Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, Alex Thomson and Debi Evans with today’s UK Column News.
UK Artificial Intelligence Enabling Regulation: Clear the Decks for the Unfeeling Mind with No Will
00:29 Government launches AI white paper to guide the use of artificial intelligence in the UK
UK Government policy paper: A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation
Related UK Column interview: Where there’s no will, there’s no way: Why artificial intelligence will never rule the world—Transcribed / Soundcloud podcast
Society 5.0: "New wisdom"
07:38 Stephanie calls Jeremy Vine and puts him on the spot
UN: Sustainable Development Goals—17 Goals to Transform our World
TED Talk: 5th industrial revolution—Humanity, Purpose, and Inclusivity
TED Talk: Pratik Gauri—The Sustainability Centric Fifth Industrial Revolution
Pratik Gauri’s website
Pratik Gauri, WEF Agenda Contributor
Digital Transformation: Prof. Yuko Harayama on "Key values of Society 5.0"
WEF: Modern society has reached its limits. Society 5.0 will liberate us
Japan Cabinet Office: What is Society 5.0?
Society 5.0: concept video bigging up the role of AI
Japan House London: Society 5.0—A new model for an ageing society?
Society 5.0 President Dr. Yıldız Tuğba Kara received “Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All” Award at the Women [sic] Economic Forum, Bangalore 2020 Global Summit (announcement mis-spells "Bangalore")
Tenth Day of Mass French Protests; Dutch Farmers' Situation Unresolved
28:15 French protesters march in Paris on the tenth day of nationwide strikes
El País: Laurent Berger is the general secretary of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT), the largest French trade union
Peter Sweden on Substack: Young Dutch Farmer—The State Wants To Seize his Farm
Michael Yon’s Newsletter—Netherlands: Eva [Vlaardingerbroek] Takes Lead Tractor Despite Warnings
UK Column article by Rafael Benjamin: Ultimately, the Netherlands has no actual constitution—Part 1
UK Column article by Philip Ridley on Tobias Ellwood's serving of two masters: 77th Brigade and the Parliamentary Conflict of Interest
Viewers' Heartening E-mails
39:04 UK Column Community
UK Column shop
AV13 Event Ticket sales
Thank you to the kind UK Column member for gifting Cheryl a UKC lifetime membership!
Redland Green School, Bristol: Local MP takes questions on impartiality of the BBC questions from 15-year-olds
Professor Susan Michie:
The UK government’s attempt to frighten people into covid protective behaviours was at odds with its scientific advice
Residents versus Colchester City Council, 21 March 2023—footage of these next-level campaigning citizens against electric vehicle-pushing was shown to UK Column subscribers in Extra Time
Debi Evans Blog: 28 March 2023
Ukraine: “Send in Another Hollywood Role Model!”
42:50 Twitter replies to the Ministry of Defence’s boasts
Daily Mail: Orlando Bloom tells President Zelensky 'the strength of the Ukrainians is awe-inspiring'
Brian Gerrish casualties in Ukraine: latest assessment
Telegraph: Ukraine may not be able to reclaim Crimea by force, US says
Independent: Watch as Blinken holds news conference after meeting Russian foreign minister
Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq invasion as justification for Ukraine
New York Times—Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker
NZ Herald: Kiwi fighter Kane Te Tai reportedly killed in Ukraine
UK Column article by Kristoffer Hell—Nuclear expert [Chris Busby]: Depleted uranium may already be in use in Ukraine
US Attacked in Syria—But There Are "No US Forces in Syria", Apparently
57:43 Attack on a US base in north east Syria on 23 March: UK Government statement
John Kirby on national security concerns about TikTok, response to attacks on U.S. bases in Syria
A good journalist asks the right questions to UN spokesman Faran Haq:
Do you think the US military presence in Syria is illegal or not?
Clueless response—“There’s no US armed forces inside of Syria”
Global Defence Union: Britannia the Defence Fairy
1:01:26 UK and EU to formally adopt the Windsor Framework
Schuman Security and Defence Forum website
UK Ministry of Defence: 9 partner nations have come together to train Ukrainian recruits on the UK-led training programme
What Happened To Covid?
1:06:08 UK Column article by Simon Elmer: Whatever Happened to the ‘Pandemic’?
We had lockdown deaths, not Covd-19 deaths.
UK Column comment by Iain Davis: The Lockdown Files Psyop
NHS Staffing Collapse
1:11:01 Debi notes that the Covid–19 jab rollout is still injecting people
Prof. Susan Michie blocks Debi on Twitter
The Sun: Urgent warning as high street chemists on red alert over low supplies of Calpol and other everyday medicines
NHS treats hundreds with gaming disorders
NHS patients with rare genetic disorders to be fast-tracked to earlier diagnosis and specialist care
Debi thanks JesusElemental on Twitter
Guardian—‘I’ve given all I can’: NHS staff on why they might quit
Mail: NHS staff shortages in England could exceed 570,000 by 2036, leaked document warns
Guardian: Plan to recruit Nepal nurses for NHS puts them ‘at risk of exploitation’
Telegraph: NHS trust struggling with staffing advertises better-paid roles in Saudi Arabia
Public spending during the Covid-19 pandemic: Research Briefing, published Tuesday, 29 March 2022
The Times—Servants, yachts and Rolex selfies: the lives of NHS agency chiefs
And Finally: Methinks The Lady Doth Protest Too Much—Debi Finally Gets a Non-Denial From Cornwall Council
1:19:06 Cornwall Council CEO Ms Kate Kennally rumoured to be due to resign to join a Westminster think tank
Council's panicked response to Debi's query becomes the story
Oppression Olympics: Kate Kennally talks about her sexuality for International Women's Day