Category: NTD’s “British Thought Leaders”

English Teacher Reveals Horror of Being Jailed in Beijing’s Prison System

July 18, 2023
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An English teacher wrongfully imprisoned in China for eight years has told of the horror inside Beijing’s prison system. Marius Balo was locked in a windowless 12 metre square cage for over two years before being moved to a forced labour camp concealed within Shanghai’s maximum security prison. In his first UK interview, the Romanian…

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Governments ‘Crossed the Line’ with COVID-19 Lockdowns, Says 1922 Committee Chair

July 11, 2023
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Governments around the world “crossed the line” when they imposed “unprecedented” lockdown measures on their populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Conservative MP has said. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs, was an early objector to the “unprecedented removal of people’s liberties that took place in the…

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Vicar Warns Churches Have ‘Lost Track of Being Doctors of the Soul’

July 5, 2023
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Mainstream Christian churches have “lost track of being doctors of the soul” just when society needs it most, a vicar has warned. Churches are offering a “bland, undemanding version of Christianity that is decaf” and gives nothing but “a series of woke tropes,” said Reverend Daniel French, vicar of the seaside town of Salcombe, south…

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Transgender Rapist Prison Row Should Be a ‘Turning Point’ for UK: Campaigner

March 2, 2023
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A sex-based rights campaigner says she hopes outrage over the remanding of a transgender rapist into a female prison is a “turning point” in the UK. Speaking to NTD’s Lee Hall for the “British Thought Leaders” programme, Kate Coleman—director of Keep Prisons Single Sex—said the case of Adam Graham should be “seized upon” in the…

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UK Police Should Finish Manchester Chinese Consulate Assault Investigation: Simon Cheng

January 27, 2023
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UK police should finish their investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong protester by Chinese diplomats last year, pro-democracy activist Simon Cheng said. Speaking to NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme, Cheng said it would otherwise send “wrong signals” to the British society, that Chinese diplomats are above the law. On Oct. 16, 2022, a…

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