Speaking with Patrick Henningsen in Mashhad during the six-day funeral procession for Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, British journalist Bushra Shaikh describes the extraordinary reaction to her presence in Iran: attacks from The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Iran, and international and prominent online figures, with some calling for her to be labelled a terrorist. She characterises the campaign as a witch hunt driven by a fringe of the online right, suggesting her critics are unsettled that a Muslim woman they once shared platforms with at GB News and TalkTV cannot be deployed as a political weapon.Shaikh challenges Western coverage of Iranian women, saying she has moved freely without wearing hijab, and describes the role of women as prominent in Iran. On the funeral itself, she describes the crowds which even the likes of The Financial Times put at 13–15 million in Tehran alone, and a public mood of grief mixed with fury at the United States and Israel following the assassination of the Supreme Leader.She reports that Iranians she has spoken to reject the MOU ceasefire framework outright, distrust Trump and Israel entirely, and demand serious negotiation rather than a cycle of broken ceasefires.► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent newsFollow #UKColumn on:► X► Telegram► Facebook ► Instagram
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Folge vom 10.07.2026"They Can't Use Me as a Weapon": Bushra Shaikh | UK Column Interviews
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Folge vom 09.07.2026The Shadowy Story Behind the Hepatitis B Vaccine | Jerm WarfareKen McCarthy argues that the hepatitis B vaccine shines light on wider problems—pharma influence, opaque medical training, weak regulation, and historical ties to population control.He pushes for independent research, informed consent, and parental choice over vaccinations.https://www.hepbbook.com► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent newsFollow #UKColumn on:► X► Telegram► Facebook ► Instagram
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Folge vom 09.07.20262much2young | UK Column InterviewsRebecca is a passionate, dedicated, and concerned mother who warns against the dangers of explicit sex education given to ever-younger schoolchildren. The agenda of sexualisation is, for Rebecca and her colleagues, blatant, overt, and simply too much too young. Since it was formed, 2much2young has gained support from many parents concerned about the sexualisation of their children. Sex education approved by the government is so explicit and perverted that many kids have suffered emotional harm from the content and style of delivery. In this frank and adult discussion, Rebecca recounts her background as part of the travelling fairground community and how that led to her having contact with many children.She also describes how contact from concerned parents — alarmed at what they consider sexual grooming of children by the state — led to the formation of 2much2young to provide a much-needed platform to represent their views.Rebecca works closely with Public Child Protection Wales (PCPW), and she and members of her team attended the recent PCPW conference. This is a vital interview for anyone who wishes to understand the risks and harms posed to their children by government-approved child sexual grooming educational content.► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent newsFollow #UKColumn on:► X► Telegram► Facebook ► Instagram
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Folge vom 08.07.2026The AI Bubble Is Bursting and China Lit the Fuse | Silk and SteelFor years, Silicon Valley convinced investors that bigger budgets, more GPUs, and trillion-dollar valuations were the future of artificial intelligence. That narrative is now challenged.In this episode of the Silk and Steel Podcast, Carl Zha is again joined by AI researcher TP Huang to examine why it is that China's newest AI models shake the technology industry and global financial markets.From ZAI (formerly Zhipu AI) and Meituan's surprise breakthrough to the growing impact of DeepSeek, TP explains that Chinese AI companies deliver world-class performance at dramatically lower cost. He discusses what that means for OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Nvidia, and the future of the AI industry.They also explore whether America currently experiences an AI investment bubble, why China's open-source ecosystem advances so quickly, how hardware restrictions pushed Chinese engineers to become more efficient, and whether the centre of AI innovation begins to shift eastward.► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent newsFollow #UKColumn on:► X► Telegram► Facebook ► Instagram