1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,840 Good afternoon, today is Monday the 8th of September 2025, just 2 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,000 after 1:00. Welcome to UK column News. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,120 I'm your host Brian Garish, delighted to have Ben Rubin with 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,120 me in the studio and Diane Rasmussen Mccaddy will be 5 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,800 joining us on a live link from the North East of England. 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,320 Probably the first thing for me to say. 7 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,480 And of course you can all see it on your screens. 8 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,240 It's an utterly beautiful day here in Plymouth. 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,960 It's warm sun shining, obviously blue sky there in the 10 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,440 background. So we've got a lovely setting 11 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,280 for today's news, which is just as well because over a number of 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,680 months UK column has been saying to our audience, if you can't 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,800 understand what is happening in politics in the UK but also 14 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,800 elsewhere in the world, try getting your mind into the idea, 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,400 the concept that we are being attacked by our own government 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,000 and its agents. And I think really that theme 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,240 sticks with us for, excuse me, today's news. 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,320 So Ben, you're going to be kicking off with states within a 19 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:17,720 state. We're going to be having a look 20 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,480 at the militarisation of UK. We're going to be looking at 21 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,640 that continued attack on the minds of children, Children 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,040 particularly via books. And we're also going to be 23 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,760 looking at so-called agents of chaos. 24 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,880 And we're going to be looking at the people who've been appointed 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:40,320 in positions of power with regard to protecting individuals 26 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:44,040 from sex abuse. And finally, we're going to get 27 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,920 into a little bit of what life should be like having a look at 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,720 a big rural show. So we are going to end on a 29 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,440 higher plane. But first of all, we need to get 30 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,080 through some pretty serious reporting as to what's taking 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,880 place in UK, Ben. Thanks Brian. 32 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,560 Good afternoon everybody. And it was a tumultuous week 33 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,200 last week in the Labour Cabinet. And I think it's fair to say 34 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,880 that the age of Angela Rayner has ended and the era of David 35 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,360 Lammy has begun. David Lammy has been elevated. 36 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,840 He is now the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for 37 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:29,160 Justice and Deputy Prime Minister, a heartbeat away from 38 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,720 running the country, as they say. 39 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,600 But who would Lammy be running the country for? 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,120 The British nation as a whole or a small, racially segregated 41 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,800 subset of the British people at the expense of everybody else. 42 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,920 It's a big question. And for some clues as to the 43 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:49,840 answer, I think we can head to this event that was held earlier 44 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:55,440 on this summer in the University of Cambridge celebrating David 45 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,800 Lammy's 25 years in public service. 46 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,080 Look at his smile on his face. He's absolutely loving this he. 47 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,200 Looks very pleased. He looks very pleased with 48 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,720 himself. What's all this about? 49 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,080 Let's hear from the host. This is from Lord Wooley. 50 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,360 What an honour, what an evening. Friends came out to share 51 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,160 stories of how their lives and hopes had entwined and bonded 52 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,320 with the working class kid from Tottenham who now stands as the 53 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,720 most powerful black political figure in Europe, Capital B on 54 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:24,920 black. Remember that Brian? 55 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,640 And when David took the mic and scanned the room, he paused, 56 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:30,760 took a knowing deep breath and said. 57 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,760 I'm amongst many dear friends. We've done so much together. 58 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,880 There's so much more to do, so much more to do working 59 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,920 together. What was this event all about? 60 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:47,480 It was about black excellence working Better Together. 61 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Let's have a little read of some of this. 62 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Black excellence working Better Together emerges as a bold and 63 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,280 necessary outcome of this landmark dinner convened by 64 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,800 Baron Woolly of Woodford. Woolly spelt incorrectly. 65 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,040 By the way, there's 2L's in Woolly Aaron Wooley with the 66 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,760 presence of the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, Secretary of 67 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,960 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. 68 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,400 As I said, this is a few months ago now goes on to read. 69 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,840 This exceptional gathering of distinguished leaders and change 70 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,560 makers marks the beginning of a visionary agenda towards 2030 71 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:21,000 Big year that and beyond, and is centred on fostering, curating 72 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,400 and harnessing the power and collective prosperity of people 73 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,760 of African and Caribbean descent in the United Kingdom and across 74 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,120 the wider diaspora. Alami is part of a network that 75 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,160 is seeking to build power and prosperity for Afro Caribbean 76 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,920 people in the UK and elsewhere on earth at the expense of 77 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,480 everybody else, not the British people as a whole. 78 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,880 Based on what that says, this event was held in his honour. 79 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,120 This is going to be governing essentially for a discreet 80 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,520 minority of the British people. It goes on to say working 81 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,360 together seeks to ensure that the whole becomes greater than 82 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,800 the dynamics of its parts. It's about creating a network of 83 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,880 connected individuals and culture, politics, industry 84 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,320 elsewhere who are working to further their own ends at the 85 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,640 expense of everybody else. It's a discreet, the powerful 86 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,520 networks, a bunch of people here you can see in the room there 87 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,280 not particularly diverse, which is interesting given that I'm 88 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:20,160 sure that they spend a lot of time talking about diversity. 89 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,400 It includes the likes of Oswald Barteng on the left there, the 90 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,560 Savile Row. Taylor. 91 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,760 Lord Hastings, currently chair of SOAS, the School of Oriental 92 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,080 and African Studies. He was also former head of 93 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,120 public affairs and corporate social responsibility at the BBC 94 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,960 through the 90s. Former head of citizenship at 95 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,800 KPMG. Big time UNSDG proponent Lord 96 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,640 Hastings, big time, right? So these are people pushing AUN 97 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,600 agenda. That's what's going on here. 98 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,160 And ultimately working to undermine the British system for 99 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,480 their own benefit. That's what this is all about. 100 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,080 This event was convened by Lord Wooley on the right hand side 101 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,040 there, spelled his name correctly for him this time 102 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,080 who's principal at Homerton College in Cambridge, despite 103 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:08,280 the fact that he can't spell his own name and he is the founder. 104 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:11,040 Well back in the 90s with the founder of this thing, Operation 105 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,400 Black Vote describes itself as the home of black politics. 106 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,520 This was founded back in 1996. You can see here Lord Willie in 107 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,600 the middle there just to the right hand side of the guy with 108 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,160 the megaphone. Also Lee Jasper on the right 109 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,400 hand side with his hand over the front of the banner. 110 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,320 Very closely linked into the Blair regime. 111 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,880 Spent loads of time lobbying Blair and closely aligned with 112 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,440 the Labour Party which is traditionally the party of 113 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,600 ethnic minorities. One of the reasons why people on 114 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,400 the left are so pro migration ultimately, but linked into all 115 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,680 of the major political parties and also apparently has a very 116 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,240 loose definition of of what black is. 117 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,400 So it's not just Afro Caribbean, it's also basically anyone of 118 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,840 kind of not non-native ethnic identities you can see should be 119 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,880 gone on the right hand side of this picture. 120 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:04,480 This is from 2010, Lord Mervyn Rees back centre right there as 121 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,480 well. So you know, some very, very 122 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,480 powerful and well connected people here in this network. 123 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,520 Since this parallel network, this state within a state that 124 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:17,200 is designed to benefit a subset of the population, ultimately it 125 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,080 has to be at the expense of everybody else. 126 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,000 That's certainly the way it seems, Ben. 127 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,680 And of course they're meeting, as those pictures have shown, in 128 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:28,320 very, very privileged circumstances, winning and 129 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,080 dining. And this is always a key 130 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,080 statement. So members of the black and 131 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,760 minority ethnic groups in UK should be very, very concerned 132 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,120 about what's happening here because this this is the same 133 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,080 sort of privileged structure that's produced people on Tony 134 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,160 Blair's side. So we're heading to the white 135 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,480 side of community. So this is an equivalent. 136 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:55,000 This is like the dark mirror of what is already in place. 137 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,600 And this isn't not going to benefit black people as a whole 138 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,680 in this country. It's going to benefit the elites 139 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,240 within that community. It's. 140 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,440 Exactly right. That is exactly right. 