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
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
The Column – Issue 1 – UK Column Shop
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
Exclusive: BBC knew about Scott Mills allegations almost a year ago