“Labour have got a working class problem. It’s not ‘my father’s a toolmaker and I went to a comp’, it’s understanding what ordinary people in this country were doing when they voted Reform.” Claire joined Praful Nargund, Director of the Good Growth Foundation, Nicholas Watt, Newsnight’s political editor, and Victoria Derbyshire to discuss the summit … Read more
Claire writes in The House magazine… “…I realised that the government doesn’t understand what makes this an open sore in many communities when Ms Phillips boasted of the numbers arrested by the grooming gangs’ taskforce. Yes, seeing the abusers brought to justice is important. But a key grievance is that local state agencies have been … Read more
Claire was a returning guest on Spiked’s Last Orders podcast, joining Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the latest on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the anti-terror law that shut down a flower show, and the scourge of the anti-smoking playbook.
“We need to build an atmosphere of public opinion that gives people the confidence to speak—and reminds those in power that common sense still matters.” The Penny Dee Podcast features honest conversations about life, love, happiness and everything in between with broadcaster, author, speaker and skincare creator Penny Dee. Claire and Penny explored why open debate is vital … Read more
Claire joined Ed Vaizey and Times leader writer Michael Binyon to discuss the trade war between the US and China, the future of the Ukraine conflict, Tory donors losing faith in the Conservative Party, NHS waiting lists, Michael Gove’s peerage and tea breaks and fag breaks. Listen to the whole programme on the Times Radio … Read more
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