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UK Column News - 22nd October 2025 · UK Column Radio

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Good afternoon. It's just after 1:00 on
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Wednesday the 22nd of October 2025.
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Welcome to UK column News. I'm your host, Charles Mannett,
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and do not adjust your set. I have Mark Anderson in the
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studio with me today. Welcome to the program and the
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United Kingdom, Mark. Great to be here again, Charles,
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first time with you. Yeah, excellent.
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Good man. And we have Vanessa Bailey via
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Livelink. Welcome to the program, Vanessa.
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Now today, we've got a lot to get through as always, but we're
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going to be looking at the relationship between trust,
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consent and medical ethics with regard to vaccinations.
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We're going to have a look forward to the Conference of the
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Parties. It's that time again, COP 30 on
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the horizon, as well as smart cities and the tensions in
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Venezuela, specifically the relationship between Maduro and
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Trump and indeed football hooliganism and interference
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with police decision making processes.
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And also we will have a short film to show you from our
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excellent weekend event in York. We're going to start today with
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a closer look at Amazon Web Services, which of course had
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its outage on Monday as reported on the UK column news programme
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at that point shown here on the BBC front page from that time.
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Now Amazon themselves have what they call a service health
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dashboard and this is showing the problem as it was
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articulated on the day. Now of course a whole load of
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what might be considered technical gobbledygook.
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But the point of it is to follow at the bottom, which is just
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coming on screen now and lists the enormous number of Amazon
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Web Services that were affected by this, a total of 67 services.
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Now they might not mean much to you and certainly if you're not
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watching the programme and just listening, they are far too many
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to list. But the point of it of course,
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is it does show the dependence that we have, whether or not we
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know it, upon Amazon services, and perhaps not just Amazon, but
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of course technical services in general and how much of our
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lives are controlled to some degree at least by Amazon Web
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Services. Now earlier this summer Tussle
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printed a Tech Titans report going back to June and they were
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looking at the most powerful organisations in the tech sector
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and a graph that they produced here indicates to the right
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going from on the left, nine, 2019-2020 up to 202324, a total
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of nearly £20 billion spend in this area.
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And of course, as I said at the outset, this is something that a
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lot of people will have very little idea about how it
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manifests. So the purpose of this report
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really is just to give a slightly greater insight into
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the effect that this does have on our lives and indeed our
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government and how we may not be necessarily kept in the picture
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with regard to this. Now also in the report and a
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point I would like to draw out is how little of this control by
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tech companies actually is held within the UK shores.
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There's a graph on screen now and any of the very bottom part
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of the graph shown in the green colour indicates the control of
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UK based companies. In other words, the majority of
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all the tech services government does purchase and indeed that
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services that you might use are run, are not controlled from
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within this country and that is a point that that merits
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significant consideration. The other thing, and this was
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referenced very much by Brian Garish on Monday, is that Amazon
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Web Services is involved in digital identity, of course, and
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that's run via what it describes as it's AWS Outposts service
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service. Now on the Outposts website, I
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will just quote in order that you get a an idea of what this
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is all about. They say that digital public
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infrastructure, DPI is the foundation of modern government
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service delivery and an inclusive digital economy.
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Digital identity is one of the foundational pillars of DPI
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which, if widely adopted, can deliver significant economic
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impact by streamlining services and enable financial inclusion
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for previously underserved populations.
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Now you will have heard most of that before, but I would say
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that the key clause there is if widely adopted and of course the
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fallout from that is that there is an implied task for not just
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UK column viewers, but anybody that is troubled by the idea of
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where this may go. Now AWS outposts go on to say
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digital. Digital identity systems present
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unique implementation challenges because they manage highly
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sensitive citizen information from biometric data and
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demographic details to authentication credentials, and
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that these systems require reliable security measures and
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strict data governance frameworks to protect citizen
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privacy while enabling secure service delivery.
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Now this continues in in a similar vein.
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And of course they go on to describe not just how sensitive
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a lot of the information is that they handle, but how the cloud
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features what they describe. The advanced cloud features are
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there for scalability and security, but of course it's
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instances like that which happened on Monday which give
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rise to completely legitimate concern about whether or not
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they are actually able to manage the sorts of problems which they
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describe or at least describe as having the antidote against.
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Now the wiring diagram on screen now is finishedly complicated
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and this is what this is what AWS Outpost puts out to
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articulate how it is that you do create digital identity.
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And I think the inference really is that you could go for this or
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indeed something a little bit more simple, which is less
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likely to disintegrate. So the case for digital
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identity, and this is not just to have a go at AWS necessarily,
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but of course in the main, the technical vulnerability of such
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a system as well as the very real and well sort of
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articulated concerns over liberty and so much else
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besides. But ultimately what this this
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outage does demonstrate is that these systems that are running
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huge swathes of our lives are actually vulnerable to all sorts
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of problems, and this is one of them.
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Now to go into what I mean about the areas of control that might
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not necessarily be talked about. Defence is 1.
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I have spoken about it on UK column news before.
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We're just going to have a look at how the Amazon Web Services
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is, is now enmeshed with the UK defence or indeed war industry.
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But we will come back to it later.
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What I will do is I'll, I'll just go on to the next point of
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this report because essentially the, the, the nuts and bolts of
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it, as discussed before, are that not only does Amazon Web
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Services hold control over many of the communication systems and
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therefore the passage of information for UK defence
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industry, but also the weapons systems themselves.
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Now there are several reasons that that is of concern, not
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least because of the 2023 update that I'm about to show from the
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Finance Ministry in Israel referencing.
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And this of course articulates a direct link between Amazon Web
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Services, the government of Israel and the IDF.
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And the statement here, if we can just pop that on the screen,
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says that Project Nimbus is a multi year flagship project and
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the first of its kind in the Israeli government, which is led
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by the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance through the
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Government Procurement Administration, together with
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the Israel National Digital Agency, the Israel National
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Cyber Directorate, Ministry of Defence, the Israel Defence
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Force and other partners in the government.
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So here we have Amazon Web Services owning biometric data
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which pertains to digital identity, and at the same time,
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it runs the defence system systems not just of the UK and
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Israel, but many other countries around the world.
