British Thought Leaders

Professor & Author Doug Stokes discusses cancel culture in British academia & the rise of wokeness

Doug Stokes is a professor and director at The Strategy and Security Institute. His new book ‘Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West’ is due out late 2023.
@profdws | @SSI_Exeter

Mark Sabah talks about the CCP, the situation in Hong Kong & the rise in totalitarianism

Mark Sabah is a Director of The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, an expert on international affairs and campaigns for the release of Jummy Lai, jailed founder of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.
@MarkSabah | @thecfhk

Bill Browder, Putin’s Enemy Number One, on Russian, Ukraine, Western enablement & the Magnitsky Act

Bill Browder is CEO of Hermitage Capital. He was one of the largest foreign investors in Russia until he fell afoul of the Putin regime. He is head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign and Author of Red Notice & Freezing Order. Bill shares his story with us and gives his views on the Ukraine invasion.
@Billbrowder

Claire Fox on activists’ unhealthy influence in businesses, cancel culture & freedom of speech

Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. She is the director and founder of the think tank Institute of Ideas.
Claire speaks to Lee Hall about a range of subjects including freedom of speech, the modern reality of the political left and right labels, cancel culture, activism in public services and business, and her role in the House of Lords.
@Fox_Claire
@acadofideas

Lois Perry discusses the need for debate around the green policies that the British people will face

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

Dr Tony Hinton shares his concerns about the handling of the pandemic & what should have been done

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

Ed Rennie discusses UK politics, the green agenda & how poor modelling is driving climate fear.

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

Howard Cox on how a transportation-based booming economy, ties closely to our democracy and freedom

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/

Eric Kaufmann on cultural socialism, the rise of the woke religion among Britain’s young people

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/

Alan Miller talks about issues of public freedom such as 15-minute cities, digital IDs & free speech

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