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The Weekly Nudge

In this weekly blog I will be taking a look at those articles that are written or edited in a way that encourages the reader to develop a bias towards, or against, the subject of the article. This technique is most commonly referred to as 'nudging'. In some cases the desired result is obvious ...

An Update On Beechwood Child Abuse Victim & Whistleblower Melanie Shaw

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Let’s deal with reality. Melanie Shaw sits in Sodexo high security prison Peterborough. She has been there on remand since her trial at Nottingham Crown Court on 25 July 2014. Members of the public who attended that first trial, report that ...

Nan, What's A Butterfly?

Open Letter To Theresa May

Scotland: Independence Is Not On The Table

Today the LibLabCon has joined forces to keep the Union together, they say. Very publicly “abandoning” Prime Ministers Questions in order to give the maximum impression that they actually wish to keep the Union together, all three have flown up to ...

A New Bill Of Rights -or- Why Human Rights Are So Dangerous

David Cameron intends to introduce a new "law" which will, according to the Daily Express, make clear that the UK Parliament is "supreme".

Abuse Witness Melanie Shaw Remanded: No Evidence Presented

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Following an extraordinary Crown Court hearing in which Nottingham Police and the CPS failed to present evidence, child abuse victim and key Beechwood abuse witness Melanie Shaw has been remanded in HMP Peterborough until October.

Melanie Shaw, Beechwood Child Abuse Witness, Held in Peterborough Prison

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The Beechwood Children’s Home abuse witness is being held in Peterborough prison after unknown police action on Thursday, 10th July, and a secret court hearing on Friday, 11th July 2014. For the personal safety of the individual and in the wider ...

Nottinghamshire Child Abuse Witness Taken By Police, Now Missing

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A key whistleblowing witness and victim of child abuse at Nottingham Beechwood Children’s Home is effectively missing after sending a text to the UK Column starting…”pls ring urgent, something has happened n I don’t trust the police and I may be ...

US Court Makes Microsoft An Internet Policeman

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On the 19th June, Microsoft went to a US court to ask for an ex-parte injunction to be placed on the Dynamic DNS provider, no-ip.com. On the 26th June, the court granted Microsoft’s request and as a result, 23 no-ip.com domain names were simply ...

«Би-Би-Си Медия Экшин»: подрывная работа радиотелевизионной корпорации в Казахстане и в Украине

Сбалансированность по Би-Би-Си? Это что: критика и подрыв существующей власти? Стабилизировала ли «Би-Би-Си Медия Экшин» неустойчивое украинское общество или, скорее, подбросила топлива в огонь?

BBC Media Action: Subversion From Broadcasting House To Kazakhstan

”Our mission is to inform, connect and empower people around the world.” These are mighty words from BBC Media Action, a charitable offshoot of the BBC funded to £29.5m in 2012 - most of it from the British Government, EU, US State Department, UN and ...

Former British Ambassador Claims Taliban More Effective Than British Army

ATVOD: A Major Risk To Freedom of Speech on the Internet

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Last Wednesday all "video on demand" content for which the UK Column had "editorial" reponsibility was removed from Youtube and this website following demands for "regulation" by ATVOD, a subsidiary of Ofcom.

Reset: The Savage Destruction Of Our Constitution

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In February 2010, just three months before the last general election, David Miliband was widely reported as calling for a “reset” of the British Constitution. The then Foreign Secretary argued that there should be a “wide ranging reset referendum ...