141 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,280 They are playing the corrupt power game. 142 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,960 They're not trying to make things fairer for the 143 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,480 collective. And it's really important point 144 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,400 to make. Let's bring it back to David 145 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,640 Lammy and bring it up to date. So actually, how does this link 146 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,720 to this Operation Black Vote organization? 147 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,560 How does that link into to Lammy beyond the obvious personal 148 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,840 relationship between Lord Woolley and David Lammy? 149 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,159 Well, Operation Black Vote was the primary inspiration for this 150 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,840 organization. The Black Equity Organization, 151 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,120 which I've spoken about a few times over the past year or two, 152 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,760 launched in 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd situation. 153 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,760 Lammy was a founding trustee. You can see him on the left hand 154 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:50,880 side there in the centre on this image from from the home page of 155 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,680 the website. What is equity? 156 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:55,600 What's the difference between equity and equality? 157 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,840 Importantly, well, equality means every person, group of 158 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,720 people or segment of society gets the same opportunities, 159 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,440 resources and support, which I think what we should be aiming 160 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,440 for. But equity apparently goes 161 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,960 further. People with different 162 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,600 circumstances, those who have been historically marginalised 163 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,760 and oppressed, for example, receive varying levels of 164 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,560 opportunities and support so they're able to reach an outcome 165 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:20,160 equal to others. It levels things up. 166 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,520 This is a quality of outcome. This is by definition this is a 167 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,800 communist system that is being promoted here. 168 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,960 It can only be delivered by a totalitarian state intervening 169 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,320 in the social order on a constant basis. 170 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,320 Someone has to sit in the centre deciding what is equal and what 171 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,600 isn't equal in intervening in order to make it more so, right? 172 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,960 It's a necessary part of this system. 173 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,320 And it's also based on this completely flawed collectivist 174 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,520 worldview, which tells us that all black people are oppressed 175 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,680 and marginalized and all white people are supposedly in 176 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:00,080 positions of privilege and power, which is completely 177 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,080 ridiculous, even just on some basic analysis, right? 178 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,320 There are plenty of white people in this country who are 179 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:11,680 oppressed for marginalised, extremely poor, have been 180 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,400 forever. It's, you know, this 181 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,200 generational stuff. And also there are plenty of 182 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,560 what they call black people who are in positions of 183 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,840 extraordinary privilege, particularly if you go to big 184 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:25,040 cities like London where you have Nigerian Princess and 185 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,760 princesses driving around Mayfair in in Rolls Royces, for 186 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,880 example, you know, there's plenty of that going on. 187 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,960 So, you know, based on a flawed and deliberately manipulative 188 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,440 worldview, and importantly based on a complete inversion of the 189 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,320 actual meaning of the word equity as well, because equity 190 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,800 actually means this fairness or justice in the way people are 191 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,760 treated, and often specifically related to freedom from 192 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,760 disparities in the way people of different races, genders, 193 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,720 etcetera are treated. So actual equity is about 194 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,840 freedom from disparities in treatment. 195 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,920 Black equity wants to introduce disparities in the way that 196 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,680 people are treated in order to artificially reorder societies 197 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,760 is a complete inversion of the meaning of the word equity. 198 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,920 Why is that important? Two reasons. 199 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,600 First one is the black equity organization itself is backed 200 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,200 by, amongst other organisations, some of London's biggest law 201 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,560 firms. So these are top, top 202 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,400 international law firms, A&O, Shearman, Clifford Chance, Fresh 203 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,880 Fields, Slaughter and May Herbert Smith, Free Hills you 204 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,960 can see there on the right hand side, as well as organisations 205 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,120 like Global Council which is run by Lord Mandelson and a whole 206 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,920 bunch of other organisms I can't go into. 207 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,920 There's just so much in here in terms of who's backing this. 208 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,960 But you've got the top law firms whose job is equity backing an 209 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,600 organization which has inverted the meaning of the words. 210 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,600 That's extraordinary to see that happening. 211 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,720 But also, crucially, to bring it right back to where we started, 212 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,640 David Lanning, he's now the Secretary of State for Justice, 213 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,240 and he doesn't understand what justice means. 214 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,760 He thinks it's the opposite of what it's supposed to be. 215 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,680 But he believes in his own view of it. 216 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,200 That's, that's what makes the danger a lot more to report on 217 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,120 this. And as we've said, we're going 218 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,320 to stress that this is something which the black community in UK 219 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,920 need to wake up to very, very quickly because the ultimate 220 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,520 aim, of course, will be to get it everybody at each other's 221 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,600 throats. Now, all of this is taking place 222 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,200 against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. 223 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:33,400 And of course, the promotion of the war in Ukraine is that 224 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,240 Russia is going to move further. We should all be very 225 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,320 frightened. And on the basis of that, we've 226 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:44,280 got to gear up for war. And hence the look at the 227 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,680 segment I've got for our viewers and listeners today, which is 228 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,120 essentially pointing at the militarisation of UK. 229 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:56,480 First of all, let's have a listen to former Vice President 230 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,840 Pence speaking and his opinion on what Russia will do. 231 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,880 I've no doubt in my mind if Vladimir Putin overruns Ukraine, 232 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,720 it'll only be a matter of time before he crosses a border of a 233 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,080 NATO country where my country and all of our allies will have 234 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,200 to confront him militarily. And so do do you say that the 235 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,040 the president gets that because that is exactly the fear in the 236 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,160 Baltic nations, for instance? And do you say that the US 237 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,800 security guarantee should be boots on the ground? 238 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,800 I've been very encouraged just this week, frankly, by the the 239 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:41,800 leadership among our allies in Europe to, to formulate the kind 240 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:47,240 of security guarantees that would that would create the 241 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,360 conditions for a just and, and lasting peace. 242 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,320 I think, I think the United States has made it clear, this 243 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,840 administration has made it clear that there'll be a backstop to 244 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,680 that. But with our European allies in 245 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,160 the forefront. Not surprisingly, Vladimir Putin 246 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:07,080 has has already begun to rattle his Saber to suggest that 247 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,040 European troops on the ground in Ukraine would be, I think in his 248 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:15,600 word, legitimate targets. But that that to me tells me 249 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,800 that the efforts of our allies coming together in Europe, a 250 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:27,240 backstop by the United States American military has captured 251 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:32,200 Vladimir Putin's attention and may may well be a pathway toward 252 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,680 long term peace. So for me, Ben, a very mixed 253 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,240 message. He's essentially saying be 254 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,120 afraid that Russians are going to come across that border and 255 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,600 into the heart of Europe. At the same time, he says, well, 256 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,040 the Europeans did so well in their recent meeting that 257 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,640 probably Putin's not going to do that. 258 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,040 But of course, this is pumped out with the aim of making 259 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,760 people more and more fearful. And with it comes the branding 260 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,680 of Russia. And of course the kidnapping of 261 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,080 children is one of the key topics. 262 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:12,200 So this was a Sun headline here. Putin's 35,000 kidnapped 263 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,120 Ukrainian kids sent to frontline to fight for Russia at the 264 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,080 moment they turn 18, Brit spies revealed. 265 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,240 Now This article has got absolutely no factual 266 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,360 information to back up the claim of this headline. 267 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,080 James Mules, who is the journalist who produced this 268 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:35,280 piece of text, interestingly enough is a former BBC Democracy 269 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,720 reporter. So I would guess he's pretty in 270 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,600 the mould of what the BBC wants to tell the nation, but no 271 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,000 substance or factual information at all. 272 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,040 And what it does refer to is what the Ukrainian government 273 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,120 has said, which is largely propaganda while the fighting 274 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,080 goes on, but also bring kids back. 275 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:59,480 UA, this charity is mentioned. But again, if we go to look at 276 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,640 where the real detail is about how many children the Russians 277 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:07,000 have actually captured and sent to the front, it's big on words 278 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,160 and pictures, but there's little evidence. 