Unlocked: Brexit one year on
Claire and other guests join fellow former Brexit Party MEPs Martin Daubney and Ben Habib for an Unlocked special to mark the anniversary of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
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Daily Clout: Lockdown despair, loss of debate
Claire is a guest on US author and campaigner Naomi Wolf’s Daily Clout show in which she discusses life under lockdown in Britain and the attempts to stifle debate about covid. Part of the series ‘Profile in Courage’.
Jess Phillips is wrong to tell men to ‘pass the mic’
“When Labour leadership challenger Jess Phillips urged men to ‘pass the mic’ to a woman on the top job, telling Sky’s Sophy Ridge it would ‘look bad’ if Labour failed to elect a woman, she more or less admitted not being up to the job. Surely the weakest argument any leadership candidate could use is … Read more
Claire returns to The Vance Crowe Podcast
In her second appearance on this US-based podcast, Claire discusses the House of Lords, the EU and Brexit, Boris Johnson, Trump and the Capitol Hill riots, loser’s consent, Big Tech censorship, lockdown, election conspiracies, ‘silence is violence’, masks and making a political difference during lockdown.
Brexit brings democratic accountability home – and that means scrutiny