At The Independent’s latest virtual event, Claire discussed Brexit’s impact with Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP Mark Francois, and Professor Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe. Chaired by The Independent‘s chief political commentator John Rentoul, the discussion addressed reversing Brexit, economic implications, youth mobility, and public sentiment shifts. Watch it on … Read more
Trans people, minority groups and immigrants are braced for turbulent times after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Shortly after being sworn in as US president on Monday, Trump said he would make it “official policy” that there are “only two genders – male and female”. He also announced this week that US government diversity staff were being … Read more
Claire was in the panel for LBC’s Cross Question with Labour Defence Minister, Luke Pollard, former Conservative Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, Associate Editor of the Financial Times, Stephen Bush and presenter Iain Dale. They discussed the likely impact of Trump’s election on the Ukraine conflict, the UK’s spending on defence, new rules on knife sales … Read more
Claire was quoted in a Daily Mail article about the proposed Mental Health Bill: “Young people are demanding medication to treat their mental health issues despite being ‘not that ill’, Parliament has heard. Baroness Fox of Buckley, a former Brexit Party MEP, said there was an 18 per cent rise in prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder … Read more
“I don’t care about Elon Musk or the person who runs Meta, what I care about is freedom of expression. And we have a Prime Minister who doesn’t value that as much as they say they do.” Claire appeared on the Politics Live panel with Labour MP Catherine Atkinson, Conservative peer James Bethell and JOE … Read more
On Sky News, Claire debated Owen Jones following Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end fact-checking on Facebook.
On Sunil Sharma’s podcast, Rational Voices, Claire discussed the grooming gangs scandal, the state of political parties in the UK, the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ideas festival, anti-ideological threats to religious freedom, the importance of developing new ideas and why populists should defend elitism.