# UK Column News — 8th June 2026

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Podcast: [UK Column Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505)
Published: 2026-06-08T13:27:56+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3793

## Resource

Brian Gerrish and Ben Rubin present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news: https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial Follow #UKColumn on:► X: https://x.com/ukcolumn ► Telegram: https://t.me/ukcolumn ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKColumnExtracts ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uk_column_news 00:00 Introduction02:00 Starmer and Zelenskyy Lovingly Plan for War and More War06:00 Chaos and Anger Preside in Parliament16:00 Righteous Anger Pervades in the UK22:00 Can Political Activism Save the Nation?29:00 Support UK Column’s Independent Journalism31:00 Is There an Incoming National Climate and Nature ‘Emergency’?39:00 Nathan Allonby speaks from the NO CCTV protest in Glasgow44:00 Radical Centrism Is Authoritarianism52:00 Ofcom: New Chair, Sir Ian Cheshire, and the Online Safety Act58:00 How People Can Counter the Manipulation in the Political System1:00:00 The Truth Is So Dangerous

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