279 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,960 And this also applies to this one, Save Ukraine, another 280 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,560 charity apparently working to save all these children. 281 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:22,680 But the reader is provided with absolutely no evidence as to how 282 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,800 many children there are in this predicament. 283 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,560 And of course, a few months ago, the Russians went public to 284 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,640 actually challenge the Ukrainians on the details of 285 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,840 these thousands and thousands of children. 286 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,240 And no details were provided to the Russians either. 287 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,080 So what? How can we summarise this? 288 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,280 Well, it's be afraid. The war is designed to attract 289 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,280 our attention while other things go on underneath, as Ben has 290 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,960 just shown. But let's have a look at this 291 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:57,320 BBC headline here which is UK launches 250 million defence 292 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:03,280 strategy to boost jobs. And we'll bring in this little 293 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,240 headline to remind people because the UK column a couple 294 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,160 of weeks ago pointed out that at the moment UK is boasting it's 295 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,319 got more child cadets than soldiers in the British Army. 296 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,200 Now let's have a listen to what the Defence Secretary Healy had 297 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,440 to say about the Ministry of Defence's new role in with 298 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:28,480 regard to asylum seekers. We're absolutely determined. 299 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,400 What you're seeing from Kier Starmer now is a recognition 300 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,560 that this isn't just the job for the Home Office, it's all of 301 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:40,360 government effort and we in the MOD will play our part. 302 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,960 We've got planners alongside the Home Office, we're looking at 303 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,040 military and non military sites for potential temporary 304 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,200 accommodation and this is about trying to restore control of our 305 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,280 borders which was lost over the last five or six years and the 306 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:00,600 confidence of the British people that we can keep them secure and 307 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,200 we can reflect our values. I just want to be very clear 308 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,200 about what you're saying, though. 309 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,320 You say military planners will be involved in helping to manage 310 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,280 what many people see as a crisis in migration. 311 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:15,240 Are you talking about members of the armed forces being involved 312 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,640 in enforcing our borders? So at the moment we got military 313 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,960 planners involved in helping the border command, we've got them 314 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,640 alongside Home Office planners looking at potential sites and. 315 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,400 Solutions. Make no mistake, we're 316 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,920 determined to end the use of expensive asylum hotels. 317 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,400 We said that we'll do that by the end of the parliament. 318 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,360 Keir Starmer wants to do that before now. 319 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,120 The numbers are coming down, we're processing the 320 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,200 applications that were completely stalled under the 321 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,040 previous government and we're deporting more now than we have 322 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:52,760 done in recent years. So carefully delivered mixed 323 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,320 messages. If we can't defend the borders 324 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,600 against migrants, we're hardly likely to defend the borders 325 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,840 against Putin. But of course when he was pinned 326 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,680 down on what is the Ministry of Defence doing, he didn't really 327 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,640 give a clear answer. But at the end of the day, this 328 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,040 is more fear factor in the public mind. 329 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,920 This is supposedly the invasion of asylum seekers when the real 330 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:21,680 attack on UK is the permitted migration with vast numbers of 331 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,760 people coming into this country, with all the pressures on the 332 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,240 infrastructure that brings. But let's just get back to that 333 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:33,320 250 million defence in industrial strategy and have a 334 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,520 look at some of the meat on those bones. 335 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,440 This is the first statement that the strategy will offer working 336 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,400 families across the country new opportunities. 337 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,960 So this is about war, this is about the munitions, this is 338 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,920 about everything that we need for war. 339 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:53,520 But it's sold as offering families the opportunity to have 340 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,720 a decent job. You can get more cynical if you 341 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,920 tried. And the strategy is going to be 342 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,520 used in collaboration between local authorities, businesses, 343 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,920 academia and the defence sector. Ben, I'm looking at you because 344 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,840 to me this is the public private partnership at work and we're 345 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,520 not going to be too sure what is actually the big business, the 346 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,360 military industrial. Complex and what is government? 347 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:22,880 But now this network is drilled down to very low levels in 348 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,120 society and of course presumably anybody who challenges it is 349 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:31,880 going to be branded a potential terrorist and accused of some 350 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,760 crime against the defence of the nation. 351 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,520 We give you a bit more here. So he went on to say that these 352 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,600 deals offer a new partnership with UK Defence to build on 353 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,840 industrial and innovation strengths that regions already 354 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,920 hold. So there's no doubt this is 355 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,760 being driven right into the fabric of UK, down to local 356 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,400 community and I preferred, say, county level. 357 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,320 Now some of the things that are coming out of it. 358 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,320 Plymouth is going to get a £4 billion bonus to be the UK 359 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,600 national Centre for Marine Autonomy, whatever that means. 360 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:11,920 I did do some study but it wasn't very clear. 361 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,200 South Yorkshire is going to become a specialist in advanced 362 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,280 materials and steel and submarine and weaponry 363 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,200 components. I didn't know that we were 364 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,560 producing huge amounts of steel bent, but apparently that's 365 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:26,720 something that's going to change. 366 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,800 We've got Wales becoming the centre frontman, aerial vehicles 367 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,600 and autonomy research. We've got Scotland innovation, 368 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,440 maritime and space technology and finally here Northern 369 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,840 Ireland, the leader in cybersecurity and due use 370 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,440 technologies. And if we reinforce how big this 371 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,400 program is, this is blueprint for one Devonport. 372 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,440 And if you can't read the bottom left hand corner small print, we 373 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,080 can bring that on screen for you. 374 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:02,400 Devonport 2050 more long range plans been very much of the 375 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,720 Soviet style secure, safe support and what are we looking 376 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,120 at? Apparently a world class secure, 377 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:14,800 safe, integrated operating and support base for the Royal Navy 378 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,240 and NATO. So this tends to indicate that 379 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:22,680 NATO is going to be brought even closer into our National Defence 380 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,640 structure and the mission here meet the support and operating 381 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,960 requirements for the Royal Navy and the UK's allies from the 382 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:36,760 southwest reaching worldwide. Now, excuse me if this is not 383 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,520 enough. The other thing that's happening 384 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:43,520 at the moment is we're seeing Ukrainian military industry 385 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,560 burying its way into UK. What's the subject? 386 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,160 It's drones. So here's the headline, 200 387 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,640 million Ukrainian drone manufacturer factory. 388 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,680 And this is about Ukraine's largest drone manufacturer, 389 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,640 Ukraine Spec Systems, which has announced a 200 million 390 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,840 investment programme in East Anglia, 11,000 square meter 391 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,880 factory at Mildenhall and a test and training site at Elmset 392 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,640 Suffolk. A project, yes. 393 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,160 The good news? It's going to create 500 jobs 394 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,040 and apprentices, apprenticeships across the region. 395 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,720 What is it actually doing? Producing drones to kill people 396 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,200 in the proxy war in Ukraine? But apparently this is good for 397 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:34,320 UK society and and industry. This is Maria Eagle MP, defence 398 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,560 procurement minister. She says this 200 million 399 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,840 investment will also improve our industrial base and create up to 400 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:46,480 500 jobs, driving economic growth and prosperity around the 401 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,960 country, Core elements of our upcoming defence industrial 402 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,760 strategy. And if that's not enough, we've 403 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,440 got another one here as reported in the Kiev Independent. 404 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,640 This is about Ray Bird drones to be built in the UK in a new 405 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,200 joint venture between Ukraine and UK. 406 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:11,360 And this is a partnership between the Ukrainian Skyton and 407 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:16,440 Prevail solutions to produce military drones. 408 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,640 And there are more of these. So we're seeing alongside all of 409 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,600 the things that you're pointing out, Ben, we're seeing an 410 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:29,360 integration of defence in UK with the Ukrainians in much the 411 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:33,440 same way as we're seeing integration between UK and 412 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,360 Israel without any checks and balances on what's happening. 413 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:41,760 So let's move on from there. Diane. 414 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,160 If society's being attacked here in UK, of course children are 415 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,560 always at the forefront and you are still on the trail of what's 416 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,160 being presented to children. Yes, thanks, Brian. 