Harley Richardson “The Tories clearly want to appear tough on crime but criminalising people who wish to vent their unhappiness in a democracy isn’t the way to do so. After all, if there is a crime crisis, it is surely because pre-existing laws aren’t being properly enforced. Coppers seem more interested in scouring Twitter for alleged hate speech … Read more
Claire took part in an online panel debate at the IAI’s festival, HowTheLightGetsIn. Should we try and admit that there is some sort of hypocrisy inherent in liberal democracy as it does not always give a voice to all? Can and should we change our political system so that it represents the entire spectrum of … Read more
Claire appeared on the studio panel of GB News’ Neil Oliver show, and reflected on the fallout from the Downing Street party scandal.
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.
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.
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
‘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…
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
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’…
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