British Thought Leaders

Susie Violet Ward raises the alarm bells about CBDCs and government plans to control digital money

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Susie Violet Ward, a journalist, author and financial analyst. Susie raises alarm bells about a new centrally-controlled digital currency that the British government aims to introduce - to replace money.
Similar plans are being considered by the Federal Reserve and central banks all over the world. This central bank digital currency or CBDC would completely change the control people have over their own money and yet it’s getting very little attention in the media – or from the public.
@DecentraSuze

Reverend Daniel French on the challenges to faith of lockdowns, culture wars and wokeness

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Reverend Daniel French, vicar of the seaside town of Salcombe and co-host of the popular Irreverend podcast.
Daniel talks about how the lockdowns affected him and his work as a faith leader when churches were forced to close.
He also talks about some of the challenges facing Christianity including the culture wars, dwindling worshipper numbers, and an increasingly progressive Church leadership.
@holydisrupter
irreverendpod.com

Film-maker Marc Sidwell says the West is a great adventure in human history and should be celebrated

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Marc Sidwell, film-maker, journalist and Director of Research at The Henry Jackson Society. Marc talks about a series of documentaries he made for the New Culture Forum covering the history, achievements and genius of Western civilisation.
Marc says the West is something that should be celebrated, and that despite attacks from within -- and authoritarian powers -- the heyday of the West is not over yet.
@marcsidwell
marcmywords.substack.com

Investigator and author Ethan Gutmann on the horrors of forced organ harvesting in China

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Ethan Gutmann, an award-winning China analyst, human rights investigator and author.
Ethan talks about his book The Slaughter, and the horrors he uncovered in talking to people who were involved in forced organ harvesting in China.
He also talks about researching his next book in Kazakhstan, where he spoke to Uyghurs who’ve been detained in camps in Xinjiang.

Jo-Anne Nadler talks about radical ideologies being taught in Britain’s schools

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Jo-Anne Nadler, a writer, journalist and concerned parent who recently wrote a report for Civitas thinktank about critical social justice undermining schools.
Jo-Anne says a ‘revolution’ delivered ‘largely by stealth’ is supported by external and often self-declared ‘experts’. They teach children radical ideological positions on issues such as race, gender and sexuality.
Jo-Anne talks about how parents can get informed and fight back against indoctrination of their children.
@JoAnneNadler
www.jo-annenadler.com

James Esses on gender ideology & his ongoing legal case after being expelled from his Masters Degree

James Esses is a commentator, writer and advocate on gender ideology and free speech. He co-founded the group, ‘Thoughtful Therapists’, who are working to change the narrative regarding mental health treatment in this space. Prior to this, he was a Criminal Barrister and spent many years specialising in crime and criminal justice in the public sector, including tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation.
@JamesEsses
http://jamesesses.substack.com

Sam Dunning discusses the infiltration into British Universities by CCP related businesses

Sam Dunning is a writer, researcher who heads up new charity, UK-China Transparency. They have thus far exposed Chinese infiltration into British Universities, investment in state-owned tech companies and the work done by UK-based Confucius Institutes.
@samdunningo / @ukctransparency
http://ukctransparency.org

Expert in AI safety Michael Cohen discusses the technology & the need to pause further development

Michael Cohen works in AI safety research at the University of Oxford. Michael shares his concerns that without intervention AI poses a risk to humanity.
@Michael05156007
https://www.michael-k-cohen.com/

Anna Loutfi on the threat facing British democracy & how politics should be kept out of the law

Anna Loutfi is a legal researcher, commentator and human rights barrister. Anna works with the Bad Law Project to challenge and de-politise our democratic institutions.
@BadLawProject
www.badlawproject.com

Gangsline founder Sheldon Thomas on what drives gang culture, such as bad parenting & absent fathers

Sheldon Thomas is a former gang member who now lectures, trains and consults on gang culture to various governments, police, frontline workers and engages gangs members in the UK and the Caribbean. He is also the founder of Gangs Line.
@SheldonThomas3
@Gangsline