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And this is in the same era that we have facial recognition
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technology which may be applied to autonomous drones.
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So it's not just that it's completely inappropriate, it
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challenges the very laws of armed conflict, amongst many
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other things. Mark, you've sat through some of
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this now. What are your thoughts on
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Amazon's sort of control mechanisms and and whatnot?
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Well, the way the dots all connect, although it's a
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preliminary judgement on my part, it's just you wonder how
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much seepage there'll be, how much cross pollination there'll
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be of data, personal data going to the wrong places, to say
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nothing of how our passport say, physical thing could become
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merely digital. And there's actually a process
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for that. That is referred to as
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dematerialization. You get rid of ATMs, you only
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have digital bank accounts. To get rid of passports, you
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only have digital passports. It's the same evolutionary
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process. Absolutely terrific
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vulnerability and and a good point well made.
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Now the other area of course Amazon is involved in less to do
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with digital in a way, but but obviously very much related is
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food. And the current report of the
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most recent report from the Groceries Code Adjudicator shows
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among many other things, the way in which Amazon is regarded by
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those that deal with it. So now if we can just put the
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slide on screen, we'll just look at this graph from the report,
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which on the very right hand side box there in green shows
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Amazon right down at the bottom of the heap compared with the
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other retailers. Now I'm not in any way
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suggesting that the other retailers therefore should be
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regarded as very good just because Amazon are bad.
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But the point remains that that Amazon's relationship with the
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suppliers that they deal with is absolutely below par and in fact
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the adjudicator has started an investigation is to into Amazon
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food. Having said quote, they have
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reasonable grounds to suspect that Amazon has breached
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paragraph five of the code which deals with no delay in payments
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between 1st of March 2022 all the way until twenty 20th of
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June 2025. And this again is is greatly
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significant. Now whilst on the subject food,
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it's come to our attention that there's been an article
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published in the Times on Sunday saying top farm manager cancels
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contract amid struggle to make money.
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And they cite a statement that was made by Valcourt
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particularly, effectively making the suggestion not only that
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Valcourt have cancelled 20% of their contracts, but also that
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the immediate reaction to that will be that solar farms will go
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across all this land. Now, UKC verify is going to be
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applied to this particular slide.
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And the reason for that is that I got in touch with Valcourt on
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reading this article and I spoke to the chief Executive, Nick
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Shorter. And Nick was very gracious in
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giving his time, but he was also at pains to point out that first
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of all, neither Farmers Weekly who'd printed the same story a
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week prior or indeed Sunday Times had actually bothered to
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get in touch with Valcourt or him.
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And so if you're wondering what it is about UK column that does
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set it apart, I would say this is a very good example of
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exactly why we do do what we do in the way that we do it.
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And whilst there there is certainly substance to there is
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the changes in in contract. What it is that Valcourt is
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suggesting is that for a variety of reasons which are articulated
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in their statement, they talk about underlying inflation,
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removal of the basic payment scheme, cessation of SFI and a
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depressed commodity market. So effectively what they're
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saying is the conditions for arable farming are very, very
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poor. And what should be clarified
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really in relation to the Times article is that they don't have
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tenancies and indeed they don't have any dealings with solar
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farms whatsoever. But the point that Nick made
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when speaking to me was that the way that the government set the
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conditions now for farming whilst at the same time
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suggesting they do support farmers, whilst actively not
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supporting either farmers or indeed the production of food.
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The incentive, specifically with regard to solar, which is why
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the Times would have suggested such a thing, is that a farmer
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may attract a guaranteed income of say, 1000 lbs an acre index
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linked over a 30 year period. And with all the factors that
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Valcourt refers to, it's very easy to see why farmers would be
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dragged in that direction. Now, there will be more on that.
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But of course, the, the, the link there was that Amazon not
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only has relations to all the technical things that we've
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spoken about, but specifically, of course, the, the, the food
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you eat and indeed, the way that that very food industry is
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controlled. That concludes that report now.
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And as I say, sorry for the various delays during it.
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We're now going to go to Mark, who has a case of vaccine injury
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in the Isle of Man. Mark, what are the details of
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this? Well, as this first slide shows,
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I was doing some research in the immediate wake of our on
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location event and it was a health oriented event and in
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fact both my reports today are in some way stemming from those
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sorts of themes. Anyway, in the Isle of Man, I
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discovered a woman, Nicola Brindley, who suffered severe
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reaction, she says, to the COVID jab.
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And she says the symptoms are now worse than ever.
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And this is from, get this, the Isle of Man today, a
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conventional media organ. So for the conventional media to
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even be saying this is a story in and of itself.
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Keep that in mind now in this next item.
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This is stemming from the article in the Isle of Man
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today. This long healthy mother and
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former dental nurse from the Isle of Man received her first
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dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vector non mRNA vaccine that's
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important in July 2021. She soon experienced what she
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described as a severe allergic reaction to it.
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And get this, this is her resilience despite her lingering
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health issues. She now runs a vaccine injury
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support group. So she's taken on a lot, it
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appears. And here's a quote from her.
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I think more needs to be done on things like informed consent,
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very important. And having the right to make
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your own medical decisions. What could possibly be wrong
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with that? And here's some of what she's
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reportedly suffering from various maladies.
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She says she suffers from multiple chronicle health
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issues, abdominal cramps, joint problems, breathlessness,
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swollen lymph nodes, rib pain, repeated flu like symptoms,
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overwhelming fatigue and often relies on a wheelchair.
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A tough situation indeed. Another quote she was quoted as
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saying. We wrote to multiple MHKS.
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Now that's members of the House of Keys, the lower parliament on
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the Isle of Man on this and have had little or no response or
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willingness to even take it. My symptoms are still as severe
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as ever. It's affected pretty much my
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whole body, quote UN quote. Now, shifting gears a little
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bit, I've been covering quite a bit about Exercise Pegasus, the
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largest pandemic rehearsal as as far as we can tell in EU KS
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history and one of the most active and largest of any
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country currently. Although there have been a lot
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of exercises over the years going back into the early 2000s.
