We’ve been able to see just a handful of the ads that were blanketed across social media during and after the referendum campaign. Vote Leave had found their niche and they were hitting voters hard with the same lines over and over, digitally and on TV and radio. Cummings had realized there was…
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Chatter #119 – Constance Hannah Rose on Understanding and Uncovering Cyber Torture
GET 35% OFF 12 MONTHS OF EXPRESSVPN HERE Constance Hannah Rose, the founder of Advocacy for Humankind, a group for victims of cyber torture and organised harassment was my guest on today’s show. Hannah was a victim of organised harassment herself so I was honoured to be able to interview someone who still…
How Dark Ads On Facebook Undermine Democracy: Part 1
It used to be that how you voted depended very much on your class or where you were born or grew up. But in recent years, people have been, as Alexander Nix then CEO of Cambridge Analytica, puts it, ‘buoyed by the availability of information and a plethora of options available on the…
Chatter #116 – Emma Knaggs on Why We Need To Reform Our Electoral System
Emma Knaggs, the grassroots leader at Make Votes Matter was my guest on today’s show. Make Votes Matter are a single issue campaign for the reform of the UK voting system into a more proportional and representative one. They are a cross party group working to get more and more MPs on board…
Chatter #112 – Richard Collett-White on Air Pollution, Clean Air Zones, and Government Lobbying
Richard Collett-White from DeSmog UK was my guest on today’s show. I wanted to get Richard on to chat about his article entitled, Lobby Groups Backed by Big Brands Resisting Clean Air Measures Across the UK. In the article he explores the different lobby groups who have been resisting low emissions zones in…
Chatter #93 – Jeffrey A. Tucker on Covid, Lockdowns, and Herd Immunity
Jeffrey A. Tucker, the Editorial Director at the American Institute for Economic Research was my guest on today’s show. They have been publishing a lot of material that has been highlighting the lack of evidence being produced to support the idea that lockdowns are effective at preventing the spread of covid-19. These are…
