Oh, to cast one's mind back to those difficult days--before the ghastly Industrial Revolution--when fires absolutely refused to give off any heat.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjk92w9k1o

James Corbett's outstanding work has not gone, and did not go, unnoticed; even in 1964.

As always, the Annual Fake News Awards are well worth listening to:

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https://corbettreport.com/fakenews8/

This is pretty amazing - UN special rapporteurs have expressed grave concern about the UK's detention and arrest of independent journalists and activists - including myself - under counter-terror legislation, and demanded answers from the government. Let's see what happens...

In overhearing a telephone conversation this morning, it turned out I was breakfasting next to the man who cleaned Downing Street at dawn.

Conversation was duly opened, with a request for comment on my assumption that it must have been filthy.

A charming fellow, and one I would far sooner see on the inside of Number 10 than the current resident; having handed over his hi-vis overalls on the way in.

Addendum: A parting salute turned into a longer exchange, the result of which is that he now has my UKC business card and several recommendations for content requiring immediate attention. He sees through the nonsense, even the Trump nonsense, and his closing remarks (on immigration (he is from Chicago)) included a witticism picked up during his college days:

"Don't hate someone for the colour of their skin. Get to know them properly, and then you can hate them for lots of other reasons."

Most recent interview with Julian Rose now up on UK Column website. As you would expect from a man of his experience, wisdom and vigour: it's a belter.

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/finding-the-moral-spine-resistance-to-faceless-modernity-with-sir-julian-rose

Presumably his cover was blown when it became clear he was the only person in the building adhering to the central tenet of the Hippocratic oath.

‘China is the enemy’

The first UK Column On Location of 2025 will be on Saturday 5 Apr, in Cheltenham.

Since we'll be on GCHQ's doorstep, the theme will be the machinations of the Deep State, and what we can do to combat the forces therein.

Tickets are now on sale and we'll be announcing our lineup of speakers soon.

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https://shop.ukcolumn.org/product/uk-column-on-location-cheltenham-5-april-2025/

The second part of Simon Elmer's excellent critique of the UK's immigration policy is now up on the UK Column website:

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/the-great-replacement-part-two-conspiracy-theory-or-immigration-policy

Dear Farmers: 999, Part 3 – Food of the Future or Perhaps No Food in the Future – with Roger Meacock and Sandi Adams

Sandi explores Sainsbury’s Future of Food report: algae milk lattes, jellyfish dishes, and cricket carbonara are on the menu—farmers allegedly off it. Roger asks why Bovaer isn't categorised as a pharmaceutical in the UK.
Watch the interview: www.ukcolumn.org/video/dear-farmers-999-part-3

Mark your calendar: UK Column On Location – Cheltenham, 5 April 2025.

We’re excited to announce two of our first speakers: Katharine Gun and Alex Thomson. Given that Cheltenham is home to GCHQ, their presence feels especially fitting…

More details coming soon. Visit the website for tickets: 🎟 https://shop.ukcolumn.org/product/uk-column-on-location-cheltenham-5-april-2025/

Next 1PM livestream: Catching Babies – with Victoria Rixon, ‘The Honest Midwife’
Former midwife, Victoria Rixon, speaks out about her safety concerns and why she had to leave her career as a midwife in the NHS.
http://www.ukcolumn.org/live
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Available on-demand after at http://www.ukcolumn.org

Jon Cook's raw milk is incredibly good. I know this, because it's the only milk I drink.

Winter is a tough time for a dairy which doesn't rely on grain-based, chemically-tainted feeds.

I know lots of these sorts of appeals are circulated, but if you would like to support a raw milk producer who only deals with the public directly, please see the link below.

I put this under the heading of investment in the world I want to live in.

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-keep-our-ethical-raw-milk-dairy-running

In relation to the above post, if you're wondering what all the fuss is about, concerning raw milk, and you want to know who Jon Cook is, please watch and share this:

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/raw-truth-unadulterated-milk-and-food-security-with-jon-cook

One of my favourite times of year.

Did you know.... The BBC issued approximately 36.1 million TV licence enforcement letters to UK households in the financial year 2022–2023.
This equates to nearly 99,000 letters per day. Based on an estimated postage cost of £0.65 per letter, this costs approximately £23.47 million per year.

In my opinion, a great piece by Richard Morrissey, on the perils of weakening the familial unit.

