Harley Richardson “Burnham’s essay is the same old tropes over and over… he said he made the buses work better. Brilliant, I’m all for that, but that’s not enough to turn this country round.” On TalkTV, Claire discussed Labour Party policy and the concept of ‘Burnhamism’, the tragic case of a young murder victim who was accused … Read more
Claire joined Sir Trevor Phillips and Times Radio breakfast show presenters Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald to discuss the morning’s headlines, including: attempts to diagnose the reasons for rising youth unemployment, Tony Blair’s criticism of the Labour government’s green energy targets, and a Max Planck Society study claiming that women are more attractive than men. … Read more
Claire appeared on Times Radio’s Evening Edition with Peter Hitchens and presenter Kait Borsay. They discussed President Trump’s attempt to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the future of the Labour leadership, and the pros and cons of eating ‘picky bits’ for dinner. Listen to the discussion below… The whole programme is available on the Times … Read more
Claire appeared on Times Radio with James Ball, political editor of The New World magazine, and presenter Rod Liddle. They discussed the stories of the week, including: anti-Semitic comments by Green Party electoral candidates, free speech and the pro-Palestine protests, the continued political survival of Keir Starmer and the future of the Labour Party, King … Read more
“It’s too easy. We think if we ban the demonstration, we’ll get rid of the problem. But actually the problem goes much deeper.” Claire spoke to Talk TV’s Ian Collins about calls to ban pro-Palestinian marches following the attacks on Jews in Golders Green, and the overturning of the University of Sussex’s fine for its … Read more
Claire reviewed Nigel Biggar’s new book, The New Dark Age, for PoliticsHome. This indispensable book makes clear what society has to lose if we do not fight ideological conformity and find the courage to publicly defend the right to disagree In The New Dark Age, Nigel Biggar poses a startling question. Is his book really … Read more
On Times Radio, Claire joined academic Lisa McKenzie and presenter Rod Liddle to review the stories of the week. They discussed the prospect of a peace deal in the Iran war, the legacy of the Artemis moon mission, the Premier League With Pride campaign, fuel crisis protests in Ireland, changes to eligibility for council housing, … Read more
Claire spoke to podcaster Penny Dee about the Supreme Court ruling on sex and single sex spaces – the gap between legal clarity and real world implementation, and why so many institutions still appear reluctant to act.
Claire spoke to TalkTV‘s Kevin O’Sullivan about the defeat of an attempt to continue the recording of non-crime hate incidents.
In conversation with Giuseppe Gracia of Schweizer Monat, the Swiss ‘magazine for doers and thinkers’, Claire discussed the fragile state of free speech in the UK, pressured by expanding hate and harm laws and a culture that treats offence as injury.