417 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,080 It's great to be here today. Hello, everyone. 418 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,880 I received a lot of response last week to the segment that I 419 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,440 did that included the book Granddad's Pride. 420 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,040 So I decided to go back and do a little bit more coverage on this 421 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,280 book as well as the author that wrote it. 422 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,440 So if you haven't seen it from last week's news, I talked about 423 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,000 this book called Granddad's Pride, which showed Granddad and 424 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,880 the grandchild they're taking a trip to, I think, organizing a 425 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,040 pride parade and attending and having a wonderful, diverse and 426 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,680 inclusive time. So I looked at a little bit more 427 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,360 of the things that have been discussed during Granddad's 428 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:32,280 Pride because it's been such a major thing in social media for 429 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,840 the past couple of years. So here's a book review about 430 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,000 Granddad's Pride by someone who loved it a lot. 431 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,960 Is Pride Month. So for today's Magic Bookmark, 432 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,720 we are diving into the perfect picture book to celebrate Pride 433 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,040 Month with It is Granddad's Pride by Harry Woodgate. 434 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,920 Take a look inside book. There's stories to explore. 435 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,360 They'll let you see who you could be and teach you so much 436 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,000 more. They'll take you on a journey. 437 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,480 It's kind of lighter spark. Let's turn the page with the 438 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,880 magic bookmark. Be who you are. 439 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:20,280 It's the magic bookmark. Granddaddy Pride is the follow 440 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,360 up to Harry's first picture book, Granddaddy Camper. 441 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:27,560 And in this one, Millie the granddaughter discovers a pride 442 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,000 flag in Granddaddy attic and wants to know what it's all 443 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,320 about. And eventually, she ends up 444 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,120 organizing a Pride in their local village. 445 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,920 And oh, it will just make you feel so wonderful because Harry 446 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,040 demonstrates that Pride is about being inclusive of everyone 447 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,640 who's LGBTQIA plus, but it's also about bringing communities 448 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,200 together. As with all of Harry's book, the 449 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,520 pictures are absolutely incredible. 450 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,880 But I especially love these. And then there's some amazing 451 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,880 signs we've got this one. Queer, disabled. 452 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:07,640 Fabulous and out and proud trans kids are magic. 453 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,120 But this is the image that really has struck with me 454 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,000 because it's someone who has the scars of their top surgery and 455 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,040 that's such a wonderful and simple thing to put in a picture 456 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,960 book but that is going to make people feel so included and 457 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,120 loved. So go and celebrate your Pride 458 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,920 Month with Granddad's Pride by Harry Woodgate. 459 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,960 So clearly meant for children, clearly quite intense. 460 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,920 So I went back to look at a granddad's camper and I have 461 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,520 bought a copy of that as well. So maybe we can look at the book 462 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,360 itself a little bit more in extra. 463 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,000 But let's just take a look at the cover of it now. 464 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,240 Basically this is the first book of this author, Harry Woodgate, 465 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,440 which I'm going to talk about here. 466 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,200 Just bits. This book is about Millie the 467 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,040 granddaughter again and granddad. 468 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,080 And granddad is sad because Gramps is no longer around. 469 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,200 I don't know if he passed away, I don't know if they broke up. 470 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:10,400 But anyway Gramps is sad away, Granddad is sad, everyone is 471 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,440 sad. But then Millie is able to cheer 472 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,640 everyone up because granddad and Billy decide to go in a 473 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,440 so-called adventure in Granddad's camper. 474 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,200 So after they fix up the camper they decided that they were 475 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,360 going to go out and enjoy the camper. 476 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:29,120 And then the the books in the book ends by saying from 477 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:32,320 granddad quote, your gramps would be so happy to see this. 478 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,800 It's what he would have wanted. I think we should pack some 479 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,800 snacks and hot chocolate and we can go and camp on the beach 480 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,320 just like we used to. So then granddad was cheered up. 481 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,840 Great for granddad. So it's all a wonderful ending. 482 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,240 We don't really know what happens. 483 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,800 We might not want to know what happens. 484 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,880 But anyways, we hear that there is some sort of an adventure and 485 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,960 the book ends there. And then we proceed to the next 486 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,480 one, which is Granddad's pride. So I looked a little bit more 487 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,920 into this author, Harry Woodgate. 488 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,120 So this is what the the screenshot from Waterstone has 489 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,520 about Harry Woodgate's. It's quite a bit of information 490 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,000 on him on his website as well. Oh, sorry, Harry Woodgate's 491 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,200 pronouns. Are they them? 492 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:17,160 Sorry for misgendering Harry. His picture book, his debut book 493 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,120 was Granddad's Camper, which I just showed you, which won the 494 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,840 best Illustrated Book at Waterstone's Children's Book 495 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,560 Prize 2022, followed by Children's Illustrated Book of 496 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,560 the Year at the British Book Awards in 2023. 497 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,120 It received notably a Stonewall Book Award honor from the 498 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,240 American Library Association and was nominated for the Stilip, so 499 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,320 my former Library Professional Association's Greenway Medal for 500 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,200 illustration. Also, he's won other awards from 501 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,280 the week, Junior Book Awards, Little Rebels Prize, Diverse 502 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,640 Book Awards, etcetera. This is another book that he 503 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,240 illustrated called Queer and Fearless Poems celebrating the 504 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,760 lines of LGB lives of LGBTQ plus heroes. 505 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,480 So Harry was an illustrator of this book. 506 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,720 We also have a little bit, there's still there's there's 507 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,200 Harry. They themself on Harry's website 508 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:16,320 and we also, I believe, have a video of Harry talking about the 509 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,400 university that Harry attended, the University of Hertfordshire, 510 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,360 talking about how inclusive and equitable it was to attend the 511 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,480 university. So let's hear what Harry had to 512 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,040 say. When I was at the university, I 513 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,600 really found it to be a really sort of inclusive open space, 514 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,440 especially like going to the RGBT society. 515 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:42,040 So it was really important for me to to include like RGBT 516 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,280 representation in the books I write for kids because. 517 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:55,560 It's a normal part of life. So we see this and it's very 518 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,400 obviously difficult to watch. It's difficult for me to talk 519 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,360 about. So let's talk a little bit about 520 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,080 what we can do what, what can we put in front of children? 521 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,480 This was surprisingly an article from the Telegraph that was 522 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,240 quite good that I, I want to thank the viewer who sent this 523 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,760 to me a few days ago. And they, the viewer said to me, 524 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,760 why can't children read the books that are listed on this 525 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,200 article instead of the books that I report on? 526 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,200 This is called the 50 best children's books of all time. 527 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,240 It actually does have some good books from the past and from the 528 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,800 present that don't contain this kind of sexualization of 529 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,480 children ideology that we don't want children to be seeing. 530 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,400 Obviously. Also, there's another book that 531 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,360 I want to talk about by an author that I met at the 532 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,720 Wilsingham show over the weekend that I'll be talking about the 533 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,840 show later on in the news. This book is called Noah's 534 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,520 Rocket and it's actually a really fun book to read by the 535 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,920 author called Tony Frace. I met him and he had a stand at 536 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,520 the show. Tony did not know anything about 537 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,360 the ideology that is being presented to children because 538 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:59,120 he's a self published author. This book was written in 2004 539 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,240 that I'm talking about here. So this was before this was 540 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,440 putting, being put in front of children with all of the 541 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,320 ideology and the content that we don't want them to see because 542 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,880 20 years ago, this was just not a thing in libraries the way it 543 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,400 is now. But he, he also said as well 544 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,720 that this book is particularly good for children with autism 545 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,160 and special needs, which is not something that he planned. 546 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,880 I just thought it was interesting to note this because 547 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,320 we've obviously done some work with the autism highlighting 548 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,680 the, the, the difficulties that children have and parents have 549 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,320 who are living with autism. But he had some testimonials 550 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,280 from parents and carers who take care of children who have these 551 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,680 special needs, as well as a book review by someone from the Leeds 552 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,160 Autism Surface who said that it was particularly good. 553 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,760 So it was easy to read. The chapters were broken down 554 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,240 nicely, big font size. The the the story is very 555 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,200 positive. The message is very positive 556 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,880 that there are good people left in the world. 