On this episode of British Thought Leaders, Lee Hall talks to Lois Perry, broadcaster and director of CAR26, an organisation that campaigns for informed rational analysis of climate matters and the green agenda. She discusses the urgent need for a public debate on the green agenda and the need to expose issues surrounding net zero, ULEZ, energy prices and smart meters. @LoisPerry26
Nov 14, 2023•36 min•Ep. 31
On this episode of British Thought Leaders, Lee Hall sits down with Dr Tony Hinton, consultant surgeon with over 30 years’ experience who is now retired from the National Health Service. Tony is part of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team or HART, a group of highly qualified UK doctors, scientists and other experts who share concerns about the handling of the pandemic. @TonyHinton2016 @hartgroup_org
Nov 14, 2023•54 min•Ep. 30
On this episode of British Thought Leaders, Lee Hall sits down with Ed Rennie a broadcaster, writer and political strategist. Ed has worked for several MPs and was also a Labour councillor. He co-founded Climate Debate, an organisation aimed at tackling the green agenda by encouraging public debate and transparency in climate policy making. @edrennie77 @ClimateDebateUK
Nov 14, 2023•34 min•Ep. 29
Today on British Thought Leaders we sit down with Howard Cox, founder and CEO of Fairfuel UK, one of Britain’s most successful campaign groups. Howard works in the interests of motorists, calling for lower fuel prices and freezes on taxes. Fairfuel UK addresses other motoring issues such as bans on petrol cars and environmental traffic measures. @HowardCCox founder: https://fairfueluk.com/
Nov 14, 2023•26 min•Ep. 28
Today on British Thought Leaders I sit down with Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. Professor Kaufmann is a political scientist and the author of numerous books examining the impact of ideological and population shifts on identity and politics. @epkaufm http://www.sneps.net/
Nov 14, 2023•44 min•Ep. 27
On this episode of British Thought Leaders we sit down with Alan Miller, co-founder of Together, an association founded in response to Covid lockdowns. Together campaigns on issues of public freedom such as 15-minute cities, digital IDs and free speech. @alanvibe @Togetherdec
Nov 14, 2023•34 min•Ep. 26
On this episode of British Thought Leaders, we speak with Ryan Christopher, director of ADF (Alliance Defending Freedom) UK, a faith based legal advocacy organisation that defends fundamental freedoms. ADF UK has recently been involved in legally representing people who were arrested for silently praying in censorship zones. https://twitter.com/RyanChrist1984 https://twitter.com/ADF_UK...
Nov 14, 2023•40 min•Ep. 25
Rick Bradford has had a successful career in physics and engineering and is an honourary research fellow at the University of Bristol. He is also a world-renouned authority on men's issues, writing under the pseudonym William Collins. His 2019 book 'The Empathy Gap' is a comprehensive collection of evidence arguing that men are extensively disadvantaged across many areas of life.
Nov 14, 2023•57 min•Ep. 24
On this episode of British Thought Leaders we speak with Peter Humphrey. Peter is a sinologist and former journalist who operated a fraud investigation consultancy in China with his wife. They were both imprisoned in China on false charges of illegal information gathering in what Peter called a shattering experience and a miscarriage of justice.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 23
On this episode of British Thought Leaders, we speak with Nigel Biggar, who until his recent retirement was Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. Nigel was appointed CBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to higher education. His latest book ‘Colonialism: A moral reckoning’ was released in February 2023. @NigelBiggar | www.nigelbiggar.uk
Nov 14, 2023•35 min•Ep. 22
On this episode of British Thought Leaders we speak with Doctor Clare Craig, a consultant pathologist of over 20 years who has carried out extensive research into COVID-19. Clare is Co-Chair of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team or HART, a group of highly qualified UK doctors, scientists and other experts who share concerns about the handling of the pandemic. @ClareCraigPath / https://www.hartgroup.org/
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 21
On this episode of British Thought Leaders Lee Hall hears from Kate Coleman, director of Keep Prisons Single Sex. This organisation was established in 2020 to campaign for the sex-based rights of women in prison, and for data on offending to be recorded by sex throughout the criminal justice system. @NoXYinXXprisons / https://kpssinfo.org/
Nov 14, 2023•38 min•Ep. 20
Alexander Adams is an artist, art critic and cultural commentator. Alexander’s latest book examines the origins, aims and spread of artivism. He says this fusion of art and activism is putting the very existence of our cultural institutions at risk. @AdamsArtist
Nov 14, 2023•32 min•Ep. 19
Martin Elliott is Provost of Gresham College and Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London. Martin worked in child heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 30 years and has taught and operated internationally delivering hundreds of invited lectures worldwide. He was on the panel of the China Tribunal considering evidence of forced organ harvesting in Chinese detention camps. https://www.martinelliott.me/
Nov 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 18
Rick Bradford has had a successful career in physics and engineering and is an honourary research fellow at the University of Bristol. He is also a world-renouned authority on men's issues, writing under the pseudonym William Collins. His 2019 book 'The Empathy Gap' is a comprehensive collection of evidence arguing that men are extensively disadvantaged across many areas of life.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 17
Belinda Brown is a researcher, author and commentator on issues such as gender, family and community. Belinda also writes for the Conservative Woman @TheConWom, is Children and Families Spokeswoman for the Heritage Party and a patroness of the Scottish Family Party. @bbhippopotamus
Nov 14, 2023•57 min•Ep. 16
Simon Cheng is an exiled Hong Kong activist and founder of the UK-wide diaspora group Hongkongers in Britain. Simon made the news in 2021 after he was detained and allegedly tortured in China. In this episode of British Thought Leaders, Simon talks about his experience with the CCP and the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. Simon also discussed the incident where protestors were attacked at the Chinese consulate in Manchester in 2022. @SimonChengUK / @HongkongersUK
Nov 14, 2023•35 min•Ep. 15
Will Knowland is an educator, writer & cultural commentator. He is outspoken on topics such as masculinity, morality and the role of men in modern society. Will was sacked from his role at Eton College for refusing to take down YouTube lecture questioning 'toxic masculinity' but was subsiquently cleared of professional misconduct. In this video he talks about this experience. @KnowlandKnows
Nov 14, 2023•40 min•Ep. 14
Lord Alton is a former Liberal Party Member of Parliament for a Liverpool constituency and Chief Whip – who has sat as an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University and author of several books. Alton is known for his human rights work including the co-founding Jubilee Campaign and Jubilee Action, and serves as chair, patron, or trustee, of several charities and voluntary organisations. He is...
