Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, David Scott and Debi Evans with today’s UK Column News.
Zelensky in London; Inexorable March of CBDCs
00:31 Zelensky currently giving a speech in Westminster Hall as the news went on air
Is That A Gun In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?
Policy paper: Making Government Deliver for the British People
Updating the machinery of government for the world of today and of tomorrow
Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP’s appointment as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Put your Online Safety Bill questions to Secretary of State Michelle Donelan
HM Treasury and Bank of England consider plans for a digital pound
Open consultation—The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses?
Speech by Benoît Cœuré: “The financial system is shifting under our feet”
15th November announcement: NY Fed launches 12-week CBDC pilot program with major banks
G20 TechSprint 2022, a joint initiative with the BISIH, debate on the most practical and feasible solutions to implement CBDCs
Vaccine passports (see Page 8)
Central bank digital currencies: a solution in search of a problem? Report published
The Bank and HM Treasury invite views on the questions posed in the Consultation Paper
Tax (USA): The net is spread wider
12:31 The Fair Tax Act Aims to Abolish the IRS and Set a National Sales Tax
Congress to Vote on Whether to Abolish the IRS and Introduce One National Tax Rate
Now the tax-raising blob is coming for your pension
Drop in older workers could lead to taxation on pensions
UK Column interview mention—We Need Science, Not Soup: Dr James Tour on Origin-of-Life Research
Uber Ambulance, Dr ChatBOT: How Convenient
17:37 E-mail from UK Column to Department of Health & Social Care
Patient Safety Commissioner: 18 months on, still not achieving safety
Pulse checker: Government launches Uber Ambulance
Daily Mail—EXCLUSIVE: Revealed, just SEVENTY-FIVE Brits have been killed by Covid vaccines (!)
British Medical Council: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions
Munchausen by Internet Is Rife on Social Media and Peaked During COVID-19 Pandemic, Psychiatrist Says
Independent: ‘Thanks Pfizer’: The weird world of shakes, health anxiety and illness online
Lauren Calladine suggests: “Racing heart, sweating, shakes and tremors, breathing difficulties, tight chest, are all signs of increased anxiety”
Debi Evans Blog: 7 February 2023
Scared of the National Health Service by Debi Evans
Vaccine Supply Operation Lead replaced with a few minor edits
Mark Steyn Refuses Poisoned GB News/Ofcom Contract
36:01 If Bill Gates and the WHO are allowed to take control of international pandemic policy, we’re in deep trouble, says Dan Wootton
GB News funding
Dominique Samuels: “Any debate about what is going on is now deliberately being painted as antisemitic”
Eva Vlaardingerbroek: The truth on why my friend Mark Steyn isn’t back on GB News
Full Steyn announcement: Has Ofcom Popped Steyn's Balloon? (go to 19:30)
Guardian: Jewish group and MPs urge GB News to stop indulging conspiracy theories
Board of Deputies of British Jews said: “If the channel will not act, we expect that Ofcom will”
Nicola Richards: “No doubt Ofcom will be keeping a close eye on developments at GB News”
Is Anybody Trying for Peace in Ukraine?
50:03 BBC: Biden—US stood the test of Putin's invasion
West 'blocked' Russia-Ukraine peace process, says former Israeli PM
Martin Schirdewan, chairman of the Left Party: “I am not a pacifist”
David Scott asks MoD about the state of our Armed Forces—“We’ll get back to you”
ADRT: Your Legal Right To Refuse Covid–19 Therapies?
58:47 Debi Evans e-mail to Royal College of General Practitioners: “That information is not available”
British Medical Association: Consent and refusal by adults with decision-making capacity
Providing treatment without valid consent, and in the face of a competent refusal, would leave the doctor open to legal and professional sanctions.
Can patients refuse treatment in advance?—Yes, an ADRT will be legally binding
NHS RightCare: Frailty Toolkit
Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP)
An Advance Directive is a written statement, drawn up and signed by you, which sets out how you would prefer to be treated (or not treated) in the last stages of your life.
UK Column viewer, Kelly, finds a DNR order slapped on her grandmother
NHS: Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions