Our guest on this week's #SWYSI is Alex Deane, a writer, consultant and political commentator who appears regularly on national and international news media. A former Conservative Party aide, Alex is a founding director of Big Brother Watch and a committee member of The Freedom Association.

He joins Peter Whittle on the "So What You're Saying Is..." sofa to discuss his new book "Lessons from History: Hidden Heroes & Villains from the Past and what We Can Learn from Them".

Alex's book is available here: https:amazon.co.uk/Lessons-History-Hidden-heroes-villains-ebook/dp/B093PN4JP4