‘Gravy train?’ A first taste of life as an MEP

In an article for UK in a Changing Europe, Claire describes her first experiences of being an MEP as she travels to Brussels to sign up with the administration and being briefed on and by the bureaucracy. She writes: ‘If critics think business class travel is the extent of the gravy train, they haven’t been … Read more

What Channel 4’s Jon Snow can learn from the Brexit Party

“Since being elected a Brexit Party MEP, I have gone from gamekeeper to poacher as far as the broadcast media is concerned. Until six weeks ago, I had the privilege of being a commentator who could sit on couches endlessly pontificating. Now as a politician, I’m the target of my fellow commentators. They either discuss me … Read more