Harley Richardson

Politics Live: 1st July 2021

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Claire joined Tim Loughton, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn to discuss whether covid rules should be relaxed for the next England Euros 2020 game, the stamp duty holiday, banks giving guidance about pronouns, and fairness in British society. Watch the discussion on iPlayer.

The Online Safety Bill’s threat to free speech

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Claire hosted a Free Speech Union discussion with the FSU’s Director of Research, Dr Radomir Tylecote, and Matthew Lesh, Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, about the Online Safety Bill and their briefing You’re On Mute: The Online Safety Bill and what the Government should do instead’, a critical assessment of the Government’s … Read more

‘Lockdown makes us lesser citizens’

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Claire appeared on the Mike Graham show on talkRADIO and discussed the ramifications of postponing Freedom Day, mandatory vaccinations for care home workers, vaccine passports for public events, and the People’s Lockdown Inquiry, a new and independent investigation into the impacts of lockdown, compiled by the Academy of Ideas and commissioned by The Reclaim Party.

A Pint of Interest

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Claire appeared on A Pint of Interest, a ‘weekly podcast from the pub’, for a wide-ranging discussion with hosts Lewis Brackpool and Oscar Holdway Lopez. Topics included: Claire’s relationship to the traditional left-right political spectrum, the decline of the Labour Party, Brexit and fighting for free speech. Claire appears from 16 minutes in.

Can GB News live up to the hype?

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Writing in The Spectator, Claire reflects on the current state of broadcast news… …It’s hardly a surprise then that many people are optimistic about the launch of GB News, a channel which aspires to have its finger on the public pulse and which seeks to feature a diverse range of opinion. Good. Indeed, one reason why the channel … Read more

Solidarity in a climate of fear

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In the aftermath of a recent religious scandal involving a schoolteacher, Claire Fox, writing in The MJ, salutes the binmen who, she believes, have shown up how a climate of fear can make cowards of leaders – and threaten our democratic core values… Three cheers for the binmen. And not just because they have continued … Read more

Is Free Speech “Bonkers?”

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Claire joined Irish documentary filmmakers and authors Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer for The Ann and Phelim Scoop podcast. Topics discussed include Prince Harry’s views on the First Amendment, shifts in the political landscape in the UK after the recent local elections and the effects of lockdown on the public sphere. demobilising the public