What a real public-health crisis looks like

Claire joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for Spiked’s Last Orders podcast to discuss the coronavirus, the government’s handling of the crisis, and whether they made the correct decision in u-turning its approach by imposing a lockdown.

Coronavirus: The lockdown and legislation – is it enough?

Adam Boulton is by joined Claire Fox and Tamara Cohen to discuss the Prime Minister’s big announcement of a near-total lockdown as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak, but is the messaging getting through and has the government got it right so far? They examine the emergency legislation rushed through parliament to enforce government measures … Read more

Who can you trust?

The cost of politicising expertise and crying wolf for years is that sooner or later a real wolf emerges, argues Claire Fox in The Municipal Journal. Debates about experts are back. With an official pandemic to deal with, we’re all hanging on every word from the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and the chief scientific … Read more

Don’t expect the EU to learn any lessons from Brexit

Claire wrote for the Spectator on her experiences of being a member of the European Parliament. She explains how the parliament doesn’t even provide a vehicle to discuss the EU’s problems and potential solutions because it is such a bureaucratic stitch-up. She argues that the EU doesn’t look like it will act to deal with … Read more

Doing politics differently post-Brexit

In her column for MJ, Claire explains the reasons behind her forthcoming conference and why changing politics for good would be a Brexit dividend for everyone. Phew. I’m glad that is over. I am no longer an MEP. Returning from Brussels post-Brexit is a joy. After all, the only reason I stood as an elected … Read more

Cross Question, 5th February 2020

Claire joined Iain Dale in the studio along with Jack Dromey, Peter Bone and Jemma Forte, and discussed listeners’ questions about Anne Sacoolas’s diplomatic immunity, bare shoulders in the House of Commons, privatising the BBC, the Downing Street lobby journalists walkout, and the worst things the panel have ever forgotten.