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I've been listening to a few videos by Neil McCoy-Ward on his Rumble channel. His content seems normal and informative, but when I checked his other video listings, the titles seem sensationalist and/or survivalist. Yet, I believe I'm gleaning some useful insights, so I will continue to skim and listen here and there.
I found the information interesting but I couldn't track some of his titles because the first title and link remained the same even after the next video, and then the next video began to play. The first I listened to was about supermarkets in the UK running out of meat and vegetables. He asked viewers to let him know if it was true in their areas and got a positive response. So I'll put the link to the first video here.
“We’re Running Out Of Food!” - (Says National Farmers Union)
Basically, the UK buys most of its food from other nations, even its potatoes.
There were one or two intervening videos, and in one of them the video host called attention to Carney's (Canada) statements about Trump wanting Canada and how Canada had to align with the EU and needed to build its army.

Since I've been debating Ukrainian trolls a lot recently, I recognized the rhetoric Carney seemed to be using. His statement about aligning with the EU in self defense against America's thirst for land and acquiring sovereign nations, when filtered through Ukrainian troll talking points I've encountered so much recently, could be used to justify bringing the remains of NATO into Canada to build that army and fortify the borders (i.e., NATO missiles pointed at D.C.) against military attack by the US. I'm just saying the attitudes and rhetoric is similar between Ukrainian troll justifications and Carney's statements.
I now wonder if Carney was threatening NATO buildup in Canada ('throw an elbow') unless President Trump dropped his tariff war and statements about Canada being the 51st state. Or perhaps with the US likely withdrawing from NATO anyway, this might already been their planned response prior to Trump's tariff 'war' (Canada/EU: If you're with us, you're against us!). I do think Trump wants China out of Canada and has designs there, but the idea that President Trump is thirsting for America to gain more land to build empire seems oddly familiar.
You can point out in Ukraine War debates all the provocations which led Putin to war, but the responses are always a mixture of a) Putin is dying b) Russia is feeble C) Russian soldiers are incompetent, rapist alcoholics and D) Russia is a threat to the entire world and will continue to attack and take over countries unless we stop him NOW! This leads to assertions that Putin must be defeated by any means possible (Zelensky's bid for preemptive Western missile attacks on Russia) or we'll all experience the return of Hitler in Russian form. Anglicize it and deploy against 'orange man bad', and its central tactic, 'you make us arm ourselves against you', sounds familiar.
That video was probably the same one which contained indications that after Brexit, the UK is being returned to the EU one step at a time, against their will. Starmer recently bragged about some tariff deal and the video's host noted the effusive rhetoric seemed unrelated to the supposed 'accomplishment' (reminds me of 'smiling orders' e.g., "You'll have nothing and like it.").

With the new tarrif agreement, Starmer said the EU would have fishing rights in UK waters for 12 more years and it would be wonderful for the UK, save money etc. but gave no reasons for thinking so (no details as to 'how' these benefits would be gained.)

Also, with the tariff agreement, UK citizens would be subject to the European International Court. Step at a time - the UK is sucked into the EU by any means possible.
The last video title I watched was "We've lost Control ~ Macron"
According to the host, there was (In April 2025) a news blackout on the prison uprisings in France. There were 72 hours of 'terrorist attacks' on prisons. I checked the web just now and in April, very limited coverage was available mostly from the BBC with one Reuters article, but no US networks show up in the first page of search results. A prison convoy was attacked and the guards killed (lots of shooting).
The host asserted Macron was still being treated as if he is officially in control, even though he's not Prime Minister. I had to look that up; upon review, Macron seems to been engaging in running the country at the level normally performed by the Prime Minister (e.g., prison riot control). The President of France is the executive head of state and Commander in Chief, while the Prime Minister runs the government. It looks like the current Prime Minister, Francois Bayrou, 'gets' to push through Macron's unpopular efforts (e.g., raising retirement age from 62 to 64).
Anyway, some snippets of less reported news re UK, EU etc. at Neil McCoy-Ward's Rumble channel.