Brian Gerrish, Patrick Henningsen, and Basil Valentine present today's UK Column News.
UK Column News Shownotes
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Andy Burnham Manchester PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgvyr76973o
https://www.gchq.gov.uk/section/locations/manchester
https://www.gchq.gov.uk/news/king-visits-north-west
https://commonpurpose.org/resources/blog/gm100-legacy-2023
10:00 Bombs Away Burnham
US bombs Iran from UK air base for first time under Burnham
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/23/us-bombs-iran-from-uk-air-base-for-first-time-under-burnham/
UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US bases
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/uk-ready-to-defend-itself-iran-threat-us-bases
Trump considering a ‘massive attack’ on Iran
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-houthis.html
22:00 Special Guest, Anit-Corruption Investigator Ben Timberley
31:00 More on Andy Burnham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RijoJM-Kp5E
https://hplibrary.substack.com/p/the-mayoral-control-and-the-burnham
https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/the-twilight-of-democracy-in-uk-councils-madeleine-hunt
https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/defying-the-real-enemy-symposium
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/next-prime-minister-andy-burnham?
40:00 UKC Ads
UK Column 20th Anniversary Event
42:00 UK Fuel Poverty
Germany paying five times more for gas after ditching Russian imports
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/279206324/germany-paying-five-times-more-for-gas-after-ditching-russian-imports-media
End Fuel Poverty UK
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-bills-rise-13-5-as-households-face-a-difficult-summer-and-a-harder-winter/
45:00 No Ceasefire in Gaza
59:00 BBC Falling Revenues
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/press-release/4-feb-25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/press-release/gaza-statement-aug-25/