I would say this is a must-read for children, those working with children, anyone with children in their family and those likely to produce children. More or less everyone.

"What makes digital tribes particularly insidious is that they provide what Scruton referred to as a ‘simulacrum’ of belonging: an illusion of community without its true substance.

Unlike familial bonds, which require reciprocal obligations and teach us how to navigate authentic relationships, digital connections enable us to curate our interactions, allowing us to sidestep the very friction that fosters character development and genuine understanding. This superficial sense of belonging renders young people especially susceptible to ideological manipulation."

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https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/lost-in-the-digital-world-children-deprived-of-guiding-family-values/

This had 155 views in 2023. It might gain a bit more traction upon second reading! 👇

In 2006, this Statutory Instrument came into effect, 'The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations'. Section 5 prohibits the use of vaccination against avian influenza in birds.

Section 6 grants emergency powers to vaccinate birds 👉🏼 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2703/regulation/6/made

The i 'newspaper' reports Prof Ian Brown of APHA as saying Govt to look at vaccinating birds 👉🏼 https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/bird-flu-uk-could-mass-vaccinate-chickens-to-prevent-avian-influenza-spreading-between-humans-2181376

Prof Ian Brown is also a Director of OIE/FAO World Organisation for Animal Health 👉🏼 https://aphascience.blog.gov.uk/author/ian-brown/

World Organisation for Animal Health receives regular donations from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 👉🏼 https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants?q=world%20organisation%20for%20animal%20health

Zoetis, a former subsidiary of Pfizer, has had a conditional licence for an avian influenza vaccine since 2016 👉🏼 https://www.zoetisus.com/news-and-media/zoetis-receives-conditional-license-from-usda-for-avian-influenza-vaccine.aspx

I wonder which way this will go.

A video from the House of Lords is doing the rounds, in which the noble lady speaking describes the Government as being "out of control". She is, of course, correct. However, this is from a debate on the Public Order Bill 2023, which became the Public Order Act. The Government was a different one, so I would put it that the only amendment to her assertion should be removal of "the", as all Governments are the same.

It is extremely unlikely that you will agree with all that she says, but the essence of her remarks is sound. The fact that her concerns were roundly ignored tells you all you need to know about "liberal democracy".

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

"My Lords, I admire the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, for trying to convince us. I support and have signed Amendment 1. I cannot argue the law—I cannot argue how many angels dance on the head of a pin—but I can question the politics. My concern about the politics of the whole Bill is that the Government are seeking to be “regressive” and “repressive”—these words have been used. This is nasty legislation.

You have to ask: is it appropriate for a few dozen protesters? Is this heavy-handed legislation appropriate for that number of people who occasionally disrupt our lives? I would argue that it is not. It is almost as if this legislation is perhaps designed instead to prevent millions of people protesting, because the Government know they have lost the confidence of the public in Britain. In a recent poll, two-thirds of people thought that the Government were corrupt. That suggests that any legislation this Government try to bring in is possibly not very well designed for the majority of people in Britain. They are giving very heavy powers to the police when we have already seen that the public do not trust the police, and they are giving more powers to Ministers—and we do not trust Ministers.

It is very heavy legislation. I am worried that the Government are actually bringing legislation for when there are general strikes and hundreds of thousands of people on the streets protesting about the collapsing and soon-to-be privatised health system or the fact that everybody’s pay is getting squeezed apart from the pay of the bankers and the wealthy. I worry that they are bringing in these laws for far more people that just the protesters. Quite honestly, who would not agree with Insulate Britain? It is the smartest thing we can possibly do if we are worried about our energy crisis. So it seems that the Government are not really focused on the protests we have had so far; they are focusing on protests we might have in the future.

We are going to vote very soon on whether to declare a protest illegal if it disrupts somebody. The whole point of protest is that it disrupts life to some point, so that you notice and start debating it and it gets reported in the newspapers. It is incredibly important, in a sense, that protest is disruptive. I heard the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, say that Amendment 1 was not suitable, but I have taken advice from lawyers
and I think it is entirely suitable, so I will be voting for it. My big concern in this House is that we have a Government who are simply out of control. They talk about protesters being out of control, but it is the Government who are out of control."

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https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-01-30/debates/90096A36-7A89-4C49-B83E-3E488B5DF430/PublicOrderBill

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