Hearts of Oak was launched February 2020 in Westminster London by Peter Mcilvenna who was increasingly alarmed at the world wide woke agenda and he set out to create a populist Free Speech Alliance aimed at countering the cultural Marxism that pervades all areas of our lives. He has interviewed 225 different guests on over 700 interviews.
For twelve years Peter has worked for Lord Pearson of Rannoch (One of Margaret Thatcher’s last Lords appointees and former UKIP leader) in the House of Lords. He has also worked as a Senior Researcher in City Hall for the UKIP (Nigel Farage’s party) assembly members and as UKIP’s National Campaign Manager during the 2019 Local and European Elections. Prior to this Peter travelled across the UK for two years speaking at churches under the banner “Can we talk about Islam”. Peter is married with two children, has a strong Christian faith and has attended Kensington Temple, a large Black Majority Pentecostal church in West London, since 2002 when he first came to London.