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But here's a headline. I actually found some mainstream
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media news about Exercise Pegasus, which is no easy feat.
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Concerns over biggest pandemic exercise ever are undertaken in
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the UK. Concerns.
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OK, what kind of concerns? Right.
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So we'll move on from there and read about what sort of
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concerns. Now, these concerns might not be
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the kind of concerns that UK column members and viewers would
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share, but Exercise Pegasus biggest ever is behind closed
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doors. This is one thing that we're
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finding out, the biggest pandemic exercise in U KS
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history, It started around mid-september.
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But a group representing the relatives of Welsh COVID-19
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victims is not convinced that this exercise will be
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comprehensive and they fear past mistakes may be repeated.
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Yet the Welsh Government says it's fully engaged with the
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planning for this tier one national level pandemic
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exercise, according to the Welsh mediaoutletnation.simrue.com.
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Now, this is a group of people, relatives of Welsh COVID-19
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victims that are concerned that they're not being strict enough,
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that they're not maybe being vigilant enough on giving the
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vaccine, which is a far cry from what Nicola Brindley is
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experiencing. So we have to pay attention to
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the to the contrast here. Now, I looked up what AI had to
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say on this. So we all get curious about
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that, right? AI reflects on the status
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doublespeak on Exercise Pegasus and this is what AI told me
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literally verbatim. Exercise Pegasus in the UK is
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being conducted openly with high level participation and public
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commitments to share the findings.
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However, the actual simulation exercises are taking behind are
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taking place behind closed doors.
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So it's openly behind closed doors, right?
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Just what we like to see now as we look at a more optimistic
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note on this and we look at what's coming up in the wake of
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our on location in York. Doctor Andrew Wakefield is now
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going to speak again on November 7th through 9 in Austin, TX, not
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far from my stomping grounds. I'm not sure I can make it, but
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maybe I can cover it virtually. And this is being put on, of all
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places, by Children's Health Defense, the outfit that RFK
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Junior, the current HHS chief, started.
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And there there's also other familiar faces there, Senator
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Ron Johnson, Steve Bannon, formerly with the Trump
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administration, and Catherine Austin Fitz, who I believe UK
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column has interviewed, as well as Senator Ron Paul.
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I met him about 12 years ago, Mackinac Island, MI.
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But they'll be much more coming out there in terms of what's
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going on around the world and in the United States.
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But one thing I picked up as I read about the Austin event and
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I've seen this elsewhere, is there's a lot of stress on
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vaccine safety. And one of the Children's Health
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Defense quotes about this upcoming event said this
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participate in interactive sessions on informed consent,
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health EMR, wireless vaccine safety, parental rights and
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more. Now, many of us might wince at
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vaccine safety because they seem to be implying that if we can
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make the vaccine safe, do some more testing, do some updated
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vaccines, that maybe we can leave the door open a little
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bit. Many of us might find that
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objectionable, but we at least need to be aware of it at any
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case. So that's an important footnote.
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Lastly, I'm just dredging this up out of the files of the World
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Health Organization. Back on the 14th of August 2024
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was the last time that The Who made a major public health
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emergency of international concern declaration.
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Whenever there's a pandemic, they officially call that out, a
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public health emergency of international concern.
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And this had to do with monkey pox, of course, we've we've
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heard about bird flu being another potential candidate for
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the next pandemic. And then we wonder might what
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might happen during or after Exercise Pegasus in the UK,
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which is supposed to wind up mid to latter November?
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So keep an eye on the World Health Organization.
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If they make any such similar declarations, then we know that
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the fix might be in or at the at the very least, we know we got
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to be very vigilant about what's going on.
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So with that, back to you, Chair.
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No supermarket, absolutely correct.
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And I think pox is what you mean these days.
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We've had we've had a, we've had an update.
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And for those listeners in Wales jumping up and down, Mark should
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get the benefit of the doubt having not actually crossed the
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border on this particular trip. But Kumari was the word that
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should have come out. I think, Mark, for for future
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reference. Mark, thank you very much
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indeed. Now, Vanessa, Donald Trump's
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been making waves again, but perhaps not the right sort.
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Are they ever the right sort? I would possibly question, yes,
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Venezuela is back in the crosshairs with some earnestness
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from Trump and his administration and the CIA and
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the US Marines. Many, I would say there's a huge
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amount of misinformation surrounding this particular
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campaign by Trump right now. But yesterday I was very lucky
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to speak to the Venezuelan ambassador to Lebanon and Syria
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who I've known since 2017 in Damascus and UK column are going
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to be interviewing him precisely about what's happening in
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Venezuela in the next few days. But let's have a look at the
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first headline. Trump says he authorized the CIA
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in Venezuela as guess what, Maduro says no to regime change.
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So no big surprises there. A bit of a crazy title there
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from no, none other than the BBC.
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So this was in Axios. Trump's Venezuela operation
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expands in the dark. So far, 32 people have been
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murdered by President Trump's strikes. 7 strikes in the
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northeastern area in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of
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Venezuela. Of course, he's not informed
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Congress. He's not informed the American
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people. He's building up B52 planes,
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warships, spy planes, drones and U.S.
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Marines off the same coast. Rand Paul has been quoted as
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saying they have absolutely no evidence and they're not
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presenting evidence for those that they've murdered.
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In the one of the most recent strikes, there were apparently 2
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survivors who've been repatriated rather than being
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put in prison in El Salvador, which of course is another form
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of Abu Ghraib, very much backed by President Trump.
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They've been repatriated to Ecuador and Colombia, not to
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Venezuela, Of course, remembering that Maduro has a
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$50 million bounty on his head, five times that of the of the
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bounty that has now been lifted off attack, fiery terrorist,
23:06
unelected president of Syria Jolani.
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That was only 10 million. So that gives you an idea of the
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importance of regime change in Venezuela for successive
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American administrations, but particularly for President
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Trump. So let's have a look at, I
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apologise. Well, I don't really apologise
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because it's Trump's bad language.
