UK Column News — 16th September 2026

This 2012 UK Column News with Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson explores a raft of issues that are still as relevant today as they were 14 years ago. It also shows why UK Column and independent media are needed now more than ever. UK Column is proud to have challenged the status qu ...  Show more

Psychiatrist Peter Breggin critiques biological psychiatry and Big Pharma. He warns of the neurotoxic effects of psychiatric drugs, polypharmacy, and their links to violence while he shares the story of his own stroke recovery. Peter argues that true healing comes through care, r ...  Show more

Carole Walker sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to journalists from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to get the news from the four corners of the UK. 

Also columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss ethics, nostalgia and being a macho ma ...

People are talking about the UK's fuel queues.Driver shortages, an energy crisis and rising inflation... But are we really heading towards a new "Winter of Discontent" (like the one in 1978)? To find out, we’ve got the BBC’s political reporter from back in the day, Nick Jones.   ...  Show more

The UK Defence Secretary says Putin has made a mistake... Simon Smith, former British Ambassador to Ukraine (when Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed rebels took over parts of the Donbas region), and the BBC’s Carrie Davies in Rostov-on-Don (near the Ukrainian border) join A ...  Show more

Times Columnists David Aaronovitch and Sebastian Payne pick over the day's news; then Matt Chorley is joined by Scottish Conservative Party Leader Douglas Ross 

to discuss Coronavirus, independence and how to save the union