UK Column News — 10th December 2025

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

UK Column News Show Notes Wednesday 10th December 2025

00:30 Digital ID: Opposition at last within UK corridors of power

Do not introduce Digital ID cards - Petitions

Tony Blair on Digital ID, Live Facial Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (video)

Digital ID, volume 777: debated in Westminster Hall on 8 December 2025 (Hansard)

Video of debate in Westminster Hall, 8 December 2025, on digital ID petition

Council of Europe meets to discuss migration and ECHR

GOV.UK: National Identity Register destroyed (2011)

GOV.UK: One Login

10:48 War Narratives: No sign of peace anywhere on Earth

PM's engagements with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany and European partners: 8 December 2025 - GOV.UK

️️️️Slovakia's Position and Genuine Multipolarity - Pravda UK

UK and Ukraine announce InnovateUkraine second round winners - GOV.UK

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answers to media questions regarding the US’s new National Security Strategy - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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New US National Security Strategy Marks Death Blow to NATO Expansion: Scott Ritter

Army forms single 4-star command responsible for ground operations in North and South America - Washington Times

US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser | Venezuela | The Guardian

19:32 Syria: Relentless BBC propaganda to protect regime change

Victory only the start, Syrian president says year after toppling of Assad regime - BBC News

'We're All One Nation': Syria Celebrates One Year After Bashar al-Assad’s Fall

Munich Security Conference 2025: Panel Discussion: "New Dawn for Damascus: Prospects for Syria’s Transition" - Munich Security Conference

Syria without Assad is lighter - but now there are new problems - BBC News

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Syrian teen, Bana Alabed (15), wins International Children's Peace Prize 2025 for her relentless advocacy for war-affected children and transformative initiatives - KidsRights Foundation

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29:54 Grooming Gangs: Inquiry won’t touch the real scale of child abuse

Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs - GOV.UK

Update on Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs - GOV.UK

38:55 Derek Dimmock: Update from midazolam inquest

43:50 Syria Propaganda: Re-Criminalisation of Assad

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia | Reuters

(16) Tareq Hadhad | LinkedIn

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Netanyahu says his regular contacts with Putin are in Israel’s interests - World - TASS

How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria and Justice - The New York Times

One year after Syria ouster, al-Assad lives under strict Russian supervision in Moscow exile | Euronews

53:52 Glyphosate: Compromised data affects all of us

Le Monde reports the retraction of compromised study on glyphosate

Journal of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology retracts Roundup safety paper from April 2000

Chemistry World: US backs Bayer–Monsanto with glyphosate decision

RFK Jr on Suing Monsanto and the Dangers of Roundup (video)

The Breakthrough Institute: RFK Jr Is Exactly Who We Said He Was

UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025

The Pesticide Action Network: How Are UK Supermarkets Doing On Pesticides?

NPR: Jury Awards Terminally Ill Man $289 Million In Lawsuit Against Monsanto (2018)

59:24 And finally…

Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image - BBC News