Mike Robinson, Debi Evans, Ben Rubin and Cheryl Grainger with today's UK Column News.
Slovak PM Wasn’t Going The West’s War Way
00:22 Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Slovakian PM Robert Fico recovering after "politically motivated" shooting
BBC: How Robert Fico used Covid and Ukraine to gain power in Slovakia
Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA): Slovak Vote Shows Need for NATO Action on Russian Disinformation
Center for Countering Disinformation (Ukrainian): What should Ukraine expect from the meeting between J. Biden and Xi Jinping
The Telegraph: We won’t send another bullet to Kyiv, says Slovakia’s PM frontrunner
Politico: Slovak PM says EU, NATO members weighing sending troops to Ukraine
Open Society Foundation (Ukrainian): About Foundation
Who Were The Oxford Team Behind The Now-Withdrawn AstraZeneca Jabs?
06:51 The University of Liverpool: Vaccinology PhD / MPhil / MD
The Guardian: AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is no more—but its remarkable success must not be forgotten
University of Oxford (2020): Oxford University announces landmark partnership with AstraZeneca for the development and potential large-scale distribution of Covid–19 vaccine candidate
University of Oxford (2020): Research: About the Oxford Covid–19 vaccine
The Oxford Covid–19 vaccine team is led by Prof. Sarah Gilbert, Prof. Andrew Pollard, Prof. Teresa Lambe, Dr Sandy Douglas, Prof. Catherine Green and Prof. Adrian Hill.
Evening Standard: Leading scientist on Covid–19 vaccine recalls ‘immensely gratifying’ work
Barinthus Biotherapeutics: About Us
Companies House: Barinthus Biotherapeutics (UK) Limited
BBC (2021): Barbie of Oxford Covid vaccine designer Dame Sarah Gilbert created
University of Oxford (2021): Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers 44th Dimbleby Lecture
Paul Polman, A Man You’ve Probably Never Heard Of But Should Have
20:16 Activation Quotes: Paul Polman
United Nations Global Compact (YouTube): Full Speech: Paul Polman at the SDG Business Forum 2019
LinkedIn: Paul Polman—Net Positive
Imagine One: We believe in the power of leaders to drive systemic change
Food, Farming and Countryside Commission: The Hope Farm Statement
Henry Dimbleby (LinkedIn):
As far as I can work out, the "Hope Farm Statement" last week is the first time serious industry figures—including the CEOs of Nestlé and Danone—have recognised they need more intervention from government to fix our broken food system.
The Times: Henry Dimbleby sets up fund to transform global food system (archived)
National Food Strategy: Supplementary Evidence, January 2020—BAIN & Company (PDF)
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UK Column interviews: Iurie Roșca, the Christian Optimist—Part 1 & Part 2
Alternative View: Book your tickets for AV 14, Riding The Wave
Forthcoming UK Column Symposium (In Honour of the Late Graeme MacQueen): From 'National Security' to Biosecurity: Global Power Dynamics and the Erosion of Freedom in the 21st Century—Sunday, May 19, 2024, 1:00–3:00 PM EDT (6–8 pm BST)
Walking The Dog: Episode 4 Premières On YouTube At 11.00 am on Sunday 19th May 2024
The mRNA ‘vaccine' disaster and its implications symposium—30th May 2024, 1 pm BST / 14.00 CET
Nurses Performing Surgery Without Surgeons In The NHS
34:25 NHS England: Over half of England’s care home residents get NHS spring covid jab in four weeks
NHS England: NHS App messaging saved NHS more than £1 million in last year
Medscape: TAVI Turmoil: Did A Nurse Perform TAVI in the UK?
Andy O’Plasty, MD (on X):
So are you saying that it wasn’t a momentous day and John wasn’t the first nurse-ANP who had performed the whole TAVI procedure as first operator, and it wasn’t a true transformation addressing NHS needs?
Because your original tweet would indicate otherwise. Please clarify.
BBC: Non-surgeon removed gall bladders at hospital
NHS Employers: Surgical care practitioners
SciTech Daily: Revolutionary “Quartet Nanocage” Vaccine Effective Against Coronaviruses That Haven’t Even Emerged Yet
Benefits and Work: DWP considers powers of arrest, seizure and collecting information on where claimants spend money
GOV.UK: Survey of public perceptions of fraud, error and debt
The Mirror: DWP to form new 2,500 team to check Universal Credit claims
Theo Clarke: Birth Trauma Inquiry Report for Publication—May 13th 2024 (PDF)
With Home Education On The Rise…
39:56 GOV.UK blogs: What it means for sex education lessons in schools
Gillian Keegan MP (on X):
No more situations where parents are prevented from seeing materials.
No more teaching children topics way beyond their years.
No more teaching of the contested view of gender identity.
That’s what our RSHE guidance will ensure.
Rishi Sunak (on X):
Under no circumstances should parents be blocked from seeing the content taught in their own children’s lessons.
Nor should it be controversial to teach our children that biological sex is a fact.
Today we're taking action to change this.
GOV.UK: Sex education: What is RSHE and can parents access curriculum materials?
It’s Miliband Time At Nesta
45:16 Nesta—UK innovation agency for social good: UK 2040: Rt Hon David Miliband in conversation with Ravi Gurumurthy
UK Column article (2016): The International Rescue Committee: A Trojan Horse of the Globalists?
Verian: The Reykjavík Index for Leadership
Independent (2018): The great PFI heist: The real story of how Britain's economy has been left high and dry by a doomed economic philosophy
Nesta: The future of energy retail: how we could reshape the market
Tony Blair, 5G, Directed Energy Weapons and Contaminated Devon Water
51:35 Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: Reimagining the UK's Net-Zero Strategy
Ofcom: Consultation: Proposals to make auction regulations for the mmWave award
Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (on X):
The UK will lead the world in drone killing tech.
We’re already urgently procuring DragonFire lasers that can cut down drones at the speed of light.
And now we’ve announced the UK’s radio beam weapon that will bring down swarms of drones for just 10p.
Lockheed Martin: Directed Energy
Raytheon UK: Raytheon UK set to receive and integrate UK's first laser weapon system
South West Water: Welcome to South West Water
Customers in Alston and the Hillhead area of Brixham are advised to boil their drinking water.
BBC News and Current Affairs Assures Us That BBC Verify Are The Truth Tellers
57:59 Truth Tellers (on X):
Truth is not dead—it is not. It is the death of where to find the truth
Sir Harry Summit: Meet the 2024 Truth Tellers
From UKC Extra
Independent: William makes speech calling for ‘urgent’ action on antimicrobial resistance
New Statesman: Sally Davies: “Anti-microbial resistance could kill us before the climate crisis does”
GOV.UK: UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance: Professor Dame Sally Davies
GOV.UK: New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance
GOV.UK (2019): UK 20-year vision for antimicrobial resistance
University of Oxford: Novel triple drug combination effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria