UK Column News - 8th August 2025

Charles Malet, Patrick Henningsen and Kit Klarenberg with Friday's UK Column News.

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Three Charged Over Support For Palestine Action

01:32 Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): Three charged for displaying support for proscribed terrorist group

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): Terrorism

Alastair Campell (on X): And this is why we were in Syria

 

Dutch Intelligence Names Israel as a National ‘State Threat’

04:09 Anadolu Ajansı: Netherlands lists Israel among countries posing threat to it for 1st time

Global Delinquents: Dutch Intel Flags Israel As 'State Threat'

NGO Monitor: EU Provides Millions More to Israeli Political Advocacy NGOs

Quds News Network (on X): The Dutch government has informed the Israeli ambassador, via authorities in Amsterdam, that it will call within the EU for the suspension of the trade-related section of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

 

Fanning the Flames: Whipping Up Anger With Migration to Sell Digital ID

12:11 BBC: Cooper won't put a number on migrant returns to France

Home Office (on X): For the first time illegal migrants who cross the Channel on small boats will be detained and returned to France

The Mirror: Nigel Farage 'fanning flames of hatred' with 'dangerous' claims of 'cover-up'

What caused unrest on our streets after Southport last year was us not being told (by police) the status of the attacker (in Stockport). That led to crazy conspiracy theories spreading online.

 

30 Years On, the US Hand in Serb Ethnic Cleansing Comes Into Focus

15:30 DW: 30 years since Croatia's war of independence

TVP World: 30 years on, Operation Storm still divides the Balkans

The Grayzone: US backed ethnic cleansing of Serbs, top diplomat secretly told Croat leader

We said publicly [….] that we were concerned, but privately, you knew what we wanted.

 

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Threats, Blame, and Shadow Battles Beyond Putin

26:10 21st Century Wire: UK Accused by Russian Intelligence of Masterminding a Sabotage Campaign Against Russian Shadow Fleet

Financial Times: Donald Trump hits India with extra 25% tariff for Russia oil purchases

The Grayzone: Secret British plans to ‘defeat entire Russian Black Fleet’ revealed in leaks

The Grayzone (2022): How Britain fueled Ukraine’s war machine and invited direct conflict with Russia

Calton Books: Britain's Secret Wars: How and Why the United Kingdom Sponsors Conflict Around the World by T. J. Coles

 

AI Is Turning the Information War Upside Down

35:57 David Atherton (on X): “ […] although grok was unable to confirm it is used for that purpose.”

Britannia Hotels: Adelphi Hotel Liverpool

Andrew Bridgen (on X): What did you expect the 77th brigade to do?.. of course, they are going to add community notes to discredit the truth...

Adebukola Adeagbo (LinkedIn): Russian Special Forces captured two British Army colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll

UK Parliament: Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act

 

Putin–Trump Summit – Will It or Won’t It?

43:54 BBC: Trump and Putin to meet in coming days, Kremlin says

Sky News: Trump's Ukraine deadline for Putin arrives - as uncertainty remains over possible meeting

TruthSocial: Donald J. Trump

 

Wars for Space — and Now, Wars in Space?

45:47 GOV.UK: UK Space Commander speech on defence in the space domain

GOV.UK: UK high-altitude research and intelligence balloon soars to new heights

UK Column: David Ellis Report: Skynet

Israel Aerospace Industries: Successful launch for Dror-1 - Israel's national communication satellite

 

Willsy Reports: 3 Years at The Cathedral Club

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DEFRA Avoid Answering The Straight Main Questions: How About Food? 

58:21 The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald: UK's largest battery storage facility could be built near Corsham

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: Warning to residents as fire breaks out at solar farm

Barbour ABI: Renewable Energy Planning Database

GOV.UK blogs: Sale of allotment spaces

The Austin Chronicle: Texas Is Still in Drought, and AI Data Centers Are Quietly Guzzling Up Water

Government of Nova Scotia: Travel, Activities in Woods Restricted to Prevent Wildfires

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