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I'm not in control of that, but there is bad language in the
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video from President Trump, so let's roll that president have
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not been. Reported that Maduro offered
23:39
everything in its in his country, all the natural
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resources. He even recorded a message to
23:43
you in English recently offering mediation.
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What should we? Do he has he has offered
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everything. He's offered everything.
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You're right. You know why?
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Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States.
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So Trump in his usual diplomatic, divisive manner.
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However, he's basing that statement entirely on fake news.
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And here are some selections of the fake news that is
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circulating in mainstream media. This in the Guardian.
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Trump claims Maduro is willing to give everything to ease US
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tensions. Fake news.
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The second one, and this is I think from the New York Times,
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Venezuela's Maduro offered the US his nations riches to avoid
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conflict. Fake news.
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And finally from Associated Press, Venezuela floated a plan.
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So this is officials in Venezuela, allegedly fake news,
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floated a plan for Madura to slowly give up power, but was
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rejected by the United States. So I do have to say, according
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to the ambassador here in Lebanon, all of this is fake
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news and denied by Maduro and his administration.
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And then, of course, we have to look at who received the Nobel
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Peace Prize, not Trump. But don't worry, people, because
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Marina Corina Machado called Trump to to say, tell him that
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he should have had the Nobel Peace Prize.
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However, she then put out a statement saying Venezuela is in
25:15
chaos under the current regime. So, of course, she's the new
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Juan Guido, picked by Trump to be a replacement for Maduro when
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Trump manages his regime change in Venezuela with one of the
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most popular leaders in the world today.
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I would I would add in Venezuela.
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She then went on to call Netanyahu and Israel.
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And of course, there is the scandal of her having signed an
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agreement with the Likud Party in Israel previously.
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All of that is documented. So she called Netanyahu.
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And what did she say in the phone call?
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Well, there should be no surprises.
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We also have to remember that Venezuela has regularly, both by
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Trump and by Israel, been linked to Hezbollah, the Lebanese
25:58
resistance, and to Iran. So in the statement that was
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published by the Israeli government, she said that she
26:06
appreciates Netanyahu's decisions and resolute actions
26:10
in the gap, the genocide in Gaza.
26:13
She appreciates the relentless struggle against the Iranian
26:16
axis of evil, which is also, according to her, as I said,
26:21
active against Venezuela, or should be actually inside
26:26
Venezuela, I think. Sorry, so effectively there that
26:31
pretty much demonstrates what the new campaign is, but it
26:35
includes and and this is the new part, if you like the the long
26:40
running claims that Venezuela and particularly Maduro is
26:45
involved in basically being a narco state running drugs.
26:51
But let's have a look at where the strikes have been coming in.
26:54
As I said, it's the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
26:58
If we actually look, the ambassador told me that
27:01
something like 80 to 85% of the drug running comes from the
27:06
Pacific side to the West of Latin America.
27:10
So from countries like Ecuador, Peru and Colombia coming up the
27:14
West Coast of the Americas there.
27:18
And very little of it actually comes out of Venezuela.
27:21
I think it's something like between 5 and 7% according to
27:24
various estimates, including UN reports.
27:27
And then if we have a quick look at the actual map of the coastal
27:31
areas there, I've marked where the majority of the strikes have
27:34
been coming in. So in the Caribbean, slightly to
27:39
the east of Caracas, very unrelated to the actual drug
27:43
running mapping that that we've just seen.
27:47
Then of course, why is Venezuela so attractive?
27:50
Yes, we come back to the largest oil reserves in Venezuela and of
27:55
course, American investment in those oil reserves, which again
27:59
has been some point of controversy between Trump and
28:04
Maduro, but also the fact that that you can have a look at the
28:09
map again. But Colombia in particular,
28:12
Gustav Petro has actually said that he will come out militarily
28:15
in support of Venezuela. Brazil is intimating the same
28:20
thing. So suddenly Trump is not only
28:22
facing Venezuela, it's facing three of the most powerful
28:26
countries in Latin America. And as a result, what's he done?
28:30
He's imposed tariffs on Colombia, withdrawn their
28:36
funding or assistance, and of course, previously he'd revoked
28:42
Gustav Petros visa at the UN when he'd strongly come out
28:48
against the genocide and Gaza. And finally, let's have a look
28:52
at a statement that Maduro himself made a few days ago in
28:55
Venezuela to understand why they are a threat to US supremacy.
29:03
Que oi lo ciono entre patrio muerte ES entre independencia E
29:10
colonia ente clavito Y Pueblo libre ELE poeno segurar comida E
29:21
cola rida de todon Pais que Hamas ceremo patio tracero
29:27
colonia Y eclavo denimon imperio supremacita.
29:48
So this situation, which is rapidly escalating, should be
29:51
watched very closely over the following weeks.
29:56
It absolutely should Vanessa. Very, very emphatic there.
29:58
And if you weren't, if you weren't able to hear that the
30:01
and I would urge you that you do go to the show notes and look at
30:03
what it was that Maduro actually said there because it was
30:06
extremely strong sentiment. Vanessa, thank you very much
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And as mentioned before, on Monday, we'll just have a look
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Now you saw an accidental preview earlier on in the
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encapsulates exactly what what it is.
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That did go on in York at the weekend and I'm not going to
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Autumn, a time for contemplation, reflection and
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Here it was time for something very exciting.
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34:23
WHO collaborating centres in the 800 of them in 80 countries,
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their universities. There are universities, their
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laboratories, their regulatory agencies, IMHRA, their military
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their professional training bodies.
34:43
Then UK column presenter Ben Rubin gave an outstanding
34:47
analysis of the UK's National Health Service.
34:50
Who's had an operation on the NHS?
34:53
Lots of us who trust the NHS, right?
35:01
That's interesting, isn't it? UK column contributor Dr. Liz
35:06
Evans moved the crowd with her talk on medical ethics and one
35:11
of the UK's original organic farmers, Sir Julian Rose,
35:15
seamlessly linked soil and spirituality.
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Let truth, wisdom, justice guide us forever onwards.
35:25
Swords held high, forever spiritual warriors forever
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committed to the glorious redemption of life.
35:34
All pioneers, all excellent. The UK column team also took to
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the stage to answer questions from the audience.
