Policy is where politics reaches everyday life: what is legal, how streets are policed, how the climate is managed and what happens in a pandemic. Brian Rose has spoken to a former government drugs adviser, a NASA climate scientist, a former Met Police firearms officer, a campaigner against gang violence, commentators from the American right and investors pushing for new rules on money. They make their case on drug laws, crime, race, immigration, lockdowns and financial regulation. Every full interview is free to watch.
From former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt and NASA climatologist Dr Gavin Schmidt to former Met Police marksman Tony Long, radio host Larry Elder, commentator Candace Owens, filmmaker Adam Scorgie and crypto investor Kyle Chassé: the policy arguments behind the headlines.
Professor David Nutt, former chair of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, talks about his struggle to run a clinical trial of psilocybin for depression and, in a later episode, why LSD was made illegal. Amanda Feilding explains her decades of work on psychedelic research and drug policy reform through the Beckley Foundation. Filmmaker Adam Scorgie argues in The Culture High that the prohibition of cannabis has a grip on society far beyond the drug itself. For the research side of the debate, see the Psychedelics page.
Tony Long, once the Metropolitan Police’s top marksman, talks about armed policing and the use of lethal force. Jason Featherstone explains how Surviving Our Streets uses trained violence interrupters to reduce gang violence, and why he wants the same approach in British prisons. In 2020 Larry Elder called Black Lives Matter ‘bogus’ and set out what he sees as the real issues facing black Americans. James Lindsay argues that what he calls wokeness is radicalising politics, and Derek Laud gives his view on immigration. In Get Trump, Alan Dershowitz argues that the drive to prosecute Donald Trump threatens civil liberties, due process and the rule of law.
In 2020 Candace Owens argued that it was time to reopen America and that her freedom does not end where someone else’s fear begins, and the late Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, argued that the elite were exploiting the pandemic and lockdowns for their own gain. NASA’s Gavin Schmidt explains his work on climate models and global warming. On money, Kyle Chassé argues that America must lead on crypto or be left behind, former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo discusses crypto regulation and central bank digital currencies, and Robert Kiyosaki warns that Federal Reserve rate rises will hit stocks, bonds, property and the dollar.
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Who has London Real interviewed about policy? Brian Rose has interviewed Professor David Nutt, Amanda Feilding, Dr Gavin Schmidt, Tony Long, Larry Elder, Candace Owens, James Lindsay, Alan Dershowitz, Christopher Giancarlo, Robert Kiyosaki, Charlie Kirk and Kyle Chassé, among others.
What do the guests say about drug policy? David Nutt and Amanda Feilding argue for policy based on scientific evidence and for more research into psychedelics. Adam Scorgie argues that cannabis prohibition affects society as a whole.
Do the guests share one view? No. The page runs from drug-reform campaigners and a NASA climate scientist to conservative commentators such as Larry Elder and Candace Owens. Each guest sets out their own position in full.
Are the full policy episodes free to watch? Yes. Every full-length interview on this page can be watched free on londonreal.tv.
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