British Thought Leaders

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 expl...

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

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 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

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

Matt Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, is a science-writer, journalist and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the viscountcy in February 2012 and was a Conservative hereditary peer from February 2013, with an elected seat in the House of Lords, until his retirement in December 2021. His recent book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 written with Alina Chan ascribes the spread of the v...

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 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 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, 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...

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...

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.

On this episode of British Thought Leaders, we speak with Nigel Biggar, who until his recent retirement was Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. Nigel was appointed CBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to higher education. His latest book ‘Colonialism: A moral reckoning’ was released in February 2023. @NigelBiggar | www.nigelbi...

On this episode of British Thought Leaders we speak with Doctor Clare Craig, a consultant pathologist of over 20 years who has carried out extensive research into COVID-19. Clare is Co-Chair 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. @ClareCraigPath / https://www.hartg...

On this episode of British Thought Leaders Lee Hall hears from Kate Coleman, director of Keep Prisons Single Sex. This organisation was established in 2020 to campaign for the sex-based rights of women in prison, and for data on offending to be recorded by sex throughout the criminal justice system. @NoXYinXXprisons / https://kpssinfo.org/

Alexander Adams is an artist, art critic and cultural commentator. Alexander’s latest book examines the origins, aims and spread of artivism. He says this fusion of art and activism is putting the very existence of our cultural institutions at risk. @AdamsArtist

Martin Elliott is Provost of Gresham College and Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London. Martin worked in child heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 30 years and has taught and operated internationally delivering hundreds of invited lectures worldwide. He was on the panel of the China Tribunal considering evidence of forced organ harv...

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.