UK Column News — 1st April 2026

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

 

UKC Show Notes Wednesday 1st April 2026

00:45 Starmer: Weak attempt to address cost of living

Speech: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DGleEMRdDEJL

Fuel Finder now helping drivers shop around for the best deals - GOV.UK

05:42 Jolani: Downing Street welcomes ‘traitor to humanity’

Syrian president discusses Iran war with British PM on first visit to London since fall of al-Assad

PM meeting with President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria: 31 March 2026 - GOV.UK

Jolani offers alternative to Hormuz  https://x.com/resistance_sa/status/2038762990703387015

Strait of Hormuz - About - IEA

09:02 UK at War: Latest situation in British military

MOD on X: Update from Joint Typhoon Squadron in Qatar

Stars and Stripes: A-10 Warthog back in action during Iran war

House of Commons Library: UK Participation in US Missile Defence

UK Column: Iran Is Blinding US Air Power in the Gulf; Washington Walked into the Trap Eyes Wide Shut, by Kristoffer Hell

BFBS: UK’s vital RAF base guarding against Iranian missiles

RAF Fylingdales

NASA: Artemis II Launch to the Moon Live

UK Column: Space Wars, by Charles Malet

Hansard: Defence, debated in the House of Commons on 24 March 2026

The Guardian: King Charles’s state visit to US will be ‘humiliation’ amid Iran war

20:41 Lebanon: Displacement continues

Hezbollah learns lessons from Ukraine in scorched earth drone war

Amal Saad https://x.com/amalsaad_lb/status/2039077232308629860

27:25 Iran splits MAGA: Special report from Patrick Henningsen in Arizona

33:30 UKC’s new magazine, The Column: Now available in our shop

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37:04 Early Warning: New radar to keep us ‘safe’

Competition document: windfarm mitigation for UK Air Defence - GOV.UK

MoD planning opposition letter: EN010130-000995-MOD.pdf

New radar systems to unlock offshore wind - GOV.UK

MOD Acquisition Pipeline - GOV.UK

42:10 Energy and Food: All roads point to renewables or lockdown

Politico: Brussels says Europeans should consider traveling less to avoid energy shortages

Iran, the Middle East and UK energy: factsheet from DESNZ

National Energy System Operator on X

NESO: Carbon Intensity API

Manx News: Farmers Choosing Survival Over Planting as Costs Surge

DEFRA: Q3 2025 report on the pesticide residue monitoring programme

King’s College London: £1.9m granted to assess folic acid policy impact

Food Standards Agency: Folic Acid

NHS: Side effects of folic acid

50:22 Palestine: Zionist death penalty law

Comment on X https://x.com/trhxianl/status/2038913423715488218

Ben Gvir recommends lethal injection https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1998368258466943026

Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks face death penalty under new Israeli law - BBC News

ONGOING URGENT APPEAL: STOP THE EXECUTION OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS’ LAW | Addameer

58:28 BBC: Far fewer people paying for propaganda and peados

RAF personnel become first ever drone 'aces' during operations in the Middle East - GOV.UK

Teenage boy at centre of Scott Mills sexual offences investigation was under 16, police say - BBC News

Exclusive: BBC knew about Scott Mills allegations almost a year ago

Fury as BBC sends out 46 million licence fee warning letters - 'not fit for purpose' | UK | News | Express.co.uk