UK Column News - 8th January 2025

Source: ukcolumn

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

 

Abuse Cover-Ups: Conspiracy at Every Level of Authority

00:23 GOV.UK: Tackling child sexual abuse

BBC: Men on secret 1970s pro-paedophile list could still work with children today

UK Column issue 3 (2011):  Liberty Pie And Paedophiles

UK Column article (2010): More Than Corrupt

The Telegraph: Labour to whip MPs to vote against grooming gang inquiry

The York Press: Archbishop of York to take charge of Church of England

Southend on Sea City Council: Pin down: one girl’s harrowing and disturbing tale of institutionalised abuse by Teresa Cooper – 2007

UK Column special report (2015): A Glimpse Into Institutionalised Child Abuse

UK Column article (2015): Hollie Greig Robert Green And The Failure Of British Justice To Protect Children

Children & Young People Now: Cooper vows to make child abuse reporting mandatory

 

Musk’s 2025: 130–200 X Posts a Day for the Israel Lobby (Disinformation is Harmful)

12:02 Elon Musk (on X): Starmer is evil

Nigel Farage (on X): Farage’s post

Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree. My view remains that Tommy Robinson is not right for Reform and I never sell out my principles.

Elon Musk (on X): Jess Philips is a rape genocide apologist

BBC: Musk’s ‘disinformation’ endangering me, says Phillips

The Guardian (2015): Labour MP Jess Phillips will ‘knife Corbyn in the front’ if he damages party

Department of Government Efficiency (on X): The people voted for major reform

Thinking Coalition’s (Substack): Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Do not put your trust in princes

 

Who Betrayed Syria? Assad’s Escape and the Fall of the Syrian Government

17:58 Mazeej Mix (YouTube): This is how Bashar al-Assad escaped Damascus Time podcast with Hussein Al-Sheikh (Interview with Assad media director in Arabic)

Hassan I Hassan (on X): Fascinating details about Assad’s last days in this interview with Assad’s media “tsar”, his media chief and close aide. (Interview summary in English)

Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): Julani interview

David Miller (on X): David Miller’s post

A summary here of the bombshell revelations made by Bashar’s media adviser Kamel Saqr during an interview on the Mazeej podcast a couple of days ago.

Akbar Ganji (on X): Causes of the collapse of the Syrian government (Iranian statement)

 

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

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

 

Bird Flu Latest: £30 Million Contract for ‘Humane Slaughter’ of Poultry Up for Grabs

31:04 CDC Public Health News: First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States

BBC (2022): Man with bird flu heartbroken after flock culled

He was unaware he had the virus until he was advised to have a test.

Bidstats UK: Provision of Poultry Culling Services Framework Agreement

Bidstats UK: Supply of Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) Eggs to APHA

 

Syria’s Fragmentation: Jolaní, Israel, and the Fight for Power

37:14 BBC: New elections could take up to four years, Syria rebel leader says

BBC: Assad’s fall leaves UK with political dilemma (BBC on closed borders to persecuted Syrians under HTS rule)

GOV.UK (2021): New UK sanctions targeting Assad regime for repressing the Syrian people

Fiorella Isabel (on X): Syria’s New “Minister of Justice:”

We will implement Islamic law and prevent women judges from holding this position, and they must hand over their cases to male judges.

PressTV (on X): Images emerged showing Syria’s newly appointed Justice Minister Shadi Muhammad al-Waisi overseeing the execution of two women back in 2015

Syrian Coast Observator (Telegram): Members of the HTS militias of Ahmed al Sharaa (Aka alJolani) assaulted a civilian young man in his twenties with severe beatings and whipping because he belongs to one of the religious minorities

Vanessa Beeley (on X): Syrian Defense Minister General Ali Mahmoud Abbas – Translation under the leadership of President Assad

Save Christians in Syria (on X): Video destroying statue of Mary

The Jerusalem Post: Turkey aiming for maritime agreement with Syria, transport minister says

The Energy Consulting Group: Syrian Oil and Gas overview (Energy maps)

The Washington Institute (2013): Russia-Syria Offshore Gas Deal Injects New Factor into Peace Talks

 

New Legislation on Anti-Social Behaviour: Pre-Crime Policies and Unlimited Fines & Crown Estate Update

44:30 GOV.UK: New powers to clamp down on anti-social behaviour

UK Parliament: Hansard: Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

First, I can confirm that we will make it mandatory to report abuse, and we will put measures in the Crime and Policing Bill—to be put before Parliament this spring—to make it an offence, with professional and criminal sanctions, to fail to report or to cover up child sexual abuse.

The House of Commons Library: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-25

But the duty imposed by subsection (2) does not apply if the relevant person considers that the disclosure would be more detrimental to the child than not disclosing the information.

LBC: Justin Welby lays down staff as final act as the Archbishop of Canterbury

Parallel Parliament: Crown Estate Bill [HL] 2024-26

 

Zuck Tries His Luck Stepping Back Censorship with Trump Time Coming

53:25 Facebook profile: Nick Clegg (President, Global Affairs at Meta)

Zuck (Instagram): Mark Zuckerburg’s reel (Video)

It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression. We’re replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on reducing mistakes. Looking forward to this next chapter.

Full Fact: Full Fact responds to Meta ending support for US fact checkers

Trouw (Dutch): David Icke is not allowed to address protesters via large screen

 

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