557 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,240 And I read it yesterday morning and enjoyed it very much, maybe 558 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,080 on an adult level, but I would say that it's very enjoyable for 559 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,440 both children and adults. So I would highly recommend 560 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,400 checking this one out for everyone who's looking for 561 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,880 something good to read. Diane, thank you very much for 562 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,800 that. And yes, this is a good message, 563 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,840 isn't it? If we know about good books for 564 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,720 children, these are the ones to be promoting giving as gifts and 565 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,120 encouraging proper material to go into the minds of young 566 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,880 children. Your report there clearly having 567 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,600 an effect on the some of our audience who I've got to say, 568 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,600 we're appalled that this stuff is being pushed forward for 569 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,840 children, but this is without doubt a deliberate attack. 570 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,400 Now let's move on to the nicer things in life and a huge thank 571 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,040 you to everybody who's supporting the UK column. 572 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,800 We also want to encourage people who may be watching us but 573 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,360 haven't become a member of the UK column supporters. 574 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:57,720 If you visit the website and you can click the button to support 575 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,680 UK column work with the membership or a donation and 576 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,520 we'd be very grateful if you would do that. 577 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,440 Now. A huge, huge thank you to 578 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,760 everybody who has bought a ticket for UK on location for 579 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:15,000 the 18th of October. Excuse me, I have to say that we 580 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,520 only have, I think this should appear there we are. 581 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,920 We just have 18 tickets remaining. 582 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,480 So this is absolutely fantastic and a huge thank you to people 583 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,960 who bought a ticket over the last few days after my last 584 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:35,040 request for people to come on board so that we can start this 585 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,320 wonderful event with a completely full house. 586 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:43,320 If you're not able to go, you can still buy a ticket for the 587 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:49,520 online and we will be very, very sure to be speaking to everybody 588 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:53,000 whether you're present in the room or you're with us via 589 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,480 remote link. So really great event and we're 590 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,680 going to look forward to seeing everybody there. 591 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,280 If you haven't got a ticket opportunity to buy one now, 592 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,800 let's move on. And Diane, you've got an 593 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:13,760 interview here with an ordinary man who extraordinarily question 594 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,440 the COVID injections. Sorry, he's struggling there a 595 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,480 bit. Yeah, yeah. 596 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,800 He calls himself an ordinary man, but I really don't believe 597 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,920 that he is. His name is Tim Coulter and he 598 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,320 is a member of the Standard of the Park group that I am a 599 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,440 member of here in the North East of England. 600 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,880 He's a retired architect. He took action against the COVID 601 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,200 injections. He's quite a humorous and well 602 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,360 informed man. We did this interview at at his 603 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,440 home in a beautiful village in Northumberland, as you can see, 604 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,440 overlooking a, a, a beautiful naturescape that he lives in. 605 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:49,640 And so we recorded this obviously on location at his 606 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,200 home. And I would just like to think 607 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,560 we the people Northeast for filming this for us that please 608 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,680 join us tomorrow. There's a lot of special 609 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,200 surprises in the interview. So please join me and and enjoy 610 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,240 Tim tomorrow at 1:00. Brilliant diet. 611 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,920 Now you've also got some articles highlighted from the UK 612 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,280 column website. Yes. 613 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,640 This one in particular I want to talk about this is by Hugh 614 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,360 McCarthy, who's the retired head teacher who does a lot of 615 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,640 writing for us in from Northern Ireland. 616 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,080 And this one was published the week before last. 617 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,120 But if we can go to the next slide, we'll see here that 618 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,040 there's a bit of a testimonial from Tess Laurie, who is going 619 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,240 to be of obviously one of our speakers in New York. 620 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,160 And she said, I highly recommend this reflective article as well 621 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,560 as the links to UK column news in this article by retired 622 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,400 headmaster Hugh McCarthy. In my opinion, UK Column is 623 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,840 currently the best media organization reporting on the 624 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,320 UK. If you have finally had enough 625 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,080 of the BBC and want a trustworthy source of British 626 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,800 news, I highly recommend UK Column. 627 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,880 So I hope that everyone can join us in New York and thank Tess 628 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,280 for her review of a few and of UK Column. 629 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,880 And I, I have some breaking news as well. 630 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,960 I just want to add in quickly from Hugh, who emailed me this 631 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,840 morning to say that in Stormont that in Northern Ireland, they 632 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,360 have reported that Paul Gibbon, who's the education minister in 633 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,920 Northern Ireland, has recommended that the Education 634 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,920 Authority should immediately withdraw its current transgender 635 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,560 guidance to schools based on the Supreme Court ruling that we had 636 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,680 earlier this year. And I want to say that Hugh has 637 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,360 done an amazing job of of working to alert Stormont as to 638 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,760 what's been going on related to the Supreme Court hearing and 639 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,600 that our articles and our publication of his articles have 640 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,840 made apparently a big difference in making this happen in 641 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,600 Northern Ireland. So huge congratulations to Hugh 642 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,520 and those who have been working with him. 643 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,240 I think it's a wonderful news for Northern Ireland. 644 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,120 Right, OK, We've also got a food and health festival here, Diane. 645 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,160 Yes, this is taking place on the 28th of September up in 646 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,360 Edinburgh. I hope everyone can join us. 647 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,600 The tickets are free, there'll be a range of suppliers and 648 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,560 talks. A major highlight I believe as 649 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,040 well is that I will be there as a member of Common Knowledge 650 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,280 Edinburgh, which is organizing this event, but also Charles 651 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,600 Mallett will be coming to speak to us at the at the festival. 652 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,080 So please join us. Again, tickets are free and 653 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,160 still available. Excellent. 654 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,960 And lastly, our old friend UNESCO. 655 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,320 Well, last week was a big week for UNESCO. 656 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,200 They had a digital learning week in Paris. 657 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:30,440 And I'm just starting to get into the videos and the content 658 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,040 and the the hundreds of pages of policies and reports they have 659 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:38,240 published in relation to this. And mostly it's about AI and the 660 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,360 future of education and questioning the the role of 661 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,200 human teachers in this day and age. 662 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:48,240 So next week I expect to have a a more full report on the event. 663 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,600 OK, excellent. Thank you. 664 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,280 Thank you very much for that, Ben, Let's bring you back on. 665 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,480 And you're looking at Agents of Chaos. 666 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:02,720 Absolutely, and specifically the question RGB News, its 667 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:06,600 presenters, its financial backers, and other people in its 668 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,360 orbit deliberately trying to cause breakdown in society for 669 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:14,840 their own benefit. Or are they are they change 670 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:20,320 agent puppets being used? All that, but actually, are they 671 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,960 just actually trying to, are they, are they making money out 672 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,640 of this situation that's being constructed around this in 673 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,320 society? And well, let's have a little 674 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,160 look. Specifically, I'm focusing on 675 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,600 this guy, this Paul Marshall, Sir Paul Roderick Lucas 676 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,960 Marshall, should I say, British hedge fund manager, estimated 677 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:43,680 net worth of over £800 million, a major funder and backer of GB 678 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,600 News, owner of unheard. He bought the Spectator, he 679 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,800 tried to buy the Telegraph. Massive figure in what could be 680 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,760 called the right wing nationalist media space, 681 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:55,720 extremely powerful and influential. 682 00:39:56,320 --> 00:40:00,720 Importantly, and I, I mentioned this on the news last year, I'm 683 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,200 just going to reiterate it because I think this is this is 684 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,560 incredibly pertinent given what's going on around us at the 685 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,880 moment. His wealth primarily came from. 686 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,840 A hedge fund called Marshall Waste that was started through a 687 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,280 5050 joint venture with George Soros. 688 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,920 Who he George Soros is this guy, founder of Open Society 689 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:25,960 Foundations, giving away more than $32 billion to fund that 690 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,160 network. It's about opening up societies, 691 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,760 breaking down borders, proposed promoting mass migration and the 692 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,920 associated social and cultural transformation of of Western 693 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,800 nations in particular massive donor to Black Lives Matter over 694 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,880 the years. And also importantly to this 695 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,640 organization, International Rescue Committee, again that I 696 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,640 spoke about last year, led by David Miliband, currently former 697 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,360 foreign secretary under Tony Blair. 