35:44
A chance for some humour and fun.
35:47
I I should be told off here actually because I haven't got a
35:50
sticker on my car, but you're absolutely right and based on
35:55
this I will get one on before I leave the hotel.
35:58
There you are. That's my promise.
36:00
It might well turn out to be more than one.
36:02
I will give details of Brian's registration.
36:04
I'll just talk. Then finally, our keynote
36:08
speaker, Doctor Andrew Wakefield.
36:12
A rare chance to hear from a man who stood up to Big Pharma when
36:15
no one else would dare. A man who lost everything but
36:20
never gave up. He got a standing ovation before
36:24
he even said a word. The day wasn't just about the
36:36
speakers though. Connection and camaraderie with
36:39
like minded souls in beautiful surroundings was just as
36:44
important. Today has been a lovely
36:46
experience, really enjoyed it. It's been worth coming down from
36:49
Glasgow for. It's been so lovely to meet the
36:52
whole of the UK column team. There is nothing like seeing
36:56
people face to face, being able to talk to people, being able to
36:59
connect, being able to network. I've met some wonderful people,
37:03
people I already know, but also made so many new friends.
37:07
What I particularly like is that the presenters are so
37:10
approachable, You know, they're real people.
37:13
What you see is what you get basically, and very
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professional. But I think just having that
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community, you know, you've got a community of.
37:21
People here who've come together getting a spirit of it, really
37:24
spirit of what the UK columns about.
37:27
I watch it every week. I watch all of them.
37:29
I catch up every week. I love it.
37:31
I'm considered to be balanced, truthful.
37:34
The only place where I get a really straight up picture of
37:37
what's going on. Who was your favorite speaker?
37:40
I like Ben. Yeah, I like Ben Ruben, but
37:45
they're all fantastic. Tess, Lori.
37:48
Am I really connected with what she said?
37:50
Tess and Ben were my favorite. To finish on Andrew Wakefield
37:54
was just momentous. He brought me close to tears
37:59
from what he was talking about. I'm very impressed with the
38:02
range and depth and quality of all the speakers.
38:05
I can't choose the best, I'm sorry.
38:07
Our wonderful and extraordinary day ended on two big high notes.
38:13
The launch of UK columns. New magazine and the dates for
38:17
our 20th anniversary celebrations next year.
38:20
People have already started booking.
38:23
So you'll be attending? Definitely, yeah. 100% Sue's put
38:28
it in the diary. Already we will be there 100%.
38:31
Yes, definitely be there for that.
38:33
Looking forward to it already. I would recommend anybody to
38:37
come to any of these events. There is nothing like it.
38:40
You can't compare it to just watching it on a screen.
38:43
Definitely every single event. I am there.
38:47
UK columns. 20th birthday will be a very special three days in
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the city where it all began. We've got some amazing things
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planned and we'll see you there. Gemma Cooper for UK column in
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York. Worth watching it at least twice
39:07
I'd say. It was an absolute storm
39:09
grooving event and the video will go up on the website so
39:13
please point people towards it. And don't forget that you can
39:16
still buy the live stream in the shop now.
39:18
Mark, you were there, You were a novelty, let's say because of
39:22
your normal place of residence. You were absolutely mobbed.
39:27
How did you get on? Yeah, it was the feeling of
39:31
having groupies around, like when I was a rock star in my
39:34
young days. I was stretching, stretching the
39:37
word a little bit. But it was nice to have such a
39:40
warm fan base. And they were very appreciative
39:42
that I was there. Good, far exceeding my
39:45
expectations. And my expectations were already
39:47
high, so. Yeah, no, I think it did exactly
39:50
that. And Vanessa, you were much
39:51
missed, but now you are going to talk to us about, well, one of
39:56
the many instances of Zionism expressing itself in the UK.
40:02
Expressing itself another very diplomatic term, Charles, I
40:07
would say sort of oppressing rather than than anything else.
40:11
But yes. And congratulations to everyone
40:13
at UK call them for the event. It seemed to go down extremely
40:16
well and I was very sorry not to be there.
40:19
But one day when the Zionist movement is kicked out of the
40:23
UK, I might be able to come back.
40:25
So anyway, in in previous news programs, we've talked about the
40:29
case of Doctor Rahmel Alatwan, just one of the British
40:33
Palestinian doctors that is being effectively persecuted by
40:37
the Zionist movement in the UK through the General Medical
40:41
Council. And in this case, so she's had I
40:44
think at least three tribunals so far.
40:48
So the first tribunal found no need for any order.
40:52
Now the GMC, sorry, could I just have that back for one second?
40:56
The GMC depends. Suspension, demand suspension
41:01
because I refused to basically tone down her speech that was
41:07
very strongly against genocide and one of the people that has
41:12
been part of that persecution against her.
41:15
And you can go to her ex page and and find the sort of smoking
41:19
gun evidence of that is West Treating, of course, the Labour
41:23
health secretary. And this is just one of the
41:26
comments on one of Rachma's posts on X that refers to West
41:30
Treating's involvement. If we could just have the next
41:33
slide now. Sorry I'm messing around with
41:34
you. So this is basically saying stop
41:38
these ridiculous claims on behalf of the Israel lobby.
41:41
We will have to ask them for permission to leave our home
41:44
soon. There could be some truth in
41:45
that. Shame on Keir Starmer and West
41:47
treating. Every single decent minded
41:49
person should condemn those committing genocide which speaks
41:53
volumes about our government. Never a truer word.
41:58
Sad. And of course W Streeting.
42:00
This was a former article back in 2024 in declassified UK.
42:04
The whole article will be in the show notes.
42:07
Guess what? Yes, W Streeting has been, I
42:09
think, among the first of Starmer's administration to
42:13
actually make various funded trips to Israel.
42:16
Our friend how the Israel lobby spent 30,000 on West Streeting.
42:20
So again, we point back to their involvement with the Zionist
42:25
movement in the UK and defending, of course, the
42:28
genocide committed by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank.
42:32
This is a video. Doctor Khamar, unfortunately
42:35
yesterday was actually arrested under the most incredible claims
42:41
against her by British police. So let's just play this and.
