…

 

#ScrapTheApp: NHS Digital—A Prescription for Sold Data, Not Care

06:20 GOV.UK: Office for Digital Identities and Attributes: About us

GOV.UK (2022): A plan for digital health and social care

Sajid Javid: 

I am determined to make this app the front door to NHS services, and this plan shows how we will add an array of new features over the coming years, with new functionality and more value for patients every single month. My vision is one in which the app is an assistant in your pocket.

BBC: Patients to get full access to record on NHS App

Independent: Wes Streeting’s NHS revolution laid out in 10-year plan with smartwatches to monitor diabetes

NHS England Digital: Guidance on NHS App features

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—30th August 2024

Digital Health: Palantir’s road to the Federated Data Platform contract

Financial Times: US tech group Palantir wins lucrative NHS data contract (Archived)

Palantir Blog: Palantir and the NHS

Digital Health: NHS West Yorkshire ICB to launch support app for unpaid carers

Care Networx: Care management app for unpaid carers by Care Networx

 

Trump’s Selections: RFK Jr for Health Secretary—Pfizer Stocks Down

16:25 Congressman Mike Waltz: Biography

House Press Gallery (America): Party Breakdown

LifeNews: Who Will Replace J.D. Vance as Ohio’s Senator? Here’s 5 Possibilities

NBC: Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for health and human services secretary

The New York Times: Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and Staff Nominations (Archived)

National Archives (America): 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)

Pew Research Center: How do states fill vacancies in the U.S. Senate? It depends on the state

 

Elon Musk’s Secret Diplomacy: Did He Really Meet Iran’s UN Ambassador?

27:44 The New York Times: Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say (Archived)

 

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UK Column event replay: UK Column On Location—Stream

UK Column interview: The Treasury Letter—with Justin Walker

Welsh Parliament: Ensure diagnosis and treatment for people suffering from adverse Covid–19 vaccine side effects 

Space: US Congress will hold another UFO hearing this week

UK Column interview: The New Age of the Sorcerers: UFOs, MKUltra and the Cold War—with Matt Ehret

UK Column article: As Think Tanks Create News Outlets, Old-School Journalism Is Dying Amid Huge Conflicts of Interest—by Mark Anderson

UK Column article: Congressional UAP Inquiries and Malone’s Push for UFO/JFK Disclosure—by Matt Ehret

UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: 14th November 2024

 

Brexit Without the Exit—Five Years Later, What’s Changed?

32:31 Politico: UK must ‘rebuild’ EU ties after Brexit, says Bank of England boss 

The Guardian: Shadow chancellor warns Reeves over EU ties after Bank chief says Brexit harming economy

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI): What Can the New Government’s Proposed UK–EU Security Pact Achieve?

David Lammy (on X): Lammy’s post

A pleasure to meet my friend Josep Borrell Fontelles. Together we are laying the foundations for enhanced cooperation, including through a new security partnership to tackle shared challenges. Both of us are focused on putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position this winter.

GOV.UK: New Defence treaty with Romania deepens relations and supports collective security 

 

Are You Being Spammed by the NHS? Could This Constitute Harassment Under the Malicious Communications Act?

38:02 NHS UK: Bowel cancer screening

Securiti: Opt-in versus Opt-out Consent: Difference and How to Implement Each

NHS Organ Donation: Do not donate

Legislation: Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Legislation: Malicious Communications Act 1988

GOV.UK: Marketing and advertising: the law: Direct marketing

Enginemailer: Is Spamming Illegal In the UK?

Yes, sending spam emails is considered illegal in the UK.

UK Column: Debi Evans Blog: 31 January 2023

UK Column: UK Column News—16th August 2024

The Decision Lab: Sludge

Our Future Health: Our partnerships

Amazon UK: Worth a Shot? Secrets of the Clinical Trial Participant Who Inspired a Global Movement—Brianne Dressen’s Story, Hardcover, by Caroline Pover

(All proceeds from the sale of ‘Worth a Shot?’ will be donated to React19 and UKCV Family)

 

Will Biofuels Become a Lexicon of Greenwashing?

48:47 Cleantech Group: 2025 Cleantech Forum North America (27–29 January 2025, San Diego)

Biofuels International: About—Biofuels Conference (24–25 June 2025, Brussels)

Biofuels Expo 2024: Biofuel Conference (14–15 November 2024, London)

America Free Press (From print 2007): Country Star Singing Right Tune AFP chats with Merle Haggard to discuss farms, biofueis By Mark Anderson

MIT Climate: How should we measure the CO2 emissions from biofuels and bioenergy?

Science Direct (2016): Role of biofuel and their binary (diesel–biodiesel) and ternary (ethanol–biodiesel–diesel) blends on internal combustion engines emission reduction

AP News: Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing

 

The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry: Secret Stage Begins But The Holes In The Story Keep Growing

55:15 The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry: Inquiry into 2018 Salisbury poisonings

The Guardian (2018): Novichok victim found substance disguised as perfume in sealed box

British Comedy (YouTube): Russian Invasion: Salami Tactics—Yes, Prime Minister