ukcolumn--2020-03-06--Exclusive: Vanessa Beeley Interviews Yemeni Ambassador in Damascus

The US , UK-backed neo-colonialist war against Yemen enters its fifth year .
The Saudi alliance of aggression has pulverised entire swathes of Yemeni territory , decimated infrastructure , bombed hospitals into oblivion - all with armaments and weapons systems supplied by the UK/US military industrial complex .
Despite the illegitimacy of this aggression , NATO member states and UN agencies have done little more than to offer lip-service to the inevitable dire “ humanitarian ” consequences of such a punitive war that collectively targets the Yemeni people and popular resistance movement , standing firm against decades of corrupt and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s hypocrisy when shedding crocodile tears over the externally imposed humanitarian disaster in Yemen In January of this year , as an example , UN Relief Chief , Mark Lowcock , thanked “ top donors ” to the “ Yemen humanitarian response plan ” .
Without a trace of irony , Lowcock named the top four aggressors who have ensured Yemen is bombed back to the dark ages - UAE ( United Arab Emirates ) , Saudi Arabia , US and UK .
The spokesperson for the Yemeni Health Ministry , Dr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hypocrisy of this statement from the UN Relief Chief : The funds that the UN allocates to Yemen are provided by these four countries but we must understand some very basic elements .
First , Yemen ’ s resources - oil , gas and sea ports ( except Hodeida ) are controlled by these four countries .
Therefore they are , effectively , able to fund their interventions in Yemen with our resources .
At the same time , salaries for employees in Yemen have been cut since 2016 until today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries has actually been stolen from the Yemeni people .
Second , the funds provided to the UN agencies are conditional .
The UN is under obligation to conceal the crimes of the funding countries , committed in Yemen , which include the impact of the humanitarian blockade on the Yemeni people .
The UN must provide political and media support for these countries through their international resolutions .
The UN ensures these funds go to projects which do not directly benefit the Yemeni people , so the reality is - we see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yemen year after year , despite these funds .
Third , the UN sought to transfer the Yemeni Central Bank from the Yemeni capital , Sanaa , to Aden , which is under the control of these four nations .
The decision to do so was made in 2016 .
From that day until today , 80 % of Yemeni people live without an annual government budget of $ 15 billion .
While draining essential capital from our country , the UN boasts it is “ helping ” Yemen with $ 2 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funds disappear as an “ operating budget ” for the UN-sponsored organisations and agencies and their leaders in Yemen and abroad .
Yemen receives only the crumbs from their table .
For example , the health sector plan in Yemen for 2019 was duly submitted to the UN .
To date , only 19 % has been implemented .
There is a deficit of 81 % .
So why should we , the Yemeni people , listen to the UN bragging about the blood money of hostile states ?
Fifth , the UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ image of these countries globally , portraying them as “ humanitarians ” despite their brutality and aggression towards the Yemeni people which is ongoing .
These countries have committed heinous crimes in Yemen .
These countries besiege and starve the Yemeni people leaving us with thousands dead , many others suffering with curable diseases exacerbated by the blockade .
We have countless civilians with chronic illnesses that we can not treat , including cancer .
Millions are suffering with psychological trauma .
More than 20 million Yemenis are impoverished by the policies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population .
Frankly , how does the UN dare talk about the “ humanity ” of these criminal countries ?
Sixth , let us presume these countries provide $ 2bn dollars in “ humanitarian aid ” to Yemen .
Saudi Arabia and UAE have spent more than $ 200bn to purchase American and British bombs and weapon systems to murder the Yemeni people .
The same countries have squandered an estimated $ 2000 bn on the war against Yemen and the siege of the Yemeni people .
Where is their “ humanity ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not want this money or so-called “ aid ” from these criminal states .
They want these countries to leave them in peace .
Yemen possesses wealth and resources that will enable them to survive without such fraudulent “ aid ” which serves only to mislead public opinion in the West and to persuade the international community of the legitimacy of this genocidal aggression against Yemen .
Indeed , the UN ostensibly decries the starvation of children and widespread disease that thrives in the quagmire of Yemen ’ s war .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collective punishment of the Yemeni people in its continued adherence to Resolution 2216 which is based entirely upon the legitimacy of fugitive President Mansour Hadi who not only resigned in early 2015 but eventually fled to Riyadh where he called upon the Saudi regime to bomb the Yemeni people into submission .
The UN effectively maintains the sadistic “ humanitarian ” blockade and sanctions on the Yemeni people .
This hybrid war against Yemen is one of the worst crimes against humanity of our lifetime .
The hidden role of Israel in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I had the privilege to meet with and interview the Yemeni Ambassador in Damascus , Naif Ahmed Al Qanes .
I had the opportunity to ask a few questions that are rarely discussed in a compromised Western media cartel that , like the UN , effectively conceals the ugly underbelly of the UK/US proxy neo-colonialist project in Yemen .
My first question addressed the involvement of Israel in the war against Yemen .
The Ambassador replied in depth : Israel has been present since the first day of the aggression against Yemen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yemeni air-defences to disable them and prevent their use in resisting this aggression .
Israel ’ s involvement has been ongoing .
Their military experts and pilots are an integral part of the UK/US-backed Saudi coalition .
Israel actually lost a number of their pilots in the targeting of our airbase in Asir .
The focus of the Israeli decision makers , research centers and Zionist intelligence agencies is related to the southern section of the Red Sea , the Bab-el-Mandeb straits .
After some degree of normalisation with the Gulf States , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Israel perceives the Ansarullah popular resistance movement to be a proxy of Iran and their control of the Bab El Mandeb straits is tantamount to a stranglehold over the Zionist regime .
Israel already feels threatened by the envisaged Iranian expansionism in Iraq and Syria , the northern crescent , and is determined to prevent the perceived completion of the sphere of influence in the south , through Ansarullah .
Iran has control of the Hormuz Strait .
If Iran gains control of the Bab el Mandeb straits then Iran would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation according to the results of Zionist strategic studies and analysis .
Such 'think tanks ' are the guiding bodies for Israeli policy and decision makers and form the basis of Zionist regional ideology and strategy .
Israel will protect the Gulf States , in particular Saudi Arabia , to avoid Iranian supremacy .
For this reason , Israel is participating in the genocidal war against Yemen .
The role of China in Yemen - has there been a change in policy ?
My second question to the Ambassador was concerning recent discussions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which perhaps demonstrates a change in regional policy from China .
China had previously been supplying drones to the Saudi alliance .
The Ambassador replied : Before we discuss China ’ s discussions with the Minister of Health , there are some very important variables to point out .
The change in Chinese policy is caused by the conditions forced upon them by American foreign policy .
Researchers and analysts of international relations are trying to come up with a specific theory to describe Trump ’ s foreign policy .
Trump has gone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He has bypassed all international theorism so these analysts are scrambling to define Trump ’ s ideology and policy decisions .
Trump ’ s aggressive economic strategy towards China has forced her to revise her global policy to protect herself .
The Chinese State Councillor , Wang Yi , made a statement on the 23rd November 2019 during the G20 meeting in Japan .
He informed the Dutch Foreign Minister that 'The United States is broadly engaged in unilateralism and protectionism , and is damaging multilateralism and the multilateral trading system .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biggest destabilizing factor . '
Wang Yi also claimed that the US has deliberately suppressed legitimate Chinese businesses and has laid groundless charges against them which is an act of intimidation and state-bullying .
America is in the process of distorting China ’ s image worldwide .
I consider that these words from Wang Yi are indicative of the new Chinese political orientation .
We , in Yemen , are facing such an American distortion project since the beginning of the war of aggression against my country .
That is why China will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend ' .
There is another factor also .
The US is currently weaponizing the Uighur extremists , present here in Syria and in China , against the Chinese government .
The so-called 'human rights ' of the Uighurs in China is being deployed to criminalise the Chinese government while the reality is that China is battling extremism fomented by the US , just as Syria has been fighting it for nine years .
America traditionally uses the Muslim Brotherhood as a destabilisation tool and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being used to fuel such anti-China discourse internationally .
As an aside , I have noticed many reports that the US may be behind the spread of the Coronavirus .
This is not as far-fetched as it may first appear .
Saudi Arabia has been responsible for the various epidemics that have affected millions of Yemenis - the result of manufactured viruses .
Yemen ’ s allies in the axis of Resistance .
I asked the Ambassador which countries he considered to be allies of Yemen in their battle against the neo-colonialist projects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saudi Arabia , UAE and Israel .
The Ambassador responded : Yemen is fighting a war against a Gulf State coalition led by the US , UK , Israel and the EU .
The same coalition that has been waging a war of aggression against Syria since 2011 .
These two criminal war projects are supported internationally despite the reality that they are nothing more than neo-colonialist campaigns aligned with international terrorist groups to achieve their destabilisation aims .
There has been a fundamental change in American policy .
Previously the US would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now she deploys her tools to fight on behalf of the US and takes money in exchange for their engagement in wars orchestrated by the US .
Within this equation , we consider that the Axis of Resistance is our strategic ally .
Even if not present with us on the battle frontlines , it is fighting the same enemy on other fronts as in Syria , for example .
Syria has confronted an international 'world war ' on its territory .
Hashd Al Shaabi in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Iran is , for us , the leader of this axis .
These are our strategic allies in the region and they provide logistic , moral and media support for the Yemeni resistance movement .
Our international allies are those who also challenge the imperialist projects in their countries - Venezuela , DPRK and all truly 'free ' countries around the world .
I believe the more countries that align to defeat imperialism , the weaker this project becomes .
Russia has a pivotal role inside Syria but has played no role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we hope that Russia will eventually balance their role throughout the region and will restore the much-needed equilibrium to all Arab nations and act as a necessary counter to the US-led supremacy and hegemony in our region .
The role of the UN in maintaining the “ humanitarian ” blockade .
My final question to the Ambassador brings us full circle to the start of this article - the UN involvement in the collective punishment of the Yemeni people , a role they also played previously in Iraq .
The Ambassador expanded on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : If we wish to understand the role of the UN in this war , we have to refer to the resolutions on Yemen .
Resolutions based on the conditions of the aggression , not on the reality of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen .
Resolution 2216 has effectively legitimized every punitive measure against the Yemeni people since the beginning of the war in March 2015 - the land , sea and air blockade .
All UN resolutions have had a negative impact on Yemen .
We saw nothing but hollow rhetoric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'lift the blockade ' or to open the airport in Sanaa .
Thousands of people would have been able to go abroad for medical treatment , thousands of lives would have been saved , thousands died because of this criminal closure of a lifeline airport .
Yemeni ports are subject to aggressive measures by the Saudi coalition , food and medicines can not enter Yemen without permission from the aggressor countries , not from the UN .
( My note : the UN actually ensures further delays through its 'Verification and Inspection ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Yemeni people does not reach its intended destination without being pillaged and decimated by UN employees and donor organisations who benefit from an estimated 80 % of this 'aid ' .
Of the remaining 20 % , much of the food arrives rotting and inedible , not even suitable for animal consumption .
This is the role of the UN in Yemen .
From our perspective , the best of former UN envoys was Jamal Benomar and the worst was Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad .
Jamal Benomar was adamant , in 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that the Saudi aggression was designed to disrupt Yemeni self-determination .
I was , personally , a member of the political negotiating team .
The dialogue took place in the Movenpick Hotel under the supervision of Benomar .
One day before the unexpected Saudi aggression , we had agreed on forming a political representative committee , the Presidential committee , which consisted of five members representing the four major political factions - Al Mushtarak ( Joint Meeting Party JMP ) , Al-Mo ’ tamar ( The General People ’ s Congress Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Movement .
The President would be nominated by the four parties .
We had agreed on the mechanism and it was presumed that names would be immediately submitted .
This was the day before the Saudi campaign of aggression was launched on the 25th March 2015 .
The agreement stipulated that these names should be provided on the 25th March .
Ansarullah , GPC , the Arab Socialist Ba ’ ath Party and the Federation of the Yemeni Popular Forces nominated and agreed upon the former Yemeni President - Ali Nasir Mohammad .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so we postponed the selection process pending the nomination of their preferred candidate .
After each party candidate nomination , we decreed that if a decision could not be agreed upon , we would leave the choice to the UN to decide between the two candidates .
It must be noted that the majority , in addition to a percentage of the Socialist Party and the Southern Movement , had agreed with our selection , Ali Nasir Mohammad .
The appointment was scheduled for the next day at 12pm .
The dawn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coalition began bombing Yemen .
Jamal Benomar included these events in his UN briefing but was ignored and the five year campaign to obliterate Yemeni infrastructure , history , culture and heritage began , the five year bloodshed of the Yemeni people began and has continued , unimpeded by the UN , to this day .
What will be the outcome of the US-led war against Yemen and the region ?
To conclude our meeting I asked the Ambassador what he believed would be the outcome of these wars being waged in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , resource-rich nations , by the neo-colonialist alliance dominated by the US and Israel .
It is clear that Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to exit from this war that is a drain on resources but they are not the decision maker - Washington and Tel-Aviv determine the prolongation of this war and will maintain the aggression until their desired agenda is met .
The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani also catalysed change in the region , this criminal act destabilised US supremacy in this region .
Today , we are witnessing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and challenging the US occupation , demanding that the US get out of Iraq .
After the US is forced to depart , the balance of power will shift and the US presence in the region will be severely reduced .
All these factors might bring the war in Yemen to an end .
I am optimistic that it will end in 2020 .
The US and Saudi Arabia have attempted to escalate the aggression to get the upper hand in negotiations but the reality is that Yemen has turned the tables on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than before .
I hope , for the sake of the Yemeni people , that your analysis is proven correct .
Yemen deserves peace and stability and to lift from its neck the yoke of US-sponsored Saudi oppression and corruption .

The US, UK-backed neo-colonialist war against Yemen enters its fifth year. The Saudi alliance of aggression has pulverised entire swathes of Yemeni territory, decimated infrastructure, bombed hospitals into oblivion - all with armaments and weapons systems supplied by the UK/US military industrial complex.
Despite the illegitimacy of this aggression, NATO member states and UN agencies have done little more than to offer lip-service to the inevitable dire “humanitarian” consequences of such a punitive war that collectively targets the Yemeni people and popular resistance movement, standing firm against decades of corrupt and resource-plundering Saudi/US/UK coalition occupation.
The West’s hypocrisy when shedding crocodile tears over the externally imposed humanitarian disaster in Yemen
In January of this year, as an example, UN Relief Chief, Mark Lowcock, thanked “top donors” to the “Yemen humanitarian response plan”. Without a trace of irony, Lowcock named the top four aggressors who have ensured Yemen is bombed back to the dark ages - UAE (United Arab Emirates), Saudi Arabia, US and UK.
The spokesperson for the Yemeni Health Ministry, Dr Yusef Al-Hadhree, explained in greater detail the hypocrisy of this statement from the UN Relief Chief:
The funds that the UN allocates to Yemen are provided by these four countries but we must understand some very basic elements. First, Yemen’s resources - oil, gas and sea ports (except Hodeida) are controlled by these four countries. Therefore they are, effectively, able to fund their interventions in Yemen with our resources. At the same time, salaries for employees in Yemen have been cut since 2016 until today. The “humanitarian” funding from these countries has actually been stolen from the Yemeni people. Second, the funds provided to the UN agencies are conditional. The UN is under obligation to conceal the crimes of the funding countries, committed in Yemen, which include the impact of the humanitarian blockade on the Yemeni people. The UN must provide political and media support for these countries through their international resolutions. The UN ensures these funds go to projects which do not directly benefit the Yemeni people, so the reality is - we see the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen year after year, despite these funds. Third, the UN sought to transfer the Yemeni Central Bank from the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, to Aden, which is under the control of these four nations. The decision to do so was made in 2016. From that day until today, 80% of Yemeni people live without an annual government budget of $ 15 billion. While draining essential capital from our country, the UN boasts it is “helping” Yemen with $ 2 billion. Fourth, 25-60% of these funds disappear as an “operating budget” for the UN-sponsored organisations and agencies and their leaders in Yemen and abroad. Yemen receives only the crumbs from their table. For example, the health sector plan in Yemen for 2019 was duly submitted to the UN. To date, only 19% has been implemented. There is a deficit of 81%. So why should we, the Yemeni people, listen to the UN bragging about the blood money of hostile states? Fifth, the UN effectively has a duty to whitewash the image of these countries globally, portraying them as “humanitarians” despite their brutality and aggression towards the Yemeni people which is ongoing. These countries have committed heinous crimes in Yemen. These countries besiege and starve the Yemeni people leaving us with thousands dead, many others suffering with curable diseases exacerbated by the blockade. We have countless civilians with chronic illnesses that we cannot treat, including cancer. Millions are suffering with psychological trauma. More than 20 million Yemenis are impoverished by the policies of these countries, 80% of the population. Frankly, how does the UN dare talk about the “humanity” of these criminal countries? Sixth, let us presume these countries provide $ 2bn dollars in “humanitarian aid” to Yemen. Saudi Arabia and UAE have spent more than $ 200bn to purchase American and British bombs and weapon systems to murder the Yemeni people. The same countries have squandered an estimated $ 2000 bn on the war against Yemen and the siege of the Yemeni people. Where is their “humanity” Lowcock? Finally, the Yemeni people do not want this money or so-called “aid” from these criminal states. They want these countries to leave them in peace. Yemen possesses wealth and resources that will enable them to survive without such fraudulent “aid” which serves only to mislead public opinion in the West and to persuade the international community of the legitimacy of this genocidal aggression against Yemen.
Indeed, the UN ostensibly decries the starvation of children and widespread disease that thrives in the quagmire of Yemen’s war. However, the UN is complicit in the collective punishment of the Yemeni people in its continued adherence to Resolution 2216 which is based entirely upon the legitimacy of fugitive President Mansour Hadi who not only resigned in early 2015 but eventually fled to Riyadh where he called upon the Saudi regime to bomb the Yemeni people into submission. The UN effectively maintains the sadistic “humanitarian” blockade and sanctions on the Yemeni people.
This hybrid war against Yemen is one of the worst crimes against humanity of our lifetime.
The hidden role of Israel in the Saudi-led war of aggression against Yemen
Recently, I had the privilege to meet with and interview the Yemeni Ambassador in Damascus, Naif Ahmed Al Qanes. I had the opportunity to ask a few questions that are rarely discussed in a compromised Western media cartel that, like the UN, effectively conceals the ugly underbelly of the UK/US proxy neo-colonialist project in Yemen.
Vanessa Beeley meets with Yemeni Ambassador to Damascus, Naif Ahmed Al Qanes. (Image: Vanessa Beeley)
My first question addressed the involvement of Israel in the war against Yemen. The Ambassador replied in depth:
Israel has been present since the first day of the aggression against Yemen. Israeli pilots participated directly in targeting Yemeni air-defences to disable them and prevent their use in resisting this aggression. Israel’s involvement has been ongoing. Their military experts and pilots are an integral part of the UK/US-backed Saudi coalition. Israel actually lost a number of their pilots in the targeting of our airbase in Asir. The focus of the Israeli decision makers, research centers and Zionist intelligence agencies is related to the southern section of the Red Sea, the Bab-el-Mandeb straits. After some degree of normalisation with the Gulf States, Israel maintains a historic enmity with Iran. Israel perceives the Ansarullah popular resistance movement to be a proxy of Iran and their control of the Bab El Mandeb straits is tantamount to a stranglehold over the Zionist regime. Israel already feels threatened by the envisaged Iranian expansionism in Iraq and Syria, the northern crescent, and is determined to prevent the perceived completion of the sphere of influence in the south, through Ansarullah. Iran has control of the Hormuz Strait. If Iran gains control of the Bab el Mandeb straits then Iran would be the dominant regional force. An unacceptable situation according to the results of Zionist strategic studies and analysis. Such 'think tanks' are the guiding bodies for Israeli policy and decision makers and form the basis of Zionist regional ideology and strategy. Israel will protect the Gulf States, in particular Saudi Arabia, to avoid Iranian supremacy. For this reason, Israel is participating in the genocidal war against Yemen.
The role of China in Yemen - has there been a change in policy?
My second question to the Ambassador was concerning recent discussions between the Yemeni Health Ministry and China which perhaps demonstrates a change in regional policy from China. China had previously been supplying drones to the Saudi alliance. The Ambassador replied:
Before we discuss China’s discussions with the Minister of Health, there are some very important variables to point out. The change in Chinese policy is caused by the conditions forced upon them by American foreign policy. Researchers and analysts of international relations are trying to come up with a specific theory to describe Trump’s foreign policy. Trump has gone beyond realism, liberalism and internationalism. He has bypassed all international theorism so these analysts are scrambling to define Trump’s ideology and policy decisions. Trump’s aggressive economic strategy towards China has forced her to revise her global policy to protect herself. The Chinese State Councillor, Wang Yi, made a statement on the 23rd November 2019 during the G20 meeting in Japan. He informed the Dutch Foreign Minister that 'The United States is broadly engaged in unilateralism and protectionism, and is damaging multilateralism and the multilateral trading system. It has already become the world’s biggest destabilizing factor.' Wang Yi also claimed that the US has deliberately suppressed legitimate Chinese businesses and has laid groundless charges against them which is an act of intimidation and state-bullying. America is in the process of distorting China’s image worldwide. I consider that these words from Wang Yi are indicative of the new Chinese political orientation. We, in Yemen, are facing such an American distortion project since the beginning of the war of aggression against my country. That is why China will now deal with us from the perspective that 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. There is another factor also. The US is currently weaponizing the Uighur extremists, present here in Syria and in China, against the Chinese government. The so-called 'human rights' of the Uighurs in China is being deployed to criminalise the Chinese government while the reality is that China is battling extremism fomented by the US, just as Syria has been fighting it for nine years. America traditionally uses the Muslim Brotherhood as a destabilisation tool and in this case, the MB is being used to fuel such anti-China discourse internationally. As an aside, I have noticed many reports that the US may be behind the spread of the Coronavirus. This is not as far-fetched as it may first appear. Saudi Arabia has been responsible for the various epidemics that have affected millions of Yemenis - the result of manufactured viruses.
Yemen’s allies in the axis of Resistance.
Yemeni Ambassador to Damascus, Naif Ahmed Al Qanes. (Image: Vanessa Beeley)
I asked the Ambassador which countries he considered to be allies of Yemen in their battle against the neo-colonialist projects led by the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel. The Ambassador responded:
Yemen is fighting a war against a Gulf State coalition led by the US, UK, Israel and the EU. The same coalition that has been waging a war of aggression against Syria since 2011. These two criminal war projects are supported internationally despite the reality that they are nothing more than neo-colonialist campaigns aligned with international terrorist groups to achieve their destabilisation aims. There has been a fundamental change in American policy. Previously the US would fight on behalf of her tools, now she deploys her tools to fight on behalf of the US and takes money in exchange for their engagement in wars orchestrated by the US. Within this equation, we consider that the Axis of Resistance is our strategic ally. Even if not present with us on the battle frontlines, it is fighting the same enemy on other fronts as in Syria, for example. Syria has confronted an international 'world war' on its territory. Hashd Al Shaabi in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the genuine Palestinian resistance facing international Zionist terrorism and Iran is, for us, the leader of this axis. These are our strategic allies in the region and they provide logistic, moral and media support for the Yemeni resistance movement. Our international allies are those who also challenge the imperialist projects in their countries - Venezuela, DPRK and all truly 'free' countries around the world. I believe the more countries that align to defeat imperialism, the weaker this project becomes. Russia has a pivotal role inside Syria but has played no role in supporting Yemen. Of course, we hope that Russia will eventually balance their role throughout the region and will restore the much-needed equilibrium to all Arab nations and act as a necessary counter to the US-led supremacy and hegemony in our region.
The role of the UN in maintaining the “humanitarian” blockade.
Mona Relief 1/4/2016: Bani Quis, Hajjah, Northern Yemen on border with Saudi Arabia.
My final question to the Ambassador brings us full circle to the start of this article - the UN involvement in the collective punishment of the Yemeni people, a role they also played previously in Iraq. The Ambassador expanded on the response from the Health Ministry spokesperson:
If we wish to understand the role of the UN in this war, we have to refer to the resolutions on Yemen. Resolutions based on the conditions of the aggression, not on the reality of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen. Resolution 2216 has effectively legitimized every punitive measure against the Yemeni people since the beginning of the war in March 2015 - the land, sea and air blockade. All UN resolutions have had a negative impact on Yemen. We saw nothing but hollow rhetoric from the UN, meaningless appeals to 'lift the blockade' or to open the airport in Sanaa. Thousands of people would have been able to go abroad for medical treatment, thousands of lives would have been saved, thousands died because of this criminal closure of a lifeline airport. Yemeni ports are subject to aggressive measures by the Saudi coalition, food and medicines cannot enter Yemen without permission from the aggressor countries, not from the UN. (My note: the UN actually ensures further delays through its 'Verification and Inspection' mechanism). Humanitarian aid destined for the Yemeni people does not reach its intended destination without being pillaged and decimated by UN employees and donor organisations who benefit from an estimated 80% of this 'aid'. Of the remaining 20%, much of the food arrives rotting and inedible, not even suitable for animal consumption. This is the role of the UN in Yemen. From our perspective, the best of former UN envoys was Jamal Benomar and the worst was Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad. Jamal Benomar was adamant, in 2015, that Yemenis were reaching political resolution and that the Saudi aggression was designed to disrupt Yemeni self-determination. I was, personally, a member of the political negotiating team. The dialogue took place in the Movenpick Hotel under the supervision of Benomar. One day before the unexpected Saudi aggression, we had agreed on forming a political representative committee, the Presidential committee, which consisted of five members representing the four major political factions - Al Mushtarak (Joint Meeting Party JMP), Al-Mo’tamar (The General People’s Congress Party GPC), Ansarullah and the Southern Movement. The President would be nominated by the four parties. We had agreed on the mechanism and it was presumed that names would be immediately submitted. This was the day before the Saudi campaign of aggression was launched on the 25th March 2015. The agreement stipulated that these names should be provided on the 25th March. Ansarullah, GPC, the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party and the Federation of the Yemeni Popular Forces nominated and agreed upon the former Yemeni President - Ali Nasir Mohammad. The Muslim Brotherhood factions and Nasserists objected, so we postponed the selection process pending the nomination of their preferred candidate. After each party candidate nomination, we decreed that if a decision could not be agreed upon, we would leave the choice to the UN to decide between the two candidates. It must be noted that the majority, in addition to a percentage of the Socialist Party and the Southern Movement, had agreed with our selection, Ali Nasir Mohammad. The appointment was scheduled for the next day at 12pm. The dawn of the same day, the Saudi coalition began bombing Yemen. Jamal Benomar included these events in his UN briefing but was ignored and the five year campaign to obliterate Yemeni infrastructure, history, culture and heritage began, the five year bloodshed of the Yemeni people began and has continued, unimpeded by the UN, to this day.
What will be the outcome of the US-led war against Yemen and the region?
To conclude our meeting I asked the Ambassador what he believed would be the outcome of these wars being waged in the region, against progressive, socialist leaning, resource-rich nations, by the neo-colonialist alliance dominated by the US and Israel.
It is clear that Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to exit from this war that is a drain on resources but they are not the decision maker - Washington and Tel-Aviv determine the prolongation of this war and will maintain the aggression until their desired agenda is met. The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani also catalysed change in the region, this criminal act destabilised US supremacy in this region. Today, we are witnessing the Iraqi people making their own decisions and challenging the US occupation, demanding that the US get out of Iraq. After the US is forced to depart, the balance of power will shift and the US presence in the region will be severely reduced. All these factors might bring the war in Yemen to an end. I am optimistic that it will end in 2020. The US and Saudi Arabia have attempted to escalate the aggression to get the upper hand in negotiations but the reality is that Yemen has turned the tables on them militarily and their position is weaker than before.
I hope, for the sake of the Yemeni people, that your analysis is proven correct. Yemen deserves peace and stability and to lift from its neck the yoke of US-sponsored Saudi oppression and corruption.


ukcolumn--2020-03-06--UK Column News - 6th March 2020

UK Column News - 6th March 2020

Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson will be joined by Mark Anderson for today 's UK Column News .
START – European defence and security : news arriving from all sides The big bad bogieman is still Russia… Brookings Institute : Mark Anderson asks an awkward question Tobias Ellwood : we must continue to work with the EU on defence and security Brexit – but we seem desperate to get back into the EU ’ s Galileo project UK-EU future relationship negotiations begin – security and defence not listed… NATO ’ s top cyber capability is located in Estonia Ben Wallis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ben Wallis : war is peace in the modern world…perpetual war is the new constant 1984 : continuously reinventing a new bogieman as required… A huge rise in Islamic extremism in the African Sahel : it ’ s just a coincidence None of Ben Wallis ’ s comments have been debated in the Houses of Parliament Who is really running UK defence and foreign policy… ?
Who runs the Atlantic Council ‘ think tank ’ … ?
26:35 – Second Atlantic Council meeting : Completing Europe Latest ‘ globalese ’ : Great Power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rival is Russia ) Three Seas Initiative : cross-border security , transportation & digital infrastructure 32:50 – CoronaVirus : recovery rates expected to be high , health experts say Recovery rates are not being publicised by the MainStream Media Fearmongering : MSM has been hyping up the dangers to instill fear in the public Testing regime for CoronaVirus not completely trustworthy – false positives common Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty : 600,000 people in the UK could perish… Misinformation : the statistics are being used incorrectly when studied carefully No context between deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and tuberculosis Is the CoronaVirus man-made…are vaccines the answer… ?
BBC CoronaVirus fest : nothing else matters… BBC puts story from August 2019 on main page to further drive the fear factor Rob Ryder : member of the public questions UK government vaccine policy Diptheria and Tuberculosis death rates were already falling before vaccinations began Why is a WHO Vaccine Safety Summit needed if vaccines are safe… ?

Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson will be joined by Mark Anderson for today's UK Column News.
START – European defence and security: news arriving from all sides
The big bad bogieman is still Russia…
Brookings Institute: Mark Anderson asks an awkward question
Tobias Ellwood: we must continue to work with the EU on defence and security
Brexit – but we seem desperate to get back into the EU’s Galileo project
UK-EU future relationship negotiations begin – security and defence not listed…
NATO’s top cyber capability is located in Estonia
Ben Wallis visits the Atlantic Council in Washington DC
Ben Wallis: war is peace in the modern world…perpetual war is the new constant
1984: continuously reinventing a new bogieman as required…
A huge rise in Islamic extremism in the African Sahel: it’s just a coincidence
None of Ben Wallis’s comments have been debated in the Houses of Parliament
Who is really running UK defence and foreign policy…?
Who runs the Atlantic Council ‘think tank’…?
26:35 – Second Atlantic Council meeting: Completing Europe
Latest ‘globalese’: Great Power Competition (no surprise – the main rival is Russia)
Three Seas Initiative: cross-border security, transportation & digital infrastructure
32:50 – CoronaVirus: recovery rates expected to be high, health experts say
Recovery rates are not being publicised by the MainStream Media
Fearmongering: MSM has been hyping up the dangers to instill fear in the public
Testing regime for CoronaVirus not completely trustworthy – false positives common
Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty: 600,000 people in the UK could perish…
Misinformation: the statistics are being used incorrectly when studied carefully
No context between deaths from CV against deaths from seasonal flu and tuberculosis
Is the CoronaVirus man-made…are vaccines the answer…?
BBC CoronaVirus fest: nothing else matters…
BBC puts story from August 2019 on main page to further drive the fear factor
Rob Ryder: member of the public questions UK government vaccine policy
Diptheria and Tuberculosis death rates were already falling before vaccinations began
Why is a WHO Vaccine Safety Summit needed if vaccines are safe…?


ukcolumn--2020-03-04--UKC Special Edition: MH17 Revelations

UKC Special Edition: MH17 Revelations

Patrick Henningsen speaks to Bonanza Media 's Max van der Worff and Yana Yerlashova about the upcoming MH17 trial .

Patrick Henningsen speaks to Bonanza Media's Max van der Worff and Yana Yerlashova about the upcoming MH17 trial.
Bonanza Media Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZIvTog-vp3wXHiFj61NIA
Bonanza Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/bonanzamedia2


ukcolumn--2020-03-02--UK Column News - 2nd March 2020

UK Column News - 2nd March 2020

START – Syria : Turkey ’ s Erdogan calls for meeting with Russia ’ s President Putin 8100 Turkish soldiers have illegally entered Syria ’ s Idlib province Syrian Army has successfully defended itself against Turkish drone strikes Syrian is perfectly entitled to defend its sovereign territory Turkey and Israel are deliberately prolonging the Syrian conflict MainStream Media still bombarding viewers & readers with white helmets worship… White helmets only operate inside terrorist-held areas… Nobody can exist within terrorist-held areas unless they are friendly with the terrorists Food and medical supplies in white helmet areas supplied by Israel among others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with France on behalf of UN EC President Von Der Leyen : Africa is a place we need to be able to act as Europeans Teflon Tony also very outspoken on the need to ‘ help ’ the Sahel… Coincidentally , the Sahel has the fastest growing rate of Islamic insurgency 27:50 – MH17 Awaiting Trial event : 3 March , Conway Hall , London WC1 Britain commits to new nukes Russia expects a response to Putin ’ s proposal to extend New Start without preconditions US President Trump : arms control is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Commander US-European Command/NATO : I ’ m a fan of flexible first use policy… Who is actually controlling the US Defense Department and US State Department… ?
33:23 – Priti Patel : at war with the Civil Service Mark Sedwill ( head of everything ) to launch independent inquiry into Patel… ?
Boris needs to continue to drain the swamp… Scottish political warfare : SNP MP Cherry – claims I dislike Nicola just idle speculation 10 % of SNP MPs have announced their retirement in the last week… Some of them accused of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fury after SNP MP defends visit to primary school by drag queen called ‘ FlowJob ’ Daily Record : parental concern over drag acts is ‘ non-rational parental anxiety ’ … This is not about education , it is about promoting queer ideology to change society 45:18 – SNP ’ s Ian Blackford urges £100 million spend on ailing BBC channels… Reinforcing failure : why is no one watching the BBC any longer… ?
Scottish BBC News at 9pm only watched by 2700 viewers…

Mike Robinson and David Scott with today's UK Column News.
START – Syria: Turkey’s Erdogan calls for meeting with Russia’s President Putin
8100 Turkish soldiers have illegally entered Syria’s Idlib province
Syrian Army has successfully defended itself against Turkish drone strikes
Syrian is perfectly entitled to defend its sovereign territory
Turkey and Israel are deliberately prolonging the Syrian conflict
MainStream Media still bombarding viewers & readers with white helmets worship…
White helmets only operate inside terrorist-held areas…
Nobody can exist within terrorist-held areas unless they are friendly with the terrorists
Food and medical supplies in white helmet areas supplied by Israel among others
22:14 – Britain in the Sahel along with France on behalf of UN
EC President Von Der Leyen: Africa is a place we need to be able to act as Europeans
Teflon Tony also very outspoken on the need to ‘help’ the Sahel…
Coincidentally, the Sahel has the fastest growing rate of Islamic insurgency
27:50 – MH17 Awaiting Trial event: 3 March, Conway Hall, London WC1
Britain commits to new nukes
Russia expects a response to Putin’s proposal to extend New Start without preconditions
US President Trump: arms control is a very smart thing for all involved
Commander US-European Command/NATO: I’m a fan of flexible first use policy…
Who is actually controlling the US Defense Department and US State Department…?
33:23 – Priti Patel: at war with the Civil Service
Mark Sedwill (head of everything) to launch independent inquiry into Patel…?
Boris needs to continue to drain the swamp…
Scottish political warfare: SNP MP Cherry – claims I dislike Nicola just idle speculation
10% of SNP MPs have announced their retirement in the last week…
Some of them accused of connections to grooming and child abuse cover-up
Fury after SNP MP defends visit to primary school by drag queen called ‘FlowJob’
Daily Record: parental concern over drag acts is ‘non-rational parental anxiety’…
This is not about education, it is about promoting queer ideology to change society
45:18 – SNP’s Ian Blackford urges £100 million spend on ailing BBC channels…
Reinforcing failure: why is no one watching the BBC any longer…?
Scottish BBC News at 9pm only watched by 2700 viewers…


ukcolumn--2020-03-16--UK Column News - 16th March 2020

UK Column News - 16th March 2020

START – CoronaVirus ( COVID-19 ) statistics to date Boris gives suggested advice but doesn ’ t close UK down Boris to hold daily press briefings for the near future to provide updated advice UK government approach is different to other countries who have major shutdowns Similar approach taken by Singapore , Taiwan & Hong Kong – virus is under control A look at the average death rate from various viruses worldwide : CV well below TB The political reaction across the world is unprecedented for the danger involved CoronaVirus and climate change : the same solutions apply… ?
UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points about the CV data being used Extinction Rebellion hijacks CoronaVirus : YouTube Christian Calgie Extinction Rebellion suggests marxism and communism are the way forward… BBC gets hot under the collar over people who challenge the official CV narrative BBC article writer suggests that the BBC and CNN are widely trusted… France set up a High Security Lab in Wuhan , China in 2011 FTSE 100 now below 5000 , US Federal Reserve drops interest rate to zero Carnage : Bank Of England now under new leadership 38:46 – British Army acquires five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of transport regulatory review – call for evidence 41:30 – OFCOM/ICO giving evidence – a discussion of online political advertising Online Harms legislation to be used to control election interference 42:55 – Alex Salmond on trial : update 45:16 – Scottish Family Party brings up disturbing video being used to teach children The Scottish government are advocating porn to teach children…

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and David Scott with today's UK Column News.
START – CoronaVirus (COVID-19) statistics to date
Boris gives suggested advice but doesn’t close UK down
Boris to hold daily press briefings for the near future to provide updated advice
UK government approach is different to other countries who have major shutdowns
Similar approach taken by Singapore, Taiwan & Hong Kong – virus is under control
A look at the average death rate from various viruses worldwide: CV well below TB
The political reaction across the world is unprecedented for the danger involved
CoronaVirus and climate change: the same solutions apply…?
UK Column viewer brings up some very salient points about the CV data being used
Extinction Rebellion hijacks CoronaVirus: YouTube Christian Calgie
Extinction Rebellion suggests marxism and communism are the way forward…
BBC gets hot under the collar over people who challenge the official CV narrative
BBC article writer suggests that the BBC and CNN are widely trusted…
France set up a High Security Lab in Wuhan, China in 2011
FTSE 100 now below 5000, US Federal Reserve drops interest rate to zero
Carnage: Bank Of England now under new leadership
38:46 – British Army acquires five new unmanned AI vehicles
DoT: future of transport regulatory review – call for evidence
41:30 – OFCOM/ICO giving evidence – a discussion of online political advertising
Online Harms legislation to be used to control election interference
42:55 – Alex Salmond on trial: update
45:16 – Scottish Family Party brings up disturbing video being used to teach children
The Scottish government are advocating porn to teach children…


ukcolumn--2020-03-18--UK Column News - 18th March 2020

UK Column News - 18th March 2020

START – CoronaVirus : statistics to date Boris : first daily briefing yesterday CoronaVirus Bill is going through parliament A look at the French response to CoronaVirus Dutch to adopt controversial ‘ herd immunity ’ strategy… ?
Extreme measures undertaken in the Netherlands for an ‘ ordinary ’ virus Dutch hospital experiment : will TB vaccine help healthcare workers fight CV… ?
A look at the Norwegian , Danish and German responses to CoronaVirus 48 hours ago Germans told : no curtailing of liberties…now liberties are curtailed Who is really deciding what measures are being put in place across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Italian response to CoronaVirus CV in the USA : 77-day extension of surveillance bill…the nation looks the other way Many of these ‘ emergency ’ bills are put in place and never revoked… 27:55 – A close look at the CoronaVirus statistics and how they are ( mis ) used Some medical doctors express concern over the wave of fear induced in the masses Medical experts warned of skewing of statistics by not updating China data Can we trust the experts sold to us by the MainStream Media… ?
Why is there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates… ?
US military suggests that flu jab is not safe… ?
The elderly are much more susceptible to CV – because they have the most flu jabs… ?
Imperial College London : Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium 40:43 – UK Column meeting tonight cancelled… MI5 : Hostile State Activity Assessment Priti Patel : serious threat from states who seek to undermine & destabilise this country Peter Hofschröer case : an update 47:34 – UK Campaign for Monetary Reform letter from 1993 A look at the Bradbury Pound Mike pressed the wrong button at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the video he mentioned :

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and Alex Thomson with today's UK Column News.
START – CoronaVirus: statistics to date
Boris: first daily briefing yesterday
CoronaVirus Bill is going through parliament
A look at the French response to CoronaVirus
Dutch to adopt controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy…?
Extreme measures undertaken in the Netherlands for an ‘ordinary’ virus
Dutch hospital experiment: will TB vaccine help healthcare workers fight CV…?
A look at the Norwegian, Danish and German responses to CoronaVirus
48 hours ago Germans told: no curtailing of liberties…now liberties are curtailed
Who is really deciding what measures are being put in place across the world…?
A look at the Austrian and Italian response to CoronaVirus
CV in the USA: 77-day extension of surveillance bill…the nation looks the other way
Many of these ‘emergency’ bills are put in place and never revoked…
27:55 – A close look at the CoronaVirus statistics and how they are (mis) used
Some medical doctors express concern over the wave of fear induced in the masses
Medical experts warned of skewing of statistics by not updating China data
Can we trust the experts sold to us by the MainStream Media…?
Why is there so much hype for such low death rates…?
US military suggests that flu jab is not safe…?
The elderly are much more susceptible to CV – because they have the most flu jabs…?
Imperial College London: Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium
40:43 – UK Column meeting tonight cancelled…
MI5: Hostile State Activity Assessment
Priti Patel: serious threat from states who seek to undermine & destabilise this country
Peter Hofschröer case: an update
47:34 – UK Campaign for Monetary Reform letter from 1993
A look at the Bradbury Pound
Mike pressed the wrong button at the end of the programme ... Here is the video he mentioned:


ukcolumn--2020-03-20--UK Column News - 20th March 2020

UK Column News - 20th March 2020

START – CoronaVirus statistics update CoronaVirus Bill now published and ‘ compatible with human rights ’ CV Bill designed to expire two years from the date it is passed…or not… ?
Many of the CV Bill clauses will never expire and will remain in perpetuity UK Armed Forces : government tries to soften perception of soldiers on the street NHS : your NHS needs you to tackle greatest global health threat in history NHS easing qualification requirements for front line staff… Ecuadorian hysteria : authorities block runway to prevent aircraft landing 16:03 – Mail online : CoronaVirus clickbait and fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely dwarf CoronaVirus statistics Social distancing is already beginning to create social breakdown MainStream Media will have to face the public for their coverage after CV is over Many Asian nations are not reacting hysterically…why is it only the west… ?
Is Chloroquine malaria treatment the key to beating CoronaVirus… ?
Germany : why are they faring relatively well compared to other EU countries… ?
Italy : 99 % of those who died from CoronaVirus had other illnesses… UK to start CoronaVirus vaccine trials next month CoronaVirus Statistics need far closer examination to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ huge text message campaigns spread CV fake news Whatsapp also under attack : ‘ a petri dish of CoronaVirus misinformation ’ EFF : the Earn It Bill is the government ’ s plan to scan every online message… It ’ s another example of government using a crisis to advance anti-privacy legislation It is abundantly clear now that the MSM is a fully coordinated government channel 21 Wire : 10 years of archived articles were erased from Facebook… YouTube : fewer human reviews due to CV , automated AI will censor you instead… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or truth… ?
Who benefits… ?
Central banks seem to be gaining more power from the CV panic Bank of England pushing universal credit again amongst other things Bono and CoronaVirus : a deadly combination… Public Safety Alert : OJ Simpson says he will go ‘ crazy ’ if all golf courses are closed

Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with today's UK Column News.
START – CoronaVirus statistics update
CoronaVirus Bill now published and ‘compatible with human rights’
CV Bill designed to expire two years from the date it is passed…or not…?
Many of the CV Bill clauses will never expire and will remain in perpetuity
UK Armed Forces: government tries to soften perception of soldiers on the street
NHS: your NHS needs you to tackle greatest global health threat in history
NHS easing qualification requirements for front line staff…
Ecuadorian hysteria: authorities block runway to prevent aircraft landing
16:03 – Mail online: CoronaVirus clickbait and fear porn pedlars
Regular seasonal flu numbers still completely dwarf CoronaVirus statistics
Social distancing is already beginning to create social breakdown
MainStream Media will have to face the public for their coverage after CV is over
Many Asian nations are not reacting hysterically…why is it only the west…?
Is Chloroquine malaria treatment the key to beating CoronaVirus…?
Germany: why are they faring relatively well compared to other EU countries…?
Italy: 99% of those who died from CoronaVirus had other illnesses…
UK to start CoronaVirus vaccine trials next month
CoronaVirus Statistics need far closer examination to really be useful
36:54 – Censorship: huge text message campaigns spread CV fake news
Whatsapp also under attack: ‘a petri dish of CoronaVirus misinformation’
EFF: the Earn It Bill is the government’s plan to scan every online message…
It’s another example of government using a crisis to advance anti-privacy legislation
It is abundantly clear now that the MSM is a fully coordinated government channel
21 Wire: 10 years of archived articles were erased from Facebook…
YouTube: fewer human reviews due to CV, automated AI will censor you instead…
46:18 – Mahmoud ElAwadi video: disinformation or truth…? Who benefits…?
Central banks seem to be gaining more power from the CV panic
Bank of England pushing universal credit again amongst other things
Bono and CoronaVirus: a deadly combination…
Public Safety Alert: OJ Simpson says he will go ‘crazy’ if all golf courses are closed


ukcolumn--2020-03-25--UK Column News - 25th March 2020

UK Column News - 25th March 2020

START – CoronaVirus statistics update Public Health England : status of COVID-19 PHE : COVID-19 no longer considered to be a High Consequence Infectious Disease MainStream Media : no coverage of PHE ’ s status update… UK Column asks questions of the BBC Plymouth MP Johnny Mercer continues to ignore the PHE status update Professor Peter Getzsche article – Corona : an epidemic of mass panic Former Israeli Health Minister Yoram Lass article : lockdown lunacy A number of other articles are now appearing questioning the advice being given CoronaVirus statistics being manipulated and misused to create fear and panic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many NHS staff have or have had COVID-19… ?
24:43 – CoronaVirus Bill to be passed today with royal assent Bill designed to expire after 2 years except for… Who is really governing the UK… ?
Is a ‘ covid coalition ’ government coming… ?
30:20 – BBC : CoronaVirus – the new jobless struggle to claim benefits Is CoronaVirus being used to push through socialism… ?
National Emergencies Trust : first registered 4 April 2019 The ‘ independent ’ National Emergencies Trust – a look at their board 34:39 – ‘ Fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available… 36:18 – Government Chemist Conference 2020 : on hold due to CoronaVirus Conference details : artificial manufacturing of food products

Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson with today's UK Column News.
START – CoronaVirus statistics update
Public Health England: status of COVID-19
PHE: COVID-19 no longer considered to be a High Consequence Infectious Disease
MainStream Media: no coverage of PHE’s status update…
UK Column asks questions of the BBC
Plymouth MP Johnny Mercer continues to ignore the PHE status update
Professor Peter Getzsche article – Corona: an epidemic of mass panic
Former Israeli Health Minister Yoram Lass article: lockdown lunacy
A number of other articles are now appearing questioning the advice being given
CoronaVirus statistics being manipulated and misused to create fear and panic
19:16 – The big question: how many NHS staff have or have had COVID-19…?
24:43 – CoronaVirus Bill to be passed today with royal assent
Bill designed to expire after 2 years except for…
Who is really governing the UK…? Is a ‘covid coalition’ government coming…?
30:20 – BBC: CoronaVirus – the new jobless struggle to claim benefits
Is CoronaVirus being used to push through socialism…?
National Emergencies Trust: first registered 4 April 2019
The ‘independent’ National Emergencies Trust – a look at their board
34:39 – ‘Fact checkers’ FullFact: government secondments now available…
36:18 – Government Chemist Conference 2020: on hold due to CoronaVirus
Conference details: artificial manufacturing of food products


ukcolumn--2020-04-17--Coronavirus: German dissident lawyer provides an intriguing sequel

Since our first article on Beate Bahner , the medical lawyer who shot to international attention with her descriptions of police brutality and psychiatric internment for her calls upon the German people to protest against unconstitutional Coronavirus containment measures , the German mainstream and alternative media have been carrying a raft of claims and counter-claims about the story , including that Ms Bahner told the crowds assembled to protest at the Heidelberg criminal police headquarters that she had acquired her head and knee injuries in a `` drunken fall from her bicycle '' ( a claim for which we can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current confusion , we present below without comment Ms Bahner 's own latest statement of Thursday 16 April 2020 on her police interview of the previous day .
On Wednesday 15 April 2020 , Beate Bahner attended her appointment to be interviewed by Heidelberg Police Department .
When offered legal assistance by the police for the appointment , she expressly declined it .
Since she was not personally handed her interview report but can only obtain it by lodging a request to view it at the state prosecutor 's office , what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview in summary .
The police official first explained that prosecution proceedings had been initiated against her pursuant to her breach of the Coronavirus Regulations of all 16 federal states as well as her call to demonstrate on Easter Saturday 2020 , since she had thereby perpetrated public incitement to commit criminal acts within the meaning of Article 111 of the Penal Code .
First , Bahner emphatically confirmed that this call had been made by her alone , and that her home page was operated by her alone ; no-one besides her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to it .
Then , the police official explained that there was a schedule of fines in place for infringement of the Coronavirus Regulations .
These regulations were based , he said , on Article 28 of the Infection Prevention Act .
Bahner replied that regrettably , she was not yet familiar with the Infection Prevention Act [ as recently amended ] .
She then expressed herself as follows : '' May I first extend my apologies to the police and the state prosecutor 's office for the major uproar that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police were so very bothered by the presence of around 200 people in front of police headquarters at 1 pm .
All I did was call for support , since I was not confident of my standing in the new legal régime .
Actually , I was on holiday for the past fortnight .
I was undertaking several city trips , between each of which I was only briefly back in Heidelberg .
In the first two weeks of April , I was first in Berlin , visiting museums and opera houses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , particularly to take in the Louvre and enjoy a cruise down the Seine .
No sooner was I back in Heidelberg than I flew to London , to visit more friends , rummage in fancy stores , enjoy the grand museums and attend the Royal Opera House . ''
Bahner then reiterated how sorry she was : she had barely been away for two weeks and so much had changed in the world of law .
In normal times , she had consulted the Federal Law Gazette daily to keep abreast of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to conduct herself lawfully and legally , and to behave rationally in both her professional and private life .
Now , she had only taken a short vacation and was having to get to grips with the biggest legal development of her entire lifetime .
Nevertheless , she pleaded extenuating circumstances in this case .
For one thing , this was the first time she had ever become such a flagrant lawbreaker .
For another , she was as yet unable to locate the statutory offence `` demonstrating/assembling/collecting in a public place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she once again offered her apologies for all these circumstances , while also promising to delete the names of the investigating police officers from both of the police documents [ which the police had sent her ] .
Admittedly , there were no grounds for this in data protection legislation , particularly since the police officer in question had evidently been bombarded with hundreds of telephone calls a day since publication .
With that in mind , Bahner repeated her apologies for the breach of data protection law , even though the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear to her .
The rest of the conversation took place in a pleasant , friendly atmosphere , in the presence of two non-legal counsels .
The interview lasted about half an hour .
Enquiries will now continue .
It may be that they result in a charge for breach of Article 111 .
Alternatively , the outcome may be an order for summary punishment or a suspension of proceedings on condition of bail .
Finally , also under consideration is a stay of proceedings due to insufficient evidence to substantiate the suspicion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Criminal Procedure Code .
That option , however , is essentially off the table , given that the charge is calling upon 83 million people to commit a criminal offence .

Since our first article on Beate Bahner, the medical lawyer who shot to international attention with her descriptions of police brutality and psychiatric internment for her calls upon the German people to protest against unconstitutional Coronavirus containment measures, the German mainstream and alternative media have been carrying a raft of claims and counter-claims about the story, including that Ms Bahner told the crowds assembled to protest at the Heidelberg criminal police headquarters that she had acquired her head and knee injuries in a "drunken fall from her bicycle" (a claim for which we can find no primary source).
In the current confusion, we present below without comment Ms Bahner's own latest statement of Thursday 16 April 2020 on her police interview of the previous day.
On Wednesday 15 April 2020, Beate Bahner attended her appointment to be interviewed by Heidelberg Police Department. When offered legal assistance by the police for the appointment, she expressly declined it. Since she was not personally handed her interview report but can only obtain it by lodging a request to view it at the state prosecutor's office, what follows is only her recollection of the interview in summary.
The police official first explained that prosecution proceedings had been initiated against her pursuant to her breach of the Coronavirus Regulations of all 16 federal states as well as her call to demonstrate on Easter Saturday 2020, since she had thereby perpetrated public incitement to commit criminal acts within the meaning of Article 111 of the Penal Code.
First, Bahner emphatically confirmed that this call had been made by her alone, and that her home page was operated by her alone; no-one besides her and her secretary had [editing] access to it.
Then, the police official explained that there was a schedule of fines in place for infringement of the Coronavirus Regulations. These regulations were based, he said, on Article 28 of the Infection Prevention Act.
Bahner replied that regrettably, she was not yet familiar with the Infection Prevention Act [as recently amended].
She then expressed herself as follows:
"May I first extend my apologies to the police and the state prosecutor's office for the major uproar that I have caused. I am sorry that the police were so very bothered by the presence of around 200 people in front of police headquarters at 1 pm. All I did was call for support, since I was not confident of my standing in the new legal régime.
Actually, I was on holiday for the past fortnight. I was undertaking several city trips, between each of which I was only briefly back in Heidelberg.
In the first two weeks of April, I was first in Berlin, visiting museums and opera houses.
Then, I went to Paris, particularly to take in the Louvre and enjoy a cruise down the Seine.
No sooner was I back in Heidelberg than I flew to London, to visit more friends, rummage in fancy stores, enjoy the grand museums and attend the Royal Opera House."
Bahner then reiterated how sorry she was: she had barely been away for two weeks and so much had changed in the world of law. In normal times, she had consulted the Federal Law Gazette daily to keep abreast of developments. In addition, she always tried to conduct herself lawfully and legally, and to behave rationally in both her professional and private life.
Now, she had only taken a short vacation and was having to get to grips with the biggest legal development of her entire lifetime.
Nevertheless, she pleaded extenuating circumstances in this case. For one thing, this was the first time she had ever become such a flagrant lawbreaker.
For another, she was as yet unable to locate the statutory offence "demonstrating/assembling/collecting in a public place" in the Penal Code. Accordingly, she once again offered her apologies for all these circumstances, while also promising to delete the names of the investigating police officers from both of the police documents [which the police had sent her]. Admittedly, there were no grounds for this in data protection legislation, particularly since the police officer in question had evidently been bombarded with hundreds of telephone calls a day since publication. With that in mind, Bahner repeated her apologies for the breach of data protection law, even though the nature of the breach had not been clear to her.
The rest of the conversation took place in a pleasant, friendly atmosphere, in the presence of two non-legal counsels. The interview lasted about half an hour.
Enquiries will now continue. It may be that they result in a charge for breach of Article 111. Alternatively, the outcome may be an order for summary punishment or a suspension of proceedings on condition of bail. Finally, also under consideration is a stay of proceedings due to insufficient evidence to substantiate the suspicion, as per Article 170.2 of the Criminal Procedure Code. That option, however, is essentially off the table, given that the charge is calling upon 83 million people to commit a criminal offence.


ukcolumn--2020-04-17--UKC News - 17 Apr 20: Coronavirus, a second peak?

Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with today 's UK Column News , bringing you the latest Coronavirus updates .
START – CoronaVirus statistics update Dominic Raab : a change in social distancing will risk increase in spread of CV Current measures to stay in place for the next three weeks… Express : economic meltdown after CV is set to end more lives than the disease itself Why are UK and USA figures going in a different direction to other countries… ?
Justification for lockdown being driven by ‘ experts ’ - Stephen Fry asks questions Public health ‘ expert ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at lockdown countries versus non-lockdown countries Lockdown is about ‘ saving lives ’ but non-lockdown death rates are much lower… Economy : is the lockdown an excuse to conceal another agenda entirely… ?
USA : Michigan Governor under fire from public over increase in lockdown rules Conversely the state of Nebraska ( among others ) has no lockdown Deaths per million is far lower in non-lockdown areas… UK police update allowed activities during lockdown – none are covered by law PoliceHour website struggles with basic grammar in their recommendations UK exit strategy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – a phased reopening Teflon Tony ’ s Institute for Global Change provides their own exit strategies… Why is the west taking China ’ s lead – will exit strategies end civil liberties forever… ?
21 Wire article : COVID-19 by design – ushering in automation , AI & 4th industrial revolution Canada ’ s Trudeau : remain vigilant…until such a time as a vaccine is found… 46:28 – NHS : track and trace App for CV patients being ushered in A look at the NHS partners : Microsoft , Palantir , Amazon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Medium : how the CoronaVirus is driving new surveillance programs around the world 50:14 – US President Trump holds press conference : journalists sit far apart UK parliament still closed until 21 April then questions to be asked via videolink Imperial College London launches COVID-19 model for data hounds Modelling not a real science…why not compare control group against previous models… ?
Why not compare lockdown countries to non-lockdown countries… ?

Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with today's UK Column News, bringing you the latest Coronavirus updates.
START – CoronaVirus statistics update
Dominic Raab: a change in social distancing will risk increase in spread of CV
Current measures to stay in place for the next three weeks…
Express: economic meltdown after CV is set to end more lives than the disease itself
Why are UK and USA figures going in a different direction to other countries…?
Justification for lockdown being driven by ‘experts’ - Stephen Fry asks questions
Public health ‘expert’ - meet Anthony Costello
Statistics: a look at lockdown countries versus non-lockdown countries
Lockdown is about ‘saving lives’ but non-lockdown death rates are much lower…
Economy: is the lockdown an excuse to conceal another agenda entirely…?
USA: Michigan Governor under fire from public over increase in lockdown rules
Conversely the state of Nebraska (among others) has no lockdown
Deaths per million is far lower in non-lockdown areas…
UK police update allowed activities during lockdown – none are covered by law
PoliceHour website struggles with basic grammar in their recommendations
UK exit strategy: leaving lockdown & rebooting the economy – a phased reopening
Teflon Tony’s Institute for Global Change provides their own exit strategies…
Why is the west taking China’s lead – will exit strategies end civil liberties forever…?
21 Wire article: COVID-19 by design – ushering in automation, AI & 4th industrial revolution
Canada’s Trudeau: remain vigilant…until such a time as a vaccine is found…
46:28 – NHS: track and trace App for CV patients being ushered in
A look at the NHS partners: Microsoft, Palantir, Amazon (AWS), Faculty, Google…
Medium: how the CoronaVirus is driving new surveillance programs around the world
50:14 – US President Trump holds press conference: journalists sit far apart
UK parliament still closed until 21 April then questions to be asked via videolink
Imperial College London launches COVID-19 model for data hounds
Modelling not a real science…why not compare control group against previous models…?
Why not compare lockdown countries to non-lockdown countries…?


ukcolumn--2020-04-20--UK Column News - 20th April 2020

UK Column News - 20th April 2020

Brian Gerrish , Mike Robinson and David Scott with today 's UK Column News , bringing you the latest Coronavirus updates .
START – It goes on : CoronaVirus statistics update UK government launches CoronaVirus job retention scheme Chancellor supports parts of economy which are parasitic on the productive economy This makes no sense unless it is deliberate policy to destroy the economy… Deloitte produces economic impact and policy responses document UK ‘ base case ’ implies sharpest fall in UK activity in a century It could take many years for the economy to re-organise itself ISER study : new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK jobs None of these studies mentions the huge elephant in the room : debt 10:36 – Union seeks legal immunity for NHS medics in pandemic Bill Gates wants medical indemnity worldwide… Lockdown death spike being caused by alcohol consumption… ?
Lockdown Masterplan : scientists draw up traffic light system to ease UK out of lockdown 17:09 – S. Korea , Iceland , Germany & Denmark show CV levels 20 times lower than estimates Off Guardian : many experts questioning CoronaVirus panic Italy : 99 % of those who died from CoronaVirus had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) : Africa could be next CoronaVirus epicentre Free speech in Britain ‘ under attack ’ warns Toby Young as he promotes new group Real concerns or deliberate behavioural change agents…meet the Free Speech Union Imperial College London : telling us what to think – Mindspace This opens the government up to charges of manipulation Posting anti-vaccine ‘ propaganda ’ on social media could become a criminal offence You ’ re working from home but your company is still watching you Google and Apple : privacy-preserving contact tracing 32:53 – Bill Gates ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Statistics… New Microsoft cryptocurrency system plans to utilise human body activity for mining Stay home rules or law : UK government produces new rules for non-compliance Daily Mirror : conditions at CV hospital NHS Nightingale ‘ as tough as war zone ’ Tavistock Day Case Theatre ( Devon ) : produces dance video – video quickly removed Many critical diseases not being properly treated because of CoronaVirus Book recommendations : Inventing the Aids Virus by Peter H. Duesberg Also , Virus Mania by Torsten Engelbrecht and Claus Köhnlein While nobody ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be allowed… ?
Parliament not involved in the decision – how many other laws are changing… ?
Do we have a government and Prime Minister at the moment… ?
Is the best scientific advice really coming from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… ?

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and David Scott with today's UK Column News, bringing you the latest Coronavirus updates.
START – It goes on: CoronaVirus statistics update
UK government launches CoronaVirus job retention scheme
Chancellor supports parts of economy which are parasitic on the productive economy
This makes no sense unless it is deliberate policy to destroy the economy…
Deloitte produces economic impact and policy responses document
UK ‘base case’ implies sharpest fall in UK activity in a century
It could take many years for the economy to re-organise itself
ISER study: new analysis of the impact of lockdown on UK jobs
None of these studies mentions the huge elephant in the room: debt
10:36 – Union seeks legal immunity for NHS medics in pandemic
Bill Gates wants medical indemnity worldwide…
Lockdown death spike being caused by alcohol consumption…?
Lockdown Masterplan: scientists draw up traffic light system to ease UK out of lockdown
17:09 – S. Korea, Iceland, Germany & Denmark show CV levels 20 times lower than estimates
Off Guardian: many experts questioning CoronaVirus panic
Italy: 99% of those who died from CoronaVirus had other illnesses
World Health Organization (WHO): Africa could be next CoronaVirus epicentre
Free speech in Britain ‘under attack’ warns Toby Young as he promotes new group
Real concerns or deliberate behavioural change agents…meet the Free Speech Union
Imperial College London: telling us what to think – Mindspace
This opens the government up to charges of manipulation
Posting anti-vaccine ‘propaganda’ on social media could become a criminal offence
You’re working from home but your company is still watching you
Google and Apple: privacy-preserving contact tracing
32:53 – Bill Gates’ latest reading material: How to Lie with Statistics…
New Microsoft cryptocurrency system plans to utilise human body activity for mining
Stay home rules or law: UK government produces new rules for non-compliance
Daily Mirror: conditions at CV hospital NHS Nightingale ‘as tough as war zone’
Tavistock Day Case Theatre (Devon): produces dance video – video quickly removed
Many critical diseases not being properly treated because of CoronaVirus
Book recommendations: Inventing the Aids Virus by Peter H. Duesberg
Also, Virus Mania by Torsten Engelbrecht and Claus Köhnlein
While nobody’s looking: unsupervised abortion at home to be allowed…?
Parliament not involved in the decision – how many other laws are changing…?
Do we have a government and Prime Minister at the moment…?
Is the best scientific advice really coming from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…?