698 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:56,840 And IRC is about supporting refugees coming into the UK and 699 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,160 helping them integrate into British society. 700 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,920 That's what IRC is about. And GB News, backed by Paul 701 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:07,280 Marshall, is very concerned about the migrant crisis that is 702 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,440 happening as a consequence of the activity of people like 703 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,920 George Soros and the International Rescue Committee. 704 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,880 And ultimately these are backed by the same man, right? 705 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,840 So George Soros is putting money into IRC and left wing figures 706 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:24,680 like David Miliband and also creating supposedly right wing 707 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,480 nationalist billionaires like Paul Marshall who's been 708 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,880 marshalling these media assets to push that political agenda. 709 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,680 And what's that causing in society? 710 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,720 It wasn't chaos, chaos and breakdown, conflict on the 711 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,720 streets. This is a picture from August 712 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:41,120 last year, the riots across the north of England. 713 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,480 And this creates huge opportunities for international 714 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,200 investors to come in and buy up assets on the cheap, whether 715 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,000 that's property or companies, whatever it might be. 716 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,120 Well, I'm selling technologies to the bio security state. 717 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,880 So for example, if you know you're a big shareholder in one 718 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,840 of the companies building digital ID systems, then that'd 719 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,760 be quite good for you if this happened. 720 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,280 And also betting against the banking system, importantly, 721 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:11,120 right, because George Soros, we go back to 1992 very famously 722 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,280 was described as the man who broke the Bank of England. 723 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,760 This was Black Wednesday in 1992, thirty three years ago 724 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:21,240 next week actually. And essentially, he didn't 725 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:22,960 actually break the Bank of England. 726 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,520 The, the, the people running the Bank of England broke the Bank 727 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,320 of England. George Soros just made about a 728 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,360 billion pounds on the day as you do and as you do from from 729 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:36,040 basically betting against the bank short selling the pound and 730 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,720 he's he's at it. This is his MO's One of the 731 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,040 things that he does to make his money, the billions he's made 732 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,320 over the years. Paul Marshall does it as well as 733 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,680 you would expect. So Marshall Waste hedge fund 734 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:52,320 made $36 million, not quite a billion, but still not a bad 735 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,760 day's work, actually betting on the collapse of Banco Espirito 736 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,320 Santo back in 2014 as a Portuguese bank. 737 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,480 And so he was short selling. And this is still a strategy 738 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,880 that Marshall Waste use. This is a classic hedge fund 739 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,000 strategy. They talk about it on their 740 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,680 website. So, you know, should we assume 741 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:15,920 that Waste and his his his company are betting against the 742 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,080 British economy? I think the man on the Clapham 743 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,120 omnibus may think that. I think they probably would have 744 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,400 to think that it makes sense and actually it might be 745 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,960 irresponsible of him not to bet on the collapse of the British 746 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:33,120 economy, You know what I mean? Take the point, Ben. 747 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,000 No, no, like as someone running a hedge fund, you know, maybe he 748 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,000 has to do that. Then at the same time he's got 749 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:44,080 media platforms that are pushing breakdown in, in British 750 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,760 society. They're building a narrative of 751 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,840 civil war, civil conflict, people fighting on the streets 752 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:54,160 and actually the, and very specifically a financial crisis. 753 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,720 So this is not actually from GB News. 754 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:00,240 This is from Jacob Rees Mogg's personal YouTube channel. 755 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:05,040 But Rees Mogg is a high profile GB News presenter as well as 756 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:10,080 being a conservative politician. He's on the GB News twice a 757 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,720 week. He has a show called State of 758 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:14,040 the Nation. And what he's talking about here 759 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,960 in his own YouTube channel is not just if there's going to be 760 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,880 a financial crisis, but the fact that there is one. 761 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,960 And he's actually querying how serious it's going to be. 762 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:24,640 Yeah. So he's actually saying that 763 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:26,720 this has already happened, Right. 764 00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:31,320 And he's also talking about jumping ship to Reform, 765 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,440 interestingly. And GB News are working hand in 766 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,080 glove with Reform at the moment. In fact, the it's almost, it's, 767 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,680 it's impossible to, to separate the two organisations really, 768 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:47,600 because you've got Farage and Lee Anderson earning hundreds of 769 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:51,160 thousands of pounds. They're both Reform members of 770 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,160 Parliament. They're earning huge amounts of 771 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:59,040 money from Reform from GB News, happening for several years now. 772 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,520 And what's reform all about? Well, let's take a little look 773 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,240 at what happened at the Reform Conference over the weekend. 774 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,880 That's Andrew Jenkins, former Conservative member of 775 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:54,040 Parliament, currently reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. 776 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:58,040 And Singer. Let's say she probably shouldn't 777 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,080 give up her day job, right? I mean, I don't even know what 778 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,800 she's like as a politician. But that was, I mean, that was 779 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:08,280 the amateur hour and, you know, wearing a spangly jumpsuit. 780 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:12,520 And I mean, what, what is that? Is that is that a serious 781 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,960 political party? It's just, well, it's just. 782 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:20,440 But all of this razzmatazz is to capture the audience, to bring 783 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,560 people in, in my opinion. Well, I don't know at least 784 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,600 bring in, but if you're an international investor, if 785 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,240 you're looking and putting money into the UK or backing our 786 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:31,760 economic system or thinking about the the how robust our 787 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:36,040 society and our economy is and is going to be into the future, 788 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:40,440 then promoting that is the the new wave of political leadership 789 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,200 in the country. Is, is, is not what you would be 790 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,760 doing. Yeah, You know, so it strikes me 791 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,960 that they're deliberately trying to make us look like a 792 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:51,040 laughingstock, quite frankly, you know, and and actually the 793 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,880 singing didn't in there. I know Mike didn't want to show 794 00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:57,280 this, but we are just going to have a little listen to Andrew 795 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,600 Jenkins and the the reform leadership singing the national 796 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:56,910 anthem as well. So I think we should have put 797 00:47:56,910 --> 00:47:59,510 out a warning before that that was shown Ben. 798 00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:03,430 It was utterly dreadful what what is going on? 799 00:48:03,430 --> 00:48:07,430 This has got to be a front to draw people in and to ultimately 800 00:48:07,430 --> 00:48:10,510 control them. But notice the corruption of our 801 00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:14,320 national flag presented in different colours with the word 802 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,520 change strapped across it. So I think we're beginning to 803 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:22,360 get a real insight now into what this political party is and 804 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,520 where it is going to go. I'm sure you do more on it if we 805 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,800 deal with some of the serious matters going on in this 806 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,040 country. Sex abuse has has always been 807 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,720 one. Now this is ABBC headline which 808 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:39,680 I picked up on this morning. It's where the headline says ex 809 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:44,520 Sergeant major admits sexually assaulting soldier who then went 810 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:48,320 on to take her own life. Now this is a truly tragic and 811 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,920 very, very sad case. But I think we need to ask the 812 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:56,000 question, was the Army's procrastination over 813 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,360 investigating what has taken place? 814 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:02,160 And the family are saying the cover up into what took place 815 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:06,120 and led to the tragic death of this young lady Is this 816 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:10,720 procrastination and the cover up because of the overall failings 817 00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:15,080 of diversity in military policy. Now this is a very emotive 818 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,600 subject. UK column has been touching on 819 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:22,040 it for some time. But many people would say that 820 00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:27,040 women were brought into the military for the specific reason 821 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:31,000 to create problems. Now this in no way justifies 822 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,920 what the Sergeant Major may or may not have done. 823 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:40,520 What we are talking about is the fact that we've had a diversity 824 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:45,840 policy introduced, which since it's inception, if I remember 825 00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,880 correctly, it was about 1991 for the Royal Navy. 826 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:54,200 We've had problem after problem. So the sexes being played off 827 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:58,760 against each other, the chaos that you've been intimating been 828 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:02,200 taking place in the military. And at the end of the day, 829 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:06,080 people are being hurt. But of course this is not just 830 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:10,160 going on in the military. This is a report from the BBC 831 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:14,880 about harass, sexual harassment which is occurring between 832 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,560 barristers. So we're now into the law courts 833 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:20,240 and the chambers of these individuals. 