UK Column News - 19th January 2026

Brian Gerrish and Ben Rubin with today's UK Column News.

 

02:40 World Economic Forum: Annual conference kicks off public backlash

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08:35 Defence: No-one is buying MoD propaganda

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12:20 Change at the Centre: Centralisation of power to maintain control

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26:44 Global Coup d'état: Non elected think tanks deciding our lives

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The Populist Signal: Why Politics and Democracy Need to Change : Chwalisz, : 9781783485420 : Blackwell's

Five dimensions of scaling democratic deliberation: With and beyond AI - paper launch

Scaling democratic innovations: Features of effective catalyst organisations and future frontiers

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44:22 Trilateral Commission: Strategic policy to divide world into three blocks

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About a «Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals» — Russia in Global Affairs 

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50:39 Ukraine: Breakdown of nations 

01:00:44 Multi Modal AI: The War on Creativity