UK Column News — 14th January 2026

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

 

UKC Show Notes Wednesday 14th January 2026

 

00:39 Iran: Arab Spring recycled

Palestine Action hunger strikers near death ‘intent’ on continuing protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Rep. Becca Balint Speaks on ICE's Deadly Shooting of Renee Nicole Good

EU violent crackdown of protests Telegram: View @Marwa_OsmanLB

Iranian forensic doctor report (subtitled) Telegram: View @FotrosResistancee

Iran allegedly pulls out of BRICS drills in Cape Town  - https://x.com/rt_india_news/status/2011083313784733805

Iran defies pressure to withdraw from BRICS military exercise - The Globe and Mail

BBC Verify Live: Mortuary videos show aftermath of Iran government crackdown - BBC News

  

08:24 Foreign Interference: What’s behind fake X accounts?

Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout | The Herald

Cyabra | Uncovering The Good, Bad and Fake Online

An Announcement From Cyabra - Cyabra

  

15:05 Extremism:

Shout Out UK: Pathways ‘learning package’ on Prevent

Reform tweets about Prevent, 2025

Nadhim Zahawi pushes COVID jab in 2022

Reform’s position on Iran and Israel, on X

Nadhim Zahawi congratulates Netanyahu in 2022

TCW: Richard Tice writes that “Famine is a blatant lie” in Gaza

Farage speaks outside Iranian Embassy in London (video)

Nigel Farage in 2013: Iran Should have been Love-Bombed (The Algemeiner)

Haaretz: The Israeli Influence Operation Aiming to Install Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran

  

26:43 Substack: Age verification and punishment of authors. With special guest Alex Kriel

Thinking Coalition | Substack

  

37:17 Check out UKC’s website and support our work:

Homepage | UKColumn

Support the UK Column

  

36:33 Digital ID: Government U-Turn is nothing of the sort

Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK - BBC News

  

41:25 Palantir: Infiltrates MoD on behalf of Israel

Palantir's big data, AI long game - Transcript | CBC Radio

Palantir | UK Defence

New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation - GOV.UK

Corbyn slams UK for £240m deal with Israel-linked US tech giant Palantir | Middle East Eye

Palantir C.E.O. Alex Karp Defends Aiding Trump’s Immigration Policies

My final message before I'm on an FBI watchlist: Palantir, Epstein, & The New York Times

 

51:20 China: Comedic propaganda from UK broadsheet

Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses threat to City 
China's foreign trade hits new high, up 3.8 pct in 2025

 

55:33 Farming: Wrap-up of first UK conference of 2026

Home | Oxford Farming Conference

DEFRA: Secretary of State’s address to 2026 Oxford Farming Conference

DEFRA: Consultation on proposed ban on keeping laying hens in cages

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill

 

01:02:40 And Finally:

BBC Truth Hour musical extravaganza (every Thursday, 1pm, Broadcasting House)