834 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:27,520 So the headline from AKC called Eve is that one of the other 835 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:31,920 barristers put his hand down tights and this was actually 836 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:36,240 repeated before the lady was able to force this individual 837 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:39,440 off. But a review has said that 838 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,520 sexual harassment is widespread amongst barristers. 839 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,120 Now who has been conducting the review? 840 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,440 Well, of course it was Harriet Harman, as stated on the 841 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,960 previous slide there. This is just one of the quotes 842 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:57,160 from a bullying, harassment and sexual harassment is a problem 843 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,240 at the bar and on the bench, within chambers and courtrooms, 844 00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:05,840 in open court and behind robing room doors. 845 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:09,800 So Baroness Harriet Harman is the lady put in charge of 846 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,720 dealing with this problem. But of course, some of us have 847 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,800 got a long memory about this lady. 848 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:20,480 And if we're going back into the mid 90s and further back into 849 00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:26,440 the very late 80s, early 90s, we've got the fact that she was 850 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:30,520 involved with the National Council for several liberties as 851 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:35,440 the legal officer at a time when NCCL was supporting the 852 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,800 Paedophile Information Exchange. And much has been written on the 853 00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:44,280 fact that Harriet Harman appeared to take no action to 854 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:49,920 distance her organization from this PIE organization that was 855 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:55,440 clearly promoting sex with very young teenagers and or children. 856 00:51:56,280 --> 00:52:00,280 So part of the reports here did in fact also come out in the 857 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,520 BBC. And the part of the quote to 858 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:08,640 this article is that the NCCL of which Harriet Harman was a part 859 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:13,120 continued to defend having the organization PIE as a member. 860 00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:19,680 As late as 1983, an NCCL officer was quoted in the Daily Mail 861 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,760 saying the group was campaigning to lower the age of consent to 862 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,520 14. And that is a very mild 863 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,680 statement because much other evidence showed that this 864 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:35,200 organization was absolutely promoting paedophilia with very 865 00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:38,160 much younger children. So, Ben, I don't know what your 866 00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:42,840 reaction is, but is Harriet Harman the safe pair of hands to 867 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:47,040 protect ladies within the legal system or any other persons in 868 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:51,680 the UKI would suggest not. And so that we understand how 869 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,440 bad the situation is. This is part of the article 870 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,360 reports on Harriet Harman herself. 871 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:02,960 It says in her report, Harman writes about a fee page judge 872 00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:07,240 who had sex in his judicial chambers more than 15 years ago. 873 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,560 Paul Curtly was found to have committed misconduct and issued 874 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:15,160 with a formal warning. He remains on the bench. 875 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:20,120 And this really is where we start to spell out that Harriet 876 00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:24,080 Holman, I would suggest with her Labour colleagues, later New 877 00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:29,760 Labour colleagues, was actually promoting, helping to promote 878 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:33,760 actions which clearly place members of the community at 879 00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:36,160 risk. And we are now reaping the 880 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:40,520 so-called rewards in what we see happening in wider society 881 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,840 today. So a lot of questions to be 882 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:46,960 asked around these individuals, their networks and what they 883 00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:52,560 would, what they were trying to achieve within UK society. 884 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:55,680 Diane, let's bring you back with us. 885 00:53:56,040 --> 00:54:00,960 And of course, abuse of women through the FNAFI system. 886 00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:05,640 UK column has reported on a great deal but that's now moving 887 00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,080 forward with the court case coming up I think. 888 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,280 Yes, thanks, Brian. I I received some updates from 889 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:15,440 Lynn Sheeran who was you've interviewed previously as part 890 00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,720 of your Gutsy Women's series as one of the leaders of the fights 891 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:21,560 for justice for the Fidelity Residential School survivors. 892 00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:26,000 She told me that as reported by the BBC earlier this year that 893 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:30,400 one of the former staff of Fanethi would be facing trial. 894 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,680 That trial is now scheduled to start on the 22nd of September 895 00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,600 and will finish on the 20th of October in the Glasgow High 896 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:42,080 Court as she faces a total of 26 charges alleged to have happened 897 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:45,720 at Fanethi and Angus between 1967 and 1983. 898 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:49,360 According to the BBC, which lists a string of allegations of 899 00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,000 quote, cruel and unnatural treatment of the girls, 900 00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:54,600 including claims of physical violence. 901 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,520 So we will be watching that trial with great interest. 902 00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,240 I would also like to mention Colin Smith, who I mentioned 903 00:55:01,240 --> 00:55:04,480 briefly when we did our live news at the Hope Festival a 904 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:09,360 couple of weeks ago. He's AMSP Labor member who while 905 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,120 he's no longer in Labor, he's been expelled from the Labor 906 00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:14,080 Party. He's been the one leading the 907 00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,360 fight for the petition and scribes Parliament for these 908 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,440 survivors of For Nothing to access the child abuse redress 909 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:22,920 scheme in Scotland. He's scheduled now to appear on 910 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,800 the 24th of September in Dumfries Sheriff Court. 911 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:28,480 And why is that? Well, he's been charged in 912 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,240 connection with alleged possession of indecent images of 913 00:55:31,240 --> 00:55:35,280 children and also he has allegations against him that he 914 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:39,600 had placed a hidden camera in a cubicle inside the loo in the 915 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:43,720 Scottish Parliament. So he's denied these allegations 916 00:55:43,720 --> 00:55:46,240 that there are questions obviously that people have 917 00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:47,760 raised. We don't know for sure. 918 00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:50,960 Did he really do these things? Is it a setup by the Labour 919 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,920 Party? Is it possible that they're all 920 00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:56,280 doing these kinds of things and he's just been called out 921 00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:59,080 because of this case coming up with Fernette either? 922 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,320 These are all allegations, nobody really knows. 923 00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:04,680 But just to say that we need to be watching this trial carefully 924 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,720 as well, since he's been the leader for their fight for 925 00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:11,760 justice for the last few years. Yes, Diane, thank you for that. 926 00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:15,240 So there's a lot more to come out about for Nathi and UK 927 00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:18,520 column will be working with the ladies more. 928 00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:23,240 We're looking to do another interview shortly with another 929 00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:26,640 individual who unfortunately suffered that system. 930 00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:31,560 So more and more of the women are coming to light as time goes 931 00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:33,720 on. But the establishment seems to 932 00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:37,080 drag its heels over the investigation and indeed 933 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:41,560 prosecution. So and take us on to some better 934 00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:43,520 things. And you've been there visiting 935 00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:49,240 County Durham show. Yeah, so over the weekend I 936 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:52,640 attended the Wolsingham Show, which according to their website 937 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:56,760 is County Durham's biggest and best open air show and also 938 00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:00,120 England's oldest. So it was over the weekend, as I 939 00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:03,720 said, and I, I want to take you through some good and bad parts 940 00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:05,720 of it. So I want to do a few things 941 00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:07,400 here with this. First of all, I just have some 942 00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:10,760 images we'll go through quickly of things I took when I that I 943 00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:13,880 saw when I was there just to kind of lift things up a bit. 944 00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:17,400 There's some giant tortoises that were near the entrance to 945 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,760 the show. We have of course, the usual 946 00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:26,040 sort of horses of horse riding, horse shows, goat shows, sheep, 947 00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:29,040 you know, the all of those sort of farm animals you would expect 948 00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:32,200 to see at a country show. It was particularly interesting 949 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:36,120 to see the the tractor races and the tractor pulls and watching 950 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:41,080 all that CO2 being emitted up into the sky with vintage 951 00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:43,880 tractors. So lots of tractors, lots of old 952 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:46,160 cars. Again, lots of CO2 emissions 953 00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:49,320 taking place, I'm sure. Of course, you can't have a 954 00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:52,360 country show without guns. So here's a rifle arranged 955 00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:54,160 Bolton branch. There was a very small gun 956 00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:57,360 display from what I understand. I didn't go into that one, but 957 00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:01,640 that's what I heard up here was a man drawing tractors. 958 00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:05,480 So it's nice to see people doing some sort of something artistic. 959 00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:09,280 And he was selling some of the work for sale there right behind 960 00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,800 him. And I really enjoyed seeing some 961 00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,600 of the the local crafts because it was all things based here in 962 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:18,240 counties around the Northeast. Jewelry, different kinds of 963 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,240 crafts. This was sea glass, which is a 964 00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,480 famous in the area because of that can be found on the shore. 