British Thought Leaders

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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.

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.