Online safety laws and the safety of MPs
‘If the government sets the social norm that you ban anything as soon as it looks a bit threatening, that’s actually the wrong message’ Watch Claire’s appearance on The Briefing with Tom Harwood…
Media
Let’s not stay silent
Claire, writing in The MJ, argues that while most of us will never have our lives threatened for our views, Cancel Culture can make cowards of us all… Public service is always impressive, a building block of democracy. It requires giving of yourself for the public good. In wake of the horrific murder of David … Read more
How to do politics in an era of cancel culture
Watch Claire’s speech at the Reform UK 2021 conference on 4th October, in which she warned delegates about the dangers of tit-for-tat cancel culture and argued that woke politics needs to be confronted by ‘going high when they go low’…
Free Speech Nation: The Podcast
Claire was the latest guest on Andrew Doyle’s Free Speech News podcast, and discussed why she set up the Battle of Ideas festival, the dangers of lazy woke/anti-woke caricatures, post-Brexit political discourse, and the reasons she accepted a position in the House of Lords. The Battle of Ideas takes place at Church House in Westminster … Read more
Battle of Ideas next weekend
Claire spoke to Neil Oliver on GB News about the Battle of Ideas festival taking place in Westminster on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th October. No vaccine passports, no age limits, no special requirements – all you need to join us at the Battle of Ideas festival is an open mind. See the Battle of … Read more
Teeny gains for Labour
Claire Fox stepped in as guest co-host of the latest episode of the Planet Normal podcast this week. Claire and regular presenter Liam Halligan discussed the Labour party conference, Kier Starmer’s conference speech, Angela Rayner’s ‘scum’ comment, guest Robert Peston’s first novel and the Battle of Ideas festival taking place in Westminster on 9th and … Read more
We need to move on
Writing in The MJ, Claire says vaccine passports for events would ‘cause immense harm, mainly to the fabric of society’ and it’s not clear if they would impact on virus spread… In a packed beer garden last week, I was surrounded by five hen parties. For once I was happy to have my sedate drink … Read more
Cross Question with Iain Dale, 7th Sept 2021
Claire was in the LBC studio along with Nick Thomas-Symonds, Mahyar Tousi and Dr Phil Hammond, discussing audience questions on proposed tax rises to pay for social care, the prospect of a winter lockdown, immigrant channel crossings, mental health support during lockdown, and plastic surgery.
Woke ‘sense and sensibilities’ replace reason and logic
Claire joined Dr Tanveer Ahmed, author of Fragile Nation, for a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion with Glenn Fahey of the Centre for Independent Studies, which explored the concept of ‘the snowflake generation’ and the profound implications of recent changes in how society understands what constitutes ‘bullying’.
Claire on the Richard Tice show
Claire joined Richard Tice on his new talkRADIO show to discuss the importance of online anonymity at a time when free speech is under attack.