Category: BTL

Kate Coleman: ‘Women in Prisons are Vulnerable and Should be Protected from Male Offenders’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Kate Coleman, director of Keep Prisons Single Sex – an organisation campaigning for the sex-based rights of women in prison. Kate talks about recent headlines of men, convicted of crimes against women, claiming they identify as women and being assigned to female prisons. Kate also talks about the dangers…


Alexander Adams: ‘We Should Be Unashamed to Protect and Promote High Culture’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Alexander Adams, artist, art critic and cultural commentator. Alexander’s latest book ‘Artivism: The Battle for Museums in the Era of Postmodernism’ examines the origins, aims and spread of artivism. He says this fusion of art and activism is putting the very existence of Britain’s cultural institutions at risk. …


Martin Elliott: Life as a Child Heart Surgeon, the Importance of Hanging Around Smart People, and the China Tribunal | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Martin Elliott, Provost of Gresham College and Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London. Martin worked in child heart surgery at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 30 years, and was on the panel of the China Tribunal considering evidence of forced organ harvesting…


Andy Shaw: ‘There’s a Huge Disjoint Between the Cultural Curators Who Think They Know What’s Best for People, and What People Really Want’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Andy Shaw, writer and co-founder and organiser of Comedy Unleashed. The London comedy club hosts comedians who challenge conventional thinking and has gained a reputation for featuring comics who have been cancelled or banned. Andy talks about how comedians are dealing with cancel culture, the place of free speech…


David Kurten: ‘Every Value we had is Being Attacked and Destroyed’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with David Kurten, leader and founding member of the Heritage Party. David was previously a member of the London Assembly and a teacher. He talks about Cultural Marxism, its origins and the considerable effects it has had on contemporary culture. …


Harry Miller: ‘It’s Ideological Policing… And It’s Absolutely Terrifying!’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Harry Miller, an ex-police officer who is now the CEO of Fair Cop and The Bad Law Project. Harry talks about his landmark Court of Appeal win over his local police force – the judge ruled that police treatment of Harry could have a “chilling effect on public debate”….


Leilani Dowding: ‘When Lockdowns Happened, I Could No Longer Remain Silent’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Leilani Dowding, social commentator, TV celebrity and former model, to talk about health, big tech’s effects on our society, and how lockdown made her want to speak out. …


Andrew Tettenborn: ‘Cap Foreign Students so British People Can Benefit From Top Quality University Education’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Andrew Tettenborn, professor of law from Swansea University and media columnist. Tettenborn talks about the state of free speech in higher education, the damage caused by universities changing from being institutions to being providers of services, and his own personal encounter with Chinese Communist Party censorship. …


Benedict Rogers: ‘China Has Completely Reneged on All Its Promises and Destroyed One Country, Two Systems’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Benedict Rogers, founder-CEO of Hong Kong Watch and deputy chair of the Conservative Party’s human rights commission. Rogers talks about diplomatic visits to Taiwan, the latest situation in Hong Kong, helping Hongkongers settle in the UK, his visit to North Korea, as well as his new book “The China…


Howard Cox: ‘Governments Don’t Seem to Understand–the Commercial Heartbeat of Any Economy is Transport’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits 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. …