965 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:28,960 Ugly pots we also have as well. These were just a couple that 966 00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:31,840 decided to start this business to create these ugly pots that 967 00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:33,880 were for sale. Different things on them. 968 00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,080 There were some bands that we enjoyed listening to. 969 00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:41,720 This was the Bebops. Somebody called her the just in 970 00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:44,680 in the audience, somebody said, oh, this is the Dolly Parton of 971 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:46,960 the Northeast. She was actually quite spirited, 972 00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:50,440 enjoyed that as well. These were some Christmas 973 00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:52,160 crafts. So we had the craft shows on 974 00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,120 display. People, you know, different 975 00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:57,640 people of all ages making crafts and having was judged. 976 00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:00,720 I bought a couple of local foods. 977 00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:05,200 I guess you could say this is local honey from bees that it's 978 00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:09,720 been distributed and and made in County Durham because I left the 979 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,120 dogs alone all day. I felt really guilty about that. 980 00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:15,200 So I bought them some premium duck treats that were local as 981 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:16,960 well. So they got venison duck and 982 00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,640 pheasant and Partridge. They've enjoyed the pheasant and 983 00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:24,080 Partridge so far today. And again, it gets a bit 984 00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:26,720 dystopian here. This was a a display from a 985 00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,720 security company that showed these kind of robot looking 986 00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:33,600 things, which really didn't seem to fit in with the overall good 987 00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:37,560 feelings that were at the show. But that was something that they 988 00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:40,040 were trying to sell, I guess, for security equipment for your 989 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:41,680 farm. I'm not entirely sure. 990 00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:46,240 I didn't talk to anyone but this was a piece of artwork showing 991 00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:51,200 all of the rubbish. This was done by some Cubs in, I 992 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:53,400 forget which school it was somewhere here in the northeast 993 00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:55,600 where they were. They're making artwork out of 994 00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:58,200 rubbish. So there's I guess, some 995 00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:00,680 Sustainable Development goals things going on there. 996 01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,320 This was displayed from The Farming of the Future from the 997 01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:07,400 UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural 998 01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:10,160 Affairs. And so they had a lot of 999 01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:11,760 information that they're on display. 1000 01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,160 I picked up several of their cards. 1001 01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:17,160 Maybe I can talk about this more an extra, but one in particular 1002 01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:21,280 was them showing that, you know, what are we going to do about 1003 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:24,640 20-30 that's coming up. So we can see as well here in 1004 01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,400 another booth, we have no farmers, no food, no future. 1005 01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:32,560 Now half price was £50, now 25. But back in the, the farming 1006 01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:36,160 booth there we had cards out saying asking what do you hope 1007 01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:39,080 the farming sector will look like by 20-30? 1008 01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:41,640 And that was the card that I took a photo of. 1009 01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:44,760 And people were asked to respond to that by putting in their 1010 01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,720 responses to say, well, this is what we think it will look like. 1011 01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:50,400 So we'll talk about stop that some more an extra. 1012 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:53,720 But I, I just want to say that, you know, it was interesting to 1013 01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:55,520 think about how how much fun that was. 1014 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:59,200 But that ultimately, as I heard somebody comment, if, if the 1015 01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:02,120 people in power have their way, these kinds of shows would no 1016 01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,080 longer exist because these kinds of things won't be allowed to be 1017 01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:08,880 happening anymore, especially when it comes to farms and just 1018 01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:12,760 families having a good time and enjoying local ingredients. 1019 01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,200 So we need to keep these things going, Brian. 1020 01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:19,360 Absolutely. And yeah, it's, it's very 1021 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,400 interesting to see that government policies are brought 1022 01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:28,200 right into these sorts of rural shows in, in order to help mould 1023 01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:32,000 people's opinions. And as we discussed prior to the 1024 01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:37,000 to the news in the in the question, if I bring this one 1025 01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:40,080 just up on the screen, it's asking what do you hope the 1026 01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:42,960 farming sector will look like by 2030? 1027 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:47,160 So as usual, nothing about the present and getting on with life 1028 01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:51,040 and making the best of each day and producing food on a daily 1029 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:53,480 basis. This is all drifting people's 1030 01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:58,320 minds into utopia in the future. But great to see that farming 1031 01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:01,400 and rural communities still alive and well. 1032 01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:05,200 And as you say, Diane, a very, very important part of our 1033 01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:08,400 culture and we all need to help support it. 1034 01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:12,520 Now, before we finish today, we're just going to show a 1035 01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:16,920 little clip. This was amusing in my eyes. 1036 01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:21,360 But this is Sky Australia commenting on the illustrious 1037 01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:26,840 Mr. Lammy. People here might not know David 1038 01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:30,280 Lammy. David Lammy is the new Deputy 1039 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:33,600 Prime Minister now. David Lammy has never been known 1040 01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:38,600 as a great, shall we say, intellectual genius of of London 1041 01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:42,000 political circles. This footage of him on a 1042 01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:45,040 celebrity quiz show has just emerged. 1043 01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:48,680 I just have a. Look, yeah, play along. 1044 01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:53,520 It's probably the case that only that trans women don't have 1045 01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:56,400 ovaries, but a cervix I understand is something that you 1046 01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:59,680 can have following various procedures. 1047 01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:03,160 And hormone treatment. And there's also been other 1048 01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:06,960 clips of him where he went on a quiz show and he didn't know 1049 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:12,320 that he thought that they were, that it was The Godfather and a 1050 01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:14,800 whole bunch of other. Things and he also once even 1051 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:18,160 when they were trying to find a new Pope and the BBC tweeted 1052 01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:20,880 about will there be black smoke or white smoke, which is of 1053 01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:24,000 course how the Vatican announces the vote has been successful 1054 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:26,120 said do we have to make this a racial. 1055 01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:28,320 Thing. That's how dumb he is. 1056 01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:35,720 And being mocked overseas. And Diane, let's finish on the 1057 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:39,600 government's alert system. I think we should have the alert 1058 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:42,880 system warning about the government, but what did you 1059 01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:44,800 get? Yeah. 1060 01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:49,320 So I'm not sure how many people experienced the the warning 1061 01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:51,720 alerts that came out yesterday at 3:00 PM. 1062 01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:54,800 This first started, I believe it was in 2022. 1063 01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:56,600 I think it's what Kenny reminded me of. 1064 01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:59,160 And, and, and so this was back when we were supposed to be 1065 01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:02,280 scared three years ago. At the time, I turned off the 1066 01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:05,280 extreme and the severe alerts on my phone, and they're still off 1067 01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,200 to this day. But this was from earlier this 1068 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:11,200 year, from January, saying that at some point this year we were 1069 01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,600 going to have the Armageddon alert that will override 1070 01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,920 millions of Brits phones and trigger a loud siren and what to 1071 01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,360 do if you're driving because apparently it was going to be so 1072 01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:23,000 scary that if you were driving, you might actually crash your 1073 01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:26,240 car. So for those of you who may have 1074 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:29,320 experienced this on Sunday, I know some people had a really 1075 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:31,440 loud sound. Brian, I know you said yours was 1076 01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:34,000 quieter. But this was from GB News on 1077 01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:37,360 Facebook that I saw alerting us what was going to happen over 1078 01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:40,760 the weekend, saying that this emergency alert could trigger 1079 01:04:40,760 --> 01:04:44,160 heart attacks days before the alarm was set to sound on our 1080 01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:46,880 phones. So I'm just, I, I know some 1081 01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:49,080 people have been turned off, some people didn't get them. 1082 01:04:49,080 --> 01:04:52,080 And, and so Brian, you said yours was nice and, and 1083 01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:54,000 pleasant. So I would like to hear what 1084 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,160 yours sounded like because that's not what I heard from 1085 01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:59,600 everyone. Well, Diane, mine was was just a 1086 01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:02,960 melodic ring tone. I mean, if it had been a real 1087 01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:06,880 crisis and nuclear war, it would have been quite amusing to hear 1088 01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:09,640 this soft music and then suddenly somebody's saying 1089 01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:11,200 you've all been bombed to pieces. 1090 01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:13,320 But the whole thing is sheer madness. 1091 01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:16,160 And nobody should take any attention, pay any attention. 1092 01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:20,800 It is all designed to ramp up the fear so that the government 1093 01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:24,520 can introduce the source of mad policies, which we've covered on 1094 01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:27,360 today's news. So let's leave it there. 1095 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:29,840 Diane, thank you very much for joining me. 1096 01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,960 Ben, great to have you here in the studio. 1097 01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:35,800 Huge thank you to everybody who's joined us today, wherever 1098 01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:39,400 you are in the world. And finally, once again, thank 1099 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,800 you all so very much for the fantastic support you've all 1100 01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:47,360 given the UK column. And it's going to be great to 1101 01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:54,760 move on from 2025 into exciting things in 2026 for today. 1102 01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,920 That's the news. Thank you for joining us. 1103 01:05:57,360 --> 01:05:59,480 If you remember UK column, stay with us. 1104 01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:03,600 We'll have UK column extra in just a few moments. 1105 01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:04,280 Bye bye.