Harley Richardson On the SDP’s Take Me Home podcast, Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore quizzed Claire about life in the Lords, how laws are made, the difference between ‘cross bench’ and ‘non-affiliated’ peers, the reason so many laws are badly drafted, and how she would change law making if given a magic wand. In the podcast’s Culture … Read more
“Even though people can be nostalgic and sentimental for the past, I think that’s just a way of saying ‘the future is going to be the way I want it to be, not how someone imposes it on me’.” PopConversations is a series of online conversations with leading figures who are shaping UK conservative thinking. … Read more
Claire reviewed Ash Sarkar’s Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War for The House magazine “In pre-publication interviews for her book Minority Rule, Novara Media’s sassy, left-wing firebrand Ash Sarkar came out against her own tribe’s embrace of divisive identitarian politics. It was surprising because Ms Sarkar has been one of the best-known pundits casting aspersions … Read more
Claire joined Tom Slater and Josh Howie on the Spiked Podcast, and discussed the Roberts report on 7 October, the widespread denial of Hamas’s barbarism, the kidnapping of the Jewish musician Itay Kashti, the culture war over Adolescence, the panic over Andrew Tate, and the Sullivan Review.
“The rise of Reform is the vehicle through which people express their absolute desire to have a different type of politics. There’s internal squabbling in all parties. It’s the responsibility of Reform to rise above that.” Claire spoke to Alex Phillips about the public spat between the Reform Party leaders Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe, … Read more
“Find out about this bill… they say they’re helping small teams out, but what it amounts to is a government regulator with unprecedented powers being able to interfere in the governance of your football team.” On GB News, Claire discussed the Football Governance Bill with Martin Daubney.
“…we’re always urging scientists to get involved in politics… I can assure you any scientist that is involved in any cabinet of any government at the moment will make cuts in terms of science funding… are you going to expel them all?” Claire appeared on BBC’s Politics Live with Labour MP Natalie Fleet, Conservative MP … Read more
On Free Speech Nation, Claire and presenter Josh Howie discussed JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. “…the things that he emphasised were the values of liberty and democracy and liberty… the public are smart and it’s the wisdom of ordinary people that politicians are increasingly frightened of…”
Claire joined comedian Paul Chowdhry and presenter Rod Liddle on Times Radio to discuss exaggerations in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s CV, Trump’s peace negotiations over Ukraine, how human rights laws allow convicted criminals to dodge deportation, the idea of the US buying Greenland, the hijacking of school curricula for political purposes, revelations about the lifespan of … Read more
In a discussion hosted by Free Speech Union Manchester, Claire discussed new threats to free speech within the world of football, with Linzi Smith, lifelong supporter of Newcastle United who was banned from matches for social media posts, Joey Barton, former professional footballer, and chair Toby Young, founder of the FSU.