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Dr Dan Boucher is a former member of the Conservative Party and Conservative Parliamentary candidate in Wales. He left the Party over the Protocol and moved to Northern Ireland where he now works as Senior Researcher to Jim Allister, the MP for North Antrim and Leader of the TUV.
Dr David Aikman is an American author, journalist and foreign policy consultant born in 1944. Throughout his distinguished career, he has established himself as a respected voice on international affairs and global politics, combining his expertise in journalism with deep knowledge of foreign policy matters.
As a consultant, Aikman has provided strategic counsel on international relations whilst maintaining an active writing career that spans both journalism and authorship. His professional experience encompasses extensive work analysing global events and political developments, particularly in the realm of foreign affairs. His insights draw upon decades of observation and reporting on international issues. Dr Aikman now contributes commentary to Comment Central, offering readers his seasoned perspective on political and policy matters.
Dr George McGavin is a leading zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and author. He is an Honorary Research Associate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Dr Jennifer Wathan is a Global Animal Welfare Advisor at international working animal charity Brooke, and holds a Psychology PhD in studying the Production and Perception of Facial Expression in Horses from the University of Sussex.
Dr Mart Kuldkepp is an Estonian public commentator and historian born in September 1983. He currently serves as Professor of Estonian and Nordic History at University College London. Between 2011 and 2015, he held various positions at the University of Tartu's Scandinavian studies department, including head of department and programme director. In 2024, he was appointed Visiting Professor at both the University of Tartu and Yale University.
Dr Kuldkepp's research focuses on Estonian and Scandinavian political and cultural contacts in the twentieth century, questions surrounding Estonians' Nordic identity, and Old Norse literature and culture. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Tartu in 2014 on Nordic identity and activist regionalism during World War I. His scholarly work has included investigation of Aleksander Kesküla, and in 2015 he received an Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. He is a member of the Estonian student society Veljesto and the Learned Estonian Society. In 2025, Old Street Publishing released his book The Shortest History of Scandinavia. Dr Kuldkepp writes commentary for Comment Central.
