UK COLUMN NEWS - Wednesday 18th June 2025.

UK Column News - 18th June 2025

Charles Malet, Ben Rubin, Vanessa Beeley and Sandi Adams with Wednesday's UK Column News.

(Apologies for the rough edges in today’s news and extra. We faced some technical issues behind the scenes and only just managed to get it recorded. Thanks for bearing with us, and we appreciate your continued support.)

00:00 Escalation, Strategy, and the Samson Option: Which Path to Persia?
11:36 SDG Superman? John McArthur’s 17 Rooms and the Global Goals Playbook
16:14 Good News: Gunning Principles Help Defeat Unlawful LTN Plan
19:22 Command and Control: Reorganising Councils, Recentralising Power
30:19 From Right to Buy to Steal-Back: Councils Reverse Course Amid Housing Crisis
37:33 Join the UK Column for £50/year—Watch UKC News Extra
39:53 Miracle Weight Loss Injections: Big Pharma’s Newest Subscription Scheme
54:24 Conscription Threatening Britons — But Who’s Really in Charge, the EU?
57:56 Clean Air Zones? Take a Closer Look at Musk’s xAI Data Centre Pollution

Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-18th-june-2025
Duration - 65 minutes.