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

We need to move on

Writing in The MJ, Claire says vaccine passports for events would ‘cause immense harm, mainly to the fabric of society’ and it’s not clear if they would impact on virus spread… In a packed beer garden last week, I was surrounded by five hen parties. For once I was happy to have my sedate drink … Read more

Fall Of The Red Wall: How Labour Lost Its Heartlands

Claire was a contributor to this documentary for Darren Grimes’s Reasoned channel, and spoke about how our political elites on both left and right often misjudge the electorate’s views on issues such as the environment, the Culture Wars, and ‘levelling up’. Claire appears at 14 minutes and 24 minutes in.

Why choice is crucial

Writing in The MJ, Claire worries that making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for those working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England is illiberal… When the Government recently announced that it is to make COVID vaccination a condition of employment for anyone working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England, I was … Read more

Boris’s miners joke reveals his contempt for the working class

Writing in The Spectator, Claire takes issues with Boris Johnson’s comments about the miners’ strike… In March this year, 35 years to the month since the end of the miners’ strike, environmentalists were caught dressing up as miners. Their media stunt was intended to protest against a proposed expansion to the Bradley coal mine in … Read more