“They weren’t frightened last year, so why were we?”
Claire appeared on the studio panel of GB News’ Neil Oliver show, and reflected on the fallout from the Downing Street party scandal.
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Claire at the SDP Conference
In her guest speech to the 2021 SDP Conference on 6th November, Claire explores the rise of dogmatism in British politics, the inability of “science” to replace values when it comes to political decision-making, and the importance of individual conscience.
Politics Live on COP 26
Claire joined Conservative Party vice chair Andrew Bowie, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle, environmental campaigner Rupert Read and presenter Jo Coburn in the Politics Live studio to discuss the COP26 climate change summit and the UK’s row with France over fishing rights. Watch the discussion on iPlayer.
Any Questions? in Chatteris
Claire was at Chatteris Parish Church in Cambridgeshire this week for the recording of BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions?, along with Lord Deben, Baroness Fox, Richard Madeley, Melanie Onn and presenter Chris Mason. The panel answered audience questions on the attitude of world leaders to climate change, the dispute with France over fishing rights, compulsory … Read more
Online safety laws and the safety of MPs
‘If the government sets the social norm that you ban anything as soon as it looks a bit threatening, that’s actually the wrong message’ Watch Claire’s appearance on The Briefing with Tom Harwood…
Let’s not stay silent
Claire, writing in The MJ, argues that while most of us will never have our lives threatened for our views, Cancel Culture can make cowards of us all… Public service is always impressive, a building block of democracy. It requires giving of yourself for the public good. In wake of the horrific murder of David … Read more
How to do politics in an era of cancel culture
Watch Claire’s speech at the Reform UK 2021 conference on 4th October, in which she warned delegates about the dangers of tit-for-tat cancel culture and argued that woke politics needs to be confronted by ‘going high when they go low’…
Free Speech Nation: The Podcast
Claire was the latest guest on Andrew Doyle’s Free Speech News podcast, and discussed why she set up the Battle of Ideas festival, the dangers of lazy woke/anti-woke caricatures, post-Brexit political discourse, and the reasons she accepted a position in the House of Lords. The Battle of Ideas takes place at Church House in Westminster … Read more
Battle of Ideas next weekend
Claire spoke to Neil Oliver on GB News about the Battle of Ideas festival taking place in Westminster on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th October. No vaccine passports, no age limits, no special requirements – all you need to join us at the Battle of Ideas festival is an open mind. See the Battle of … Read more
Teeny gains for Labour
Claire Fox stepped in as guest co-host of the latest episode of the Planet Normal podcast this week. Claire and regular presenter Liam Halligan discussed the Labour party conference, Kier Starmer’s conference speech, Angela Rayner’s ‘scum’ comment, guest Robert Peston’s first novel and the Battle of Ideas festival taking place in Westminster on 9th and … Read more