On the historic day that Brexit became final, Claire was due to speak in the House of Lords but was culled from the speakers’ list at the last moment. She shared what she was going to say with Brexit Watch… “…if it wasn’t for populist democratic perseverance, there wouldn’t even be a trade deal to consider. … Read more
Brexit Facts4EU published the text of Claire’s speech in the second House of Lords debate on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement… “My Lords, I voted for the agreement reluctantly. I would have preferred a clean break and the time to scrutinise the small print for the myriad traps it contains. “However, to give credit … Read more
Claire was interviewed for the You Don’t Know Me podcast by youth issue expert and former teacher, Chloe Combi, about the impact of cancel culture on young people. Claire appears from 17:30 minutes onwards. Listen here.
In the first episode of Heresies, a documentary series created by The New Culture Forum, Claire talks to author and journalist Marc Sidwell about the tradition of individual liberty and what it means to us in the age of Covid.
By closing down the public sphere, politicians have deprived themselves of their most valuable asset: the wisdom of an engaged citizenry, writes Claire in The Telegraph When MPs and Lords were sent home early last Thursday, we were put on standby. If the UK secured a deal with the EU after endless fraught negotiations, we … Read more
Claire was in the Newsnight studio with Simon Williams from Swansea University’s School of Management to discuss the prospect of relaxed lockdown guidelines over Christmas, and argued that letting the public use their judgement in these situations is more likely to foster good will and responsible behaviour than draconian, rules-based measures. Claire appears from 10 … Read more
Claire was a guest on It’s Your Time You’re Wasting!, the podcast presented by educators Martin Robinson and David Didau, where she discussed the Eton ‘perspectives’ video and pupil voice, and the reasons she set up the Debating Matters competition for secondary schools, now in its seventeenth year.
Joining the House of Lords at this turbulent time has been challenging, to say the least, writes Claire in The Express. The place was desperately in need of a few more Brexiteers, which I have been glad to help correct. But much of my early time here has been spent fighting to take back our … Read more
Claire and fellow panellists Nadhim Zahawi, Vaughan Gething, Adam Price, and Tanni Grey-Thompson discussed questions from a virtual Swansea audience about lockdown rules, the impact of covid policies upon the vulnerable, pay rises for public sector workers, government cuts to the foreign aid budget, and the likelihood of a Welsh independence vote. Watch highlights above, … Read more
Claire joined former Conservative cabinet minister David Lidington, Labour MP Florence Eshalomi and barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed on the panel of LBC’s Cross Question with Iain Dale, and discussed listeners’ questions about the future of the Union, vaccine misinformation, the gaps in covid support schemes, Jeremy Corbyn’s reinstatement into the Labour Party, and the … Read more