Claire appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? at The College, Merthyr Tydfil, with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth MS; Torsten Bell MP, a minister in the Treasury and the Department for Work & Pensions; Darren Millar MS, the leader of the Welsh Conservative group in the Senedd; and presenter Alex Forsyth. They discussed … Read more
Claire interviewed comedian and TV presenter Andrew Doyle about his new book, The End of Woke. They discussed the legacy of Black Lives Matter, the effect of multicultural policies on the idea of equality before the law, right-wing wokism, the fining of Hamit Coskun for burning a Qu’ran, the grooming gun scandal and the limitations … Read more
Claire appeared on BBC’s Politics Live with Labour MP Sarah Smith, Conservative MP Stuart Andrew, broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles and presenter Vicki Young. The panel discussed how to fix the water industry, whether a man should have been fined for burning a Qu’ran outside the Turkish consulate in London, the link between the weather and … Read more
Claire discussed the week’s news with Trevor Phillips and Rod Liddle. Subjects covered include the elusive benefits of Keir Starmer’s EU and Chagos Islands deals, the ban on Harvard University taking on more overseas students, proposals to medically castrate sex offenders, Gary Lineker’s resignation from the BBC, vegans demanding that their neighbours stop cooking meat, … Read more
“What did the UK get out of this trade deal? Nobody can answer. Starmer boasts that they’re economically competent. They’re good at signing deals that cost a fortune.” Claire joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Spiked Podcast to discuss Keir Starmer’s dreadful deal with the EU, Britain’s two-tier speech laws and how the … Read more
Claire sat down with Jasleen Chaggar of Big Brother Watch and author Timandra Harkness to talk about the latest attack on our privacy, the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. Read more about the Bill’s very serious implications for civil liberties on the Academy of Ideas Substack.
“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