“One of the trickiest challenges of being in politics is defending the rights of those we disagree with vehemently. That dilemma has never been truer than in deciding how to approach the Public Order Bill, now making its way through the House of Lords. How can I defend the right to protest when I have little sympathy for those … Read more
A 2017 appearance of Claire from the BBC archives… Twenty years after the death of Isaiah Berlin, philosopher Jonathan Wolff goes in search of the Isaiah Berlins of today. Where is this particular kind of public intellectual? Does it matter If they are no longer around and what, if anything, has replaced them? Claire is … Read more
Claire joined Hugo Rifkind and Times Radio Breakfast presenters Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell to discuss the prospect of NHS strikes, reports that Rishi Sunak may delay caps on care costs, and Matt Hancock’s appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Listen on Times Radio. You can hear Claire from 3 hours … Read more
Claire joined Andrew Bridgen MP, Richard Burgon MP, Naomi Smith of Best for Britain and presenter Jo Coburn in the BBC studio to discuss Rishi Sunak’s U-turn over attending COP27, the Public Order Bill, rent controls, and whether Brexit has been a success so far. Watch the discussion on iPlayer.
On BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight, Claire spoke about the Just Stop Oil protests, the right to protest and threats to free speech represented by the Public Order Bill. Claire appears 41 minutes in. Listen on BBC Sounds.
On The Briefing with Arlene Foster on GB News, Claire discussed the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor and attempts to delay the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Pressure on the prime minister over the economy, the government’s growth policies, and Britain’s commitment to Ukraine were discussed by Jo Coburn and guests Conservative MP Bob Seely, Liberal Democrat MP Daisy Cooper, writer and environmentalist George Monbiot, and Claire Fox. Watch the programme on iPlayer.
On the GB News breakfast show, Claire discussed the morning papers with property expert Kunle Barber and presenters Isabel Webster and Stephen Dixon. In their first slot, they covered Russia’s escalation of attacks on Ukraine, the relaxation of regulations over building affordable homes, and the Festival of Brexit. The stories when they returned were Tory … Read more
Claire was a guest on Michael Portillo’s first GB News show. Are politicians frightened of talking in abstract terms? “Often politicians imagine that citizens and voters only think in terms of pounds and pennies and what will work, but when you talk to people… democratic accountability, sovereignty… that was what they were really interested in.”
“It was the first time I found myself part of an intellectual community… it gave me the courage to become a braver person.” In the run up to the 2022 Battle of Ideas festival, Dr Nikos Sotirakopoulos of the Ayn Rand talked with Claire Fox and Mo Lovatt of the Academy of Ideas about his … Read more