Nov 14, 2023•39 min•Ep. 13
Andy Shaw is the co-founder and organiser of London’s free-speech comedy club, Comedy Unleashed. The Times described it as ‘the comedy night that takes the PC out of the stand-up elite’. The club has hosted 100s of comedians who challenge conventional thinking and it has gained a reputation for hosting comics that have been cancelled or banned. Andy also writes spoofs for the Spectator magazine, including ‘A Handy Guide to Vaccine Passports’ and ‘The new CofE: Church of Extinction’. He hosts the...
Nov 14, 2023•33 min•Ep. 12
David Kurten is the Leader and one of the founding members of the Heritage Party. The Heritage Party stands for free speech and liberty, traditional family values, national sovereignty, and financial responsibility. David was a member of the London Assembly from May 2016 to May 2021, and sat on the Education, Environment, Fire & Emergency, Housing and Transport committees at City Hall.
Nov 14, 2023•33 min•Ep. 11
Ben Pile is an independent climate researcher, commentator and blogger. He runs the Climate Resistance website, which challenges mainstream views on environmentalism. He also writes for publications such as Spiked Online. @ClimateDebateUK | http://benpile.substack.com | http://youtube.com/@ClimateResistance | UKclimatedebate.co.uk
Nov 14, 2023•47 min•Ep. 10
Giles William Udy is an English writer and historian of the Soviet Gulag system, Soviet influence on British politics 1917-56 & how history repeats itself. He is a member of the council of the Keston Institute and holds an MBA from the Cass Business School. He is a regular contributor to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the i, UnHerd and the magazine Standpoint. Udy has made a long-term study of the history of the gulag camps of Norilsk, his collection of photographs of which ...
Nov 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 9
Rahima Mahmut is a Uyghur singer, human rights activist, and award-winning translator of the poignant prison memoir The Land Drenched in Tears by Soyungul Chanishe. Currently, she is the U.K. Director for the World Uyghur Congress and Executive Director at Stop Uyghur Genocide. @MahmutRahima | @uyghurcongress | @UyghurStop
Nov 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 8
Dennis Hayes is professor of education at the University of Derby in England. He is the founder and director of the campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF). AFAF was founded in late 2006, initially to promote its Statement of Academic Freedom but has subsequently undertaken the defence of many academics who have been threatened with disciplinary action or censored for their beliefs or ideas (see AFAF's The Banned List). Hayes is an author (with Kathryn Ecclestone) of the best-sellin...
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 7
Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert is an educator, academic, author and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality both in education and as a prerequisite for the civilised conversations necessary for democracy to flourish. Alka became director of Don’t Divide Us following two years as its founder lead on education, a campaign which she felt impelled to join as a counter to the fractious and one-sided discussions about race relations in the UK which have dominated sinc...
Nov 14, 2023•24 min•Ep. 6
On this episode of British Thought Leaders, we speak with Harry Miller, a retired police officer from Humberside. Harry was investigated by his own local force over posts he made on Twitter and ended up challenging the police in court. In a landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal said that Harry’s rights to freedom of expression had been violated and that his treatment could have a “chilling effect on public debate”. Harry is now the CEO of Fair Cop, an organisation representing individuals who are...
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 5
On this episode of BTL, we interview Leilani Dowding a former glamour model, television celebrity, and the UK representative at Miss Universe 1998. After finishing modelling Leilani was involved with the TV programmes such as “Real housewives of Cheshire” but became considerably more vocal about social issues. Since the lockdown she has been very active in the media talking about issues such as lockdown, trans issues, freedom and big tech etc. She has over 50k Twitter followers. She used to have...
Nov 14, 2023•24 min•Ep. 4
Professor Andrew Tettenborn, Professor of Law at Swansea University, talks to us about the loss of free speech in British universities and the forces behind these changes, what rising numbers of foreign students mean for these institutions, how foreign powers seek to influence British university education, and his own personal run-in with the censorship of the Chinese Communist Party.
Nov 14, 2023•26 min•Ep. 3
We talk to Elliott Rowland, tailor at Redwood and Feller a company that has been making bespoke suits in London's Westminster since 1946. Redwood and Feller provide the finest levels of craftsmanship to the British Aristocracy, politicians and celebrities and work under a Royal Warrant. Elliott talks to us about the culture and tradition behind bespoke tailoring, inheriting skills from his father and master tailor, Edward Rowland, and what place tailoring has in contemporary British society....
Nov 14, 2023•23 min•Ep. 2