42:46
What Polo and what what city? He's on the arrest.
42:51
Why the gender is for, for offences, mission communication
42:56
comes free and for insights and racial hatred.
42:58
I will explain to you everything as you need to get crushed on
43:01
you because like I said I don't know what is up in the House.
43:04
So Section 1 is the News Communication Act and Section
43:07
127 of the Misuse of Public Communication Network.
43:12
Again on the 21st of July at a pro Palestine protest which took
43:16
place outside the Foreign and Common Office in King Charles
43:19
St., He gave his speech which amounts to cause for the
43:24
eradication of Israel and implied support for all those
43:27
involved in armed resistance again against Israel.
43:33
But for for Israel, the the entity of Israel, the state,
43:37
Israel, another place, I thought it's for the UK and implied
43:41
support for all of those involved in armed resistance
43:44
against Israel. No, including organisations such
43:48
as cameras. I wouldn't come to the truth
43:50
when I gave that. You say that this is what you're
43:52
doing for Israel. We're Palestinians.
43:54
I'm not. We're not going to.
43:55
Talk and we've had our family members and friends murdered.
43:59
Are you doing this for Israel? We're not to to MP.
44:01
We're treating Commons that could be interpreted as Semitic
44:05
towards least treating including and Semitic tropes which could
44:09
be considered crossy offensive in character.
44:15
So I mean this is just quite incredible, the use of
44:17
anti-Semitism to imprison an NHS doctor that has no complaints
44:22
against her on the basis of her protesting of genocide committed
44:27
by Israel. Very good news.
44:29
Doctor Homer, after a mass online protest and people
44:34
actually attending the police station where she was taken, has
44:38
been freed and her lawyer is obviously speaking with her now.
44:43
And then coming on to a second demonstration of how certainly
44:47
Keir Starmer's government is, of course, fully supportive of
44:52
Israel and the Zionist lobby. This is the case of the Maccabee
44:56
fans, the Tel Aviv Maccabee fans.
44:59
So British police have put out recommendations that of course
45:03
they should be banned because of the risk of violence.
45:07
Keir Starmer has condemned that decision.
45:09
So somehow police force and intelligence are not capable of
45:15
determining whether a group of fans are going to be a danger to
45:19
the public in in this case in in Birmingham.
45:23
He condemns the wrong decision to ban Maccabee Tel Aviv fans
45:27
from the Aston Villa games. He says we will not tolerate
45:32
anti-Semitism. I do have to ask, if these fans
45:36
were either, let's say Christian or Muslim or any other race,
45:41
would there be any contention from Keir Starmer over their
45:46
banning on the basis that they are extremely violent and
45:49
present a threat to a British public in Birmingham?
45:54
This is a previous article detailing why the Maccabee Tel
45:57
Aviv fans with a record of violent rampages were really
46:00
banned. And this is a, again, a previous
46:04
news report from Sky News. I think it's a video we have
46:09
coming up next year talking about the attacks or the attacks
46:14
carried out by the Maccabee fans in Amsterdam.
46:17
So let's roll this. Social media videos verified by
46:22
Sky News show Maccabee Tel Aviv fans tearing down Palestinian
46:26
flags from outside of homes. Other social media videos
46:30
appeared to show residents chasing Maccabee Tel Aviv fans.
46:36
On Thursday, just before the game, crowds of Maccabee fans
46:40
were filmed singing racist and anti Arab songs while a pro
46:47
Palestinian demonstration had been banned by the mayor over
46:51
fears there would be clashes later that evening.
46:54
During the match, Israeli supporters appeared to disrupt
46:58
the minutes silence for Valencia flood victims with chants,
47:02
whistles and fireworks. Makabe fans were seen attacking
47:06
locals as a police car can be seen driving by.
47:12
So I, I, I mean, I have to kind of smile rather wryly that Keir
47:16
Starmer is defending the inclusion of these people in
47:21
Birmingham with the high possibility of violence.
47:24
And Nigel Farage also weighs in on behalf of Israel.
47:28
And this takes racial discrimination to a whole new
47:32
level. I would argue it's not racial,
47:35
but that's beside the point, I guess.
47:36
Even Maccabee Football Club themselves have put out a
47:40
statement actually condemning the bad behaviour of their fans
47:44
and and saying that they need to weed out those elements.
47:48
Of course, the huge majority of those fans are actually either
47:52
former IOF or or or current reservists.
47:57
And then finally, this is on X, which I thought was quite
48:00
amusing. In other words, don't worry,
48:02
there'll be at least one fan at the match to support Maccabee.
48:07
And finally, I just want to show which I I find really disgusting
48:12
in as regards the response from Parliament to a statement by
48:17
Zara Sultana of your party condemning the the possible
48:22
conclusion of Maccabee. So let's just play this.
48:27
Maccabee, Tel Aviv's racist fan hooliganism cannot be separated
48:31
from Israeli militarism. Many of these fans, many of
48:35
these fans are acting or former soldiers who have taken part in
48:40
Israel's genocide in Gaza. They should be investigated for
48:44
war crimes the moment they set foot onto British soil, not
48:47
welcomed into our stadiums. And let's be clear, this Labour
48:51
government is no innocent bystander.
48:54
It has armed Israel's genocide. It has provided diplomatic cover
48:57
and he has shamefully denied that genocide is even taking
49:00
place. So I asked the minister, is
49:02
there anything, anything this Labour government won't do to
49:05
defend the genocide or apartheid state of Israel?
49:12
Madam Speaker, I like, I like the honourable lady, but I I
49:15
have to say that she is doing the people of Birmingham no
49:20
favours with that sort of rhetoric.
49:25
I would argue, of course, that the government is doing the
49:28
people of Birmingham no favours by potentially allowing violent,
49:32
genocidal fans into Birmingham. Exactly, Vanessa.
