Claire took part in a heated BBC Politics Live discussion with Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell and presenter Adam Fleming about the latest inflation rate rise, the go-ahead for drilling in the Jackdaw gas field, the causes of the riots in France, support for Palestine Action tweeted by the wife of the … Read more
Writing in Spiked, Claire explains why the Battle of Ideas festival is the antidote to cancel culture, conformism and the state’s attempts to control the narrative. “…there is no room for complacency. Everyone claims to believe in free speech – until someone says something they dislike. That produces a censorious tit-for-tat cancel culture, not just … Read more
Claire spoke to Talk TV‘s Julia Hartley-Brewer about the claim by Andy Burnham that Russian interference in the Brexit referendum has been confirmed. They also discussed Reform’s dip in the polls and the complacency of the traditional political parties, and the reasons everyone should attend this year’s Battle of Ideas festival.
Claire appeared on LBC’s Cross Question with Iain Dale and discussed audience questions with Best for Britain’s Naomi Smith, Labour MP Chris Ward and comedian Stuart Pidman. Topics included: alleged Russian interference in the Brexit vote, renewed calls to rejoin the EU, Donald Trump’s criticisms of Volodymyr Zelensky, Reform’s proposal for a 5 year freeze … Read more
Claire spoke to Mike Graham about the Green Party’s new guidance on inclusive language, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s call for a ‘very active interventionist state’, claims of a government blacklist of its online critics, early release day and the prisons crisis, electoral reform, Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference speech and the Battle of Ideas festival.