UK Column News - 13th January 2025

Source: ukcolumn

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

 

We’re Drowning in Confusion and Chaos: MINDSPACE and Western Media

00:34 Tomorrow’s Papers: Front Pages for the 13th of January 2025

The Telegraph:  Net zero ‘nudge unit’ accused of Covid scare tactics will push heat pumps on public (Archived)

Institute for Government: MINDSPACE: Influencing behaviour through public policy (PDF)

That means that citizens may not fully realise that their behaviour is being changed – or, at least, how it is being changed. Clearly, this opens up the government to charges of manipulation.

The Telegraph (2012): ‘Nudge unit’ to become Whitehall’s first profit-making business (Archived)

GOV.UK (2012): Government’s nudge unit goes global

UK Column article (2015): Downhill To The British Dictatorship Unless We Withdraw Our Consent

BBC: Russia claims capture of Ukrainian front-line town

Metro (2017): Female officer removed from nuclear submarine HMS Vigilant after ‘having sex’ 

Independent (2004): Navy satanist will not have to choose between devil and deep blue sea

 

Public-Private Partnerships and Disruptive Innovation: Big Tech and Government

11:48 LinkedIn: Brent Hoberman

The Times (2024): Elon Musk should also help Britain to slash public spending (Archived)

180 Studios: Founders Forum Group

Founders Intelligence: Entrepreneur Powered Consulting

Founders Forum Group (2024): Innovation Drivers: Tracking Big Tech’s Support For European Startups

About Amazon UK (2020): John Boumphrey appointed UK Country Manager for Amazon

Deloitte: Debbie Weinstein - Vice President, Google & Managing Director of Google UK & Ireland

Tech Nation: The UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs

Cambridge Enterprise: Gerard Grech CBE

The World Economic Forum: Rohan Silva

Tech Nation: Tech Nation Global Talent Visa Report 2024: 10 Years of Global Talent in UK Tech

 

Apocalyptic Fires in LA: SmartLA 2028 and the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda

28:25 Los Angeles Fire Commission: [BFC 24-117] – Los Angeles Fire Department Service Impacts On Operations (PDF)

Associated Press (YouTube): Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stays silent when asked about handling of fires

Independent Sentinel: Mayor Karen Bass, Revolutionary Communist

Ghana Statistical Service: Ghana FactSheet

City of Los Angeles (2020): SmartLA 2028 - Technology for a better Los Angeles

Deadline: Gavin Newsom, In ‘Meet The Press’ Interview, Talks Of Organizing “Marshall Plan” To Rebuild Los Angeles After Apocalyptic Fires

ABC7: Mayor Karen Bass to attend inauguration of John Dramani Mahama as Ghana’s president

UN Department of Public Information: Advocates appointed to build widespread support for SDGs

The Atlantic (2020): When Karen Bass Went to Work in Castro’s Cuba

Independent: Why was LA Mayor Karen Bass in Ghana as devastating wildfires broke out?

AP News: Mahama sworn in as Ghana’s president for a third time against the backdrop of an economic crisis

 

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UK Column article: The Censored Scientific Issue at the Heart of the OPCW-Douma Cover Up

Forthcoming UK Column interview: Licence to Kill: Drugs with Consequences—with Dr Mike Yeadon - Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 1PM

Dissidents Meet-Up Event: Food & Farming Security Solutions Event Exeter Devon – Saturday 18th January 2025 from 09:30 – 16:00 (Direct Ticket Link)

⁩Petition: Review how to turn the MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator

Common Knowledge Events: The Scottish People’s Covid-19 Inquiry, Saturday 22nd February, Edinburgh

 

Amoral Figures in Positions of Power: Controlled for Hidden Agendas

42:38 Recusant Nine (YouTube): UK Grooming Gangs Exposed: Six Years of Struggle, One Chance to Finish the Fight (Raja Miah interview)

The Mill: Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?

Britannica: Mark Thompson - Biography & Facts

Ben Rubin (on X): Ben Rubin’s post

The Mill is substantially backed by former BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, who was personally responsible for covering up the crimes of Jimmy Savile.

Channel 4 (YouTube): Government votes down new national grooming gang inquiry

Daily Mail: Ex-Labour MP arrested on suspicion ‘of engaging in sexual communication with a child’ - months after being suspended from party over ‘serious allegations’

Raja Miah (on X): Why a Public Inquiry Is the Only Way to Uncover the Truth About What Really 

The Spectator: Ex-Labour MP arrested – days after attacking ‘unacceptable’ Elon

Lawyers of Light (Telegram): Full video of allegedly Ivor Caplin recorded by STOP Stings. This appears to have been taken down from their Facebook page. No explanation why

 

UK Column’s Longstanding Warnings: Children Stolen by the State

50:38 Plymouth Live (2017): Devon and Cornwall Police officer sentenced for indecent images and illegal ammunition offences

Byline Investigates (2017): Edward Heath: Police Delayed Conifer Report To Avoid Overshadowing Tory Conference

RT International: 11yo girl had ‘consensual’ sex with 28yo man, French prosecutors say citing lack of violence (VPN required in the UK)

The Guardian (2018): The state has a terrible secret: it kidnaps our children

UK Column interview (2016): The Child Abuse Cover Up - A Police Whistleblower Speaks

 

LA Fire Department’s Strategic Plan: Prioritizing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)

55:51 World Economic Forum (2022): Gender equality: These women made history in 2022

Los Angeles City Fire Department: Strategic Plan 2023-2026 (PDF)

NBC Montana: LA water chief knew about empty reservoir, broken hydrants months before fires: Report

Los Angeles Times: State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded

Newsweek: Fact Check: Did California Donate Firefighting Equipment to Ukraine?

BBC: Meta and Amazon axe diversity initiatives joining US corporate rollback

 

From UK Column News Extra

Devon Live: Former Devon and Cornwall Police officer arrested on suspicion of stalking and harassment

Many tried to ring the alarm about ‘Dirty Harry’ but were ignored

LinkedIn: Harry Tangye

Plymouth Live (2017): Police update on A38 transit van porn driver

Interpol: The International Criminal Police Organization