49:38
And I'm going to continue with this story, not to sort of
49:42
overdo it as it were, but to look at the other side of it,
49:44
particularly concerning police and how they're treated by
49:47
government and how the Home Office should work with them
49:50
rather than against them, and indeed the degree to which they
49:54
should not be able to interfere. So we're just going to look at
49:56
the statement that the West Midlands Police issued on the
49:58
16th of October, which in effect kicked this off so that they say
50:02
the West West Midland Police supports the safety advisory
50:04
group decision as regarding Aston Villa versus Maccabee Tel
50:07
Aviv football match. And this is the critical part.
50:10
They say that this decision is based on current intelligence
50:13
and previous incidents, including violent clashes and
50:17
hate crime offences that occurred during the 2024 UEFA
50:20
Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabee Tel Aviv in
50:24
Amsterdam. Now of course, as Vanessa has
50:26
articulated, this didn't seem to be enough for the politicians in
50:30
the United Kingdom and only a couple of days later there was
50:33
an urgent question asked in Parliament which was just put on
50:36
screen now entitled The Away Fans Ban.
50:40
Nigel Huddleston, the Conservative MP, asked the
50:44
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she'd make a
50:47
statement on the decision to ban the fans from attending.
50:50
But of course the, you know, the language already has been
50:53
changed in that the the police and the safety Advisory group
50:57
were very clear to make to make the case for that safety
51:02
applying across the board as opposed to being specific to one
51:06
party or another. Now they said, my apologies.
51:14
She Lisa and Andy responded to this question and she got off 1
51:19
might say on the right foot by saying that it's a long
51:21
established principle set out in law that the police and safety
51:24
advisory group are operationally independent of government and
51:28
that it is for them to take decisions on safety.
51:31
And that exactly is the case. But of course, she then went on
51:35
to talk about way in which frankly, the government's dealt
51:39
with everything pertaining to Israel for at least the last two
51:41
years. And she went on to say, however,
51:45
this this decision has far wider implications, which may be the
51:49
case, but it's certainly not the remit of the West Midlands
51:51
Police to be swayed by those sorts of factors, whatever they
51:55
may be. And this is precisely how
51:57
operational pendants, operational independence should
52:00
work, something which Nandy and indeed government does not seem
52:05
to understand or adhere to. She went on to describe the
52:08
decision as wrong because it's led to excluding a group rather
52:12
than considering the range of other options.
52:14
Now, it'd be worth pointing out that she shouldn't be Privy to
52:17
exactly what was discussed, but it's very unlikely that no other
52:19
option was considered. And she goes on speaking to
52:23
speak about people holding strong views and lobbying
52:25
government. And the people in this country
52:27
are apparently free to protest peacefully, as well as being
52:30
free not to attend events that they find acceptable.
52:36
She then goes on to say, however, they are not entitled
52:39
to dictate who can participate in competitions, attend a
52:44
football match or walk the streets for fear of threats or
52:47
reprisals. Whatever's.
52:48
Whatever one's view on the events overseas, that is a
52:51
fundamental principle that this government will fiercely defend.
52:55
Now, they are not entitled to defend as she quite rightly sets
52:59
out. But then again, neither is the
53:00
government. And just to exemplify this,
53:02
I've, I've done so before, but I think it does going into again,
53:05
we're just going to look back to 2021 and the coronavirus
53:09
enforcing restrictions in which I point out that it was stated
53:13
very categorically in that, that lockdown restriction enforcement
53:16
was an operational matter for the police.
53:19
This means police leaders and not national or local
53:23
politicians decided whether and how to deploy their officers to
53:28
lockdown enforcement. Now the point about that of
53:33
course is that 43 constabularies and those non sort of regional
53:40
all did exactly the same thing, absolutely shattering the whole
53:43
idea that operational independents did exist.
53:46
As Vanessa points out. The Prime Minister has of course
53:49
weighed in as well. And not only he but also the
53:55
chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Caroline
53:59
Dynege, who has demanded an explanation.
54:02
So she said that the move to prevent away France from
54:05
attending the next month match at Villa Park is extremely
54:08
concerning as it and is at odds with the principle that football
54:11
in this country is for everyone. It's extraordinary how suddenly
54:13
football appears to have been made quite so important for this
54:18
government. And I should absolutely point
54:20
out that she is married. Caroline Dinaj is married to
54:24
Lord Mark Lancaster and he is currently serving as the defence
54:28
export advocate for the United Kingdom and of course in that
54:32
capacity has visited Israel a number of times.
54:35
This cannot be put to one side. Now again the the club statement
54:40
issued by Tel Aviv Maccabee say says it is clear that various
54:45
entrenched groups seek to malign the Maccabee Tel Aviv fanbase,
54:49
most of whom have no truck with racism or hooliganism of any
54:52
kind under exploiting isolated incidents for their own social
54:56
and political ends. Well, to set the context I must
54:59
thank Ian, a long term UK columns supporter, for pointing
55:02
out that a recent example of a ban being handed down to West
55:06
Ham in 2023 attracted absolutely no criticism from the
55:10
government. And if you're wondering whether
55:12
this is because the situations are different, then of course
55:14
Vanessa has already alluded to this.
55:16
But it doesn't really fit with the narrative that on just on
55:20
the 19th, the Tel Aviv Derby, Abuel versus Maccabee was called
55:26
off because of stadium violence. So frankly, the idea put out
55:34
that this is not to do with legitimate concerns about
55:38
violence is absolutely disingenuous in the extreme and
55:42
indeed the Israel. The article here from Israel
55:44
National News quoted the Israel Police who said riots
55:47
disturbances object throwing smoke grenades, fireworks,
55:51
injured officers and damage to stadium infrastructure.
55:54
This is not a soccer match. This is serious public
55:57
disturbance and violence. So again, I obviously I have
56:01
pointed out that this is an awful lot of attention for a
56:05
football incident to generate, particularly when one thinks of
56:08
how little the government have either passed comment on or
56:12
acted on what has happened over the last two years in Gaza.
56:16
Now we are a little over on time.
56:18
I'll just point you towards an article I wrote a couple of
56:20
years ago entitled Home Secretary Picks a Side for
56:23
Police, and I would encourage you to have a look at that
56:28
because it does concern this, this very thorny issue of
56:31
operational independence for police.
