British Thought Leaders

Geoffrey Nice: Govt Ignored Our Tribunal Findings Because of a Policy Not to Act Against China

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with judge and distinguished human rights barrister Sir Geoffrey Nice KC.
Sir Geoffrey talks about the problems created by long and expensive international legal proceedings, based on his experience prosecuting Slobodan Milosevic and working at the International Criminal Court.
He discusses the two tribunals he chaired to investigate human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party, and the importance of the designation of Genocide.

Danny Kruger: Young People are Realizing that Progressiveness is Undermining Their Future

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Conservative Member of Parliament Danny Kruger to discuss his latest book 'Covenant: The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood and Nation'.
Danny talks about restoring the virtues that he says are important in society for making good people, a good nation and a good life.
He talks about the harm done by the sexual revolution and the Western deathwish. And reflects on rebuilding trust between politicians and the people that was damaged by COVID lockdowns.

Ian Paisley: In Crisis, the First Thing People Turn to Isn’t Radical Government. They Look for Faith

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Ian Paisley, MP for North Antrim and member of the Democratic Unionist Party In this wide-ranging interview, Ian talks about the success of a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, why his Party is boycotting the Windsor Framework, and what being part of the United Kingdom means to him.
He also talks on a more personal level about following in the footsteps of his political giant father, and the challenges of living a life of faith in frontline politics.

Lee West: Undercover in a French Migrant Camp and Making the Dangerous Channel Crossing in a Dinghy

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with ex-Royal Marines Commando and bestselling author Lee West. Lee talks about going undercover in a French migrant camp.
He spent a week among migrants planning to illegally cross the Channel to England, before crossing one of the world's busiest shipping lanes himself in a small boat.
Lee talks about living homeless in research for his book, what life was like as a highly-trained solider in Iraq and Afghanistan, and why leaving the military just before the COVID lockdowns was one of the most difficult experiences of his life.

Lord Moylan: The Upcoming Online Safety Bill is ’Totally Offensive to Democratic Principles’

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Conservative peer Daniel Moylan who is concerned about the upcoming Online Safety Bill set to be signed into law this year.
The bill transfers powers from the government to a regulator who can require WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal to to scan people's public and private messages.
Whatsapp and Signal have already said they may leave Britain rather than create a backdoor in their end-to-end encryption.
The bill also threatens Wikipedia and in particular Welsh Wikipedia, the world's biggest Welsh language website.

Jerome Booth: How Can Many Millions of People Believe Something That is Completely Wrong?

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Jerome Booth, economist and author, to discuss his latest book on mass groupthink called "Have We All Gone Mad?"
Jerome talks about big tech and government controls on people's behaviour. And that the way out of groupthink is to keep learning, and talking to those with different opinions.

Lois McLatchie Miller: Nobody Wins If We Censor Those We Don’t Agree With

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Lois McLatchie Miller, a cultural commentator who works for ADF - a faith-based advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms.
Lois talks about defending people charged with thought crimes after silently praying near an abortion clinic.
She also discusses the importance of valuing and exercising our freedom of speech to prevent ongoing censorship.

Tim Price: The Free Market Will Eventually Correct the Woke Invasion of the Corporate World

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Tim Price, an asset manager and author who wrote a book called "The War on Cash".
Tim talks about debanking and woke policies affecting the corporate world, and shares his thoughts on government plans to control the money supply through Central Bank Digital Currencies.
He talks about inflation and debt, factors that he considers to be behind many of the world's current problems.

Elmer Yuen: The People of Hong Kong Deserve Democracy. We Are Going to Take Back Our Freedom

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Elmer Yuen, a Hongkonger in exile.
Elmer talks about plans for bringing democracy to Hong Kong and offering a constitution to the people.
He also gives his unique insight into the Chinese Communist Party and shares knowledge he feels the West needs to understand about the regime.

Clare Page: We Need to Prioritize Protecting Kids Instead of Pushing Progressive Values in Schools

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Clare Page, a concerned parent campaigning to increase transparency in schools.
After hearing from her daughter about the sex education lessons at school, Clare found the company providing the lessons had links on their lesson website to adult content including pornography.
Clare took legal action and is fighting for parents' rights to know what their children are being taught in school.