Lee Hall

Nov 6, 2024 | scheerpost.com | Lee Hall

By Lee Hall / CounterPunchSubscriber support through Patreon is a lifeline for independent artists, researchers, advocates, and journalists. I’m among the people who rely on monthly subscriptions to produce the kind of writings that don’t get aired through mainstream media, academic gatekeepers, or well-funded nonprofits. Now comes Apple’s App Store, rolling out 30% fees for new subscriptions. This affects each new Patreon subscription started on Apple’s iOS, from this month on.

Jul 26, 2023 | theepochtimes.com | Lee Hall |Owen Evans

Britain’s health service could be significantly improved by adopting successful alternative systems that have proven effective in other countries, however, the NHS’s cult-like grip prevents any meaningful debate on the matter, according to an economist. Kristian Niemietz is an expert on the reformation of the NHS, a topic that has seen him subject to backlash and attack.

Jul 22, 2023 | theepochtimes.com | Lee Hall |Simon Veazey

The policy to erase Britons’ collective carbon footprint—otherwise known as Net Zero—has been a matter of broad political consensus for decades and has been little challenged by the media or in the court of public opinion. But that public support is “paper thin” and relies on people not really grasping just how much their lives will change as Britain heads into a Net Zero future, according to the head of a Net Zero watchdog. “I think realisation is coming,” Andrew Montford, told NTD’s Lee Hall.

Jul 21, 2023 | theepochtimes.com | Chris Summers |Lee Hall

Britain needs to raise its fertility rates or face a stark choice between economic decline or rising levels of immigrant labour, says one of the country’s most prominent population experts. Demographer and author Paul Morland said if British people did not start having more children the country faced a “demographic nightmare” like Japan, which has seen a shrinking and ageing population which threatens its economic future.

Jul 19, 2023 | theepochtimes.com | Lee Hall

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Andrew Montford, author and director of Net Zero Watch. Andrew talks about the impact on our lives of the complete transformation of society needed to meet government carbon emission targets. And explains that even if Western countries did meet their Net Zero targets, it would make little difference without getting China on board.