56:34
Now that takes us back to Mark. And as I said, we are
56:37
approaching that time of year where the Conference of the
56:39
Parties are to get underway. Now what?
56:42
What are we going to look forward to?
56:44
Well, the purpose of this report for now is to just give everyone
56:48
a heads up that it's happening again.
56:50
Cover some key details without going into too much depth, but
56:55
in early November into mid November, there's both, both the
56:59
Conference of the Parties, the 30th one, as well as a Smart
57:03
City conference. We'll talk about both.
57:05
Now, the COP 30, it's helpful to offer a little bit of background
57:09
material. This is put on primarily under
57:12
the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on
57:15
Climate Change. And what that convention is,
57:18
Charles, is sort of a standing treaty like structure or
57:23
infrastructure into which or from which other treaties have
57:27
stemmed, including the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and the Paris
57:33
Agreement itself in 2015. So it all attaches together like
57:37
Lego, you might say. Let's go back to that previous
57:39
slide just for a moment and three through 9N for the COP 30
57:45
in Bellem, Brazil is a pre sessional period and the actual
57:49
event is the 10th through the 21st of November.
57:52
Just for the record, that's an overview of the schedule.
57:54
Now we'll move on from there. The United Nations framework
57:59
that I mentioned, it's a key part of the Conference of the
58:01
Parties, and this is something I found that seems to be very
58:05
tangible about this event because some of it is so
58:10
politically correct and kind of vague.
58:12
Oftentimes they use vague expanded language where you're
58:16
not exactly sure always what what they're talking about, but
58:19
here it's quite clear. The technology mechanism was
58:22
established by the Conference of the Parties back in 2010 to
58:26
implement enhanced action on climate change technology
58:30
development. Here we're getting a little more
58:32
tangible and not pie in the sky and transfer towards achieving
58:37
what they're calling the full implementation of that 2015
58:41
Paris convention, which is tied to the UN framework that I
58:45
mentioned that climate technology Center, center and
58:50
network, excuse me, is implementing the joint work
58:53
program of the technology mechanism for 2023 through 2027.
58:58
So now we're looking back a little bit, but we're also
59:00
looking ahead to 2027, which also includes the technology
59:05
executive committee, again, in emphasis, aiming to accelerate
59:09
climate technology development and transfer in order to meet
59:13
the Paris Agreement's goals. So they're pressing forward.
59:17
They're pressing on the gas pedal here.
59:18
They're trying to really tangibly get that Paris
59:22
agreement to have some life and have some duration because Trump
59:27
backed out of it in 2017 during the Bilderberg meeting of that
59:30
year in the US There's been other moves by the US that have
59:33
kind of weakened this whole thing, and they're really
59:35
doubling back. They're really doubling down
59:37
trying to make this happen. But anyway, we have some footage
59:42
about also the Smart City Congress that's coming up and
59:47
the Smart City Expo Congress. Now this happens every year in
59:51
the same place in Barcelona, whereas the COP 30 meetings move
59:55
around to different locations. But this is coming up a little
59:58
more imminently before through the 6th of November, as
1:00:01
indicated, the Smart City Expo World Congress.
1:00:04
And these images just kind of give you an idea of what it's
1:00:08
about. Now, I've got some, I've got a
1:00:12
limited list of specifics about what they get into here, I
1:00:15
believe. Yeah, here it is.
1:00:17
Here's some of the smart city topics.
1:00:19
This is just a, a smattering, a, a sampling, the opening session,
1:00:24
the time for cities. And there's a lot of this
1:00:26
language that indicates that they don't really like a lot of
1:00:30
rural populations. They want to drive people into
1:00:33
the cities, stack and pack. There's not a lot of of value or
1:00:37
time spent on rural development, individual farming, bottom up
1:00:42
agriculture. There's very little, if anything
1:00:45
ever said about that. It's always city, city, cities,
1:00:47
and in this case, smart cities. Also, 20-30 investment trends in
1:00:51
smart cities is another topic. What's next for urban
1:00:55
resilience? Cybersecurity in cities and of
1:00:59
course our ever present friend sometimes foe AI for spatial
1:01:04
mapping and analysis that has to do with urban planners and AI
1:01:08
environmental footprint between hidden costs and green
1:01:12
opportunities. So it's sounding a little bit
1:01:15
pie in the sky there, despite their specific goals to, you
1:01:19
know, really solidify and advance on the Paris Agreement.
1:01:22
But that's just the sampling. There'll be a lot more on this
1:01:25
as these events come along. And I'll make an effort, of
1:01:27
course, to cover them virtually. Attending them in person might
1:01:30
be a little difficult logistically and otherwise, but
1:01:33
there'll be many more details during and after these events
1:01:36
happen. Charles.
1:01:37
Thanks a lot. Yeah.
1:01:38
And as you say, they are absolutely, inextricably linked.
1:01:40
And we will see how things do go this year.
1:01:43
But I mean, the idea they are pine sky perhaps is reassuring.
1:01:47
Now, that's all we've got time for today.
1:01:48
So, Mark, thank you very much indeed for joining me in the
1:01:51
studio. It's been a pleasure to have you
1:01:52
in here. And.
1:01:52
Wonderful. Speed you back, I would, I would
1:01:55
say, but we'll we'll have to see how that goes.
1:01:57
Vanessa, also, thank you very much for joining.
1:01:59
And don't forget there's German warfare going out tonight at
1:02:02
7:00 and then Mike's interview with Eila Bloomi tomorrow at
1:02:06
1:00. If you are Auk column member,
1:02:08
please do stick around for extra.
1:02:10
I am sorry that we had one or two technical difficulties and
1:02:13
as I say, exactly what the reason for that was will remain
1:02:18
shrouded in a small element of secrecy, let's say.
1:02:21
But thank you very much and please do consider looking at
1:02:24
the live stream from the event in York.
1:02:26
It really was a terrific day and there's a huge amount to learn
1:02:29
from the presentations that were given.
1:02:31
So that's up on the shop. But that's all for now and we
1:02:35
will look forward to seeing you again on Friday at 1:00.
1:02:38
Bye bye.