Campus cancel culture

Despite Elon Musk’s claim that cancel culture is finished, it seems to be alive and well on university campuses. In two separate incidents, speakers were ejected from an Oxford Union debate about Israel and a 20 year old student took his own life after being cancelled by his peers. On Free Speech Nation Claire warned … Read more

Claire on the Assisting Dying Bill

“What we need to do when someone feels so desperate and so in pain and so full of hopelessness is that we stretch out a hand and say life is definitely better than death, no matter how much pain you’re in.” Claire spoke to Together Association’s Alan Miller about her objections to the Assisting Dying … Read more

The Evening Edition, 12th November 2024

“I don’t think we should make suicide the go-to solution for people.” On Times Radio’s Evening Edition, Claire joined presenter Kait Borsay and Times leader writer Michael Binyon to discuss the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the assisted dying bill and how to impress Donald Trump. Listen to the full programme on … Read more

Cross Question, 29th October 2024

On LBC’s Cross Question, Claire joined Conservative MP Richard Holden, Labour activist Josh Tapper, Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake and host Iain Dale to discuss listener questions. including whether Israel is using food as a weapon of war, how the government should help working people, the prospects of a Trump victory, the future of the … Read more

Politics Live, 24th October 2024

Claire was on the BBC Politics Live panel with Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP George Freeman, Dr Parth Patel from the Institute for Public Policy Research, Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin and presenter Jo Coburn. They discussed the prospect of government football regulations, the forthcoming ban on disposable vapes, junk food taxes to tackle obesity, reparations … Read more

Together 3rd Anniversary event

“It isn’t brave to demand our opponents are arrested or sacked for speech crimes. Don’t let us turn into snitches. The very freedom that is so precious for all of us here tonight is only meaningful if it’s extended to everyone, including those whose toxic worldview we despise, who’d have us locked up. Who cares? … Read more

The Muckrakers

“I don’t know that there is a balance between free speech and other rights… I don’t think the other rights mean very much if you haven’t got freedom of speech.” Claire appeared on the final edition of TNT’s The Muckrakers podcast along with William Mackesy, co-founder of Best Free Speech Practice (BFSP), Dr Edward Skidelsky, … Read more

TalkTV, 19th September 2024

“They seem to be incapable of understanding how ordinary people feel about migration, the riots, the winter fuel allowance… they’ve got no political instincts that match with those of any ordinary person in the country.” On Julia Hartley-Brewer’s TalkTV show, Claire discussed what Keir Starmer’s acceptance of freebies says about the political judgement of the … Read more

Any Questions?, 6th Sept 2024

“It’s not a question of over-regulation or under-regulation, it’s the right regulations and not the wrong ones. And if when you challenge a regulation you’re told you just want to tear up red tape and you don’t believe in regulations, that’s a way of silencing a debate. You can create regulations… that’s not the same … Read more