Weekly UKC Banter Episode 23 — Why It Is Okay to Be Pro-China

This conversation between Jerm, Mike, and Charles begins with a discussion around the commercialisation of holidays and the complex historical context of celebrations like Thanksgiving. The gents discuss how commercialisation has altered th

Google Pixel and GrapheneOS: the secret weapon of drug traffickers to protect their data from the police

To trade safe from justice, traffickers use the Google Pixel phone and the GrapheneOS operating system according to information from the judicial police

You are the target of a carefully orchestrated war

Are You Depressed Yet? If not, you soon will be because that’s the plan. You are the target of a carefully orchestrated war. And the weapons are fear and misery, not bullets and bombs. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are

Canada’s healthcare system collapses while Carney gives a billion dollars to healthcare in other nations

Canada’s healthcare system is broken – inefficient, expensive, and leaving tens of thousands of Canadians to die waiting for care every year. Yet the silence is deafening, and any attempt to discuss alternatives is shouted down by defenders

UN loses touch with reality: Declares “World Toilet Day” and says its climate summit demonstrated climate cooperation is “alive and kicking”

The UN is the only organisation hailing the recent climate change summit as a success.  The reality is, its failure was so significant that even corporate media, which have for years disseminated propaganda to prop up the climate change cri

Philippe Bolopion to Lead Human Rights Watch

(New York) – Philippe Bolopion, a 13-year veteran of Human Rights Watch and a former journalist who has extensively advocated on atrocities in conflict zones, has been named the executive director of Human Rights Watch, the organization ann

Cloudflare CEO explains what happened to cause a widespread internet outage

A major global outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, disrupted access to numerous high-profile websites and services, including X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, Zoom and various forex and CFD brokers, with the incident r

Cloudflare outage makes hundreds of websites inaccessible

A widespread outage at Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure provider, has caused numerous websites, including X (formerly Twitter), Downdetector, OpenAI and Spotify to become inaccessible on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, with users enco

They call this progress. Don’t make me laugh

Dr Vernon Coleman argues that what is often described as “progress” is actually just change, designed to keep people busy and distracted from the erosion of their freedom and humanity. In his book `Their Terrifying Plan’ he shows how the Un

South Korean study finds a 27% increase in risk of developing cancer within one year after covid vaccination

In September, a study was published that examined the health records of the 8.4 million residents of Seoul, South Korea.  It found that overall, there was a 27% increased risk of developing cancer within one year of covid vaccination.  The

A mysterious flight of “Palestinians” arrives in South Africa – how did they get there?

South Africa is investigating the arrival of a mysterious chartered flight carrying over 150 “Palestinians” from Gaza at OR Tambo International Airport, where passengers were detained on the tarmac for approximately 12 hours due to a lack o

IEA report admits commitment to climate change is melting away

In a new report, IEA, a body whose research helps to shape global energy policies, has admitted that countries’ commitment to climate change action is declining rapidly. The IEA had been predicting that “fossil” fuel consumption would peak

BBC doesn’t only have a global audience, it also heads the Trusted News Initiative, a global coalition of media to tackle “disinformation”

Some may wonder how the same narrative on certain topics, such as false narratives about US President Donald Trump’s speech on 6 January 2021, reverberates across the world – from Canada to Australia.  It isn’t only because the BBC has a gl

ILO: Strengthen Global Rules to Protect Gig Workers

(New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect them from exploitative management, Human Rights Watch said today, s

UK suspends some intelligence sharing with the US while the EC plans an EU-wide intelligence agency

The UK suspends some intelligence sharing with the US.  On the same day, it emerges that the European Commission is planning a centralised EU-wide intelligence agency.  Earlier this year, the UK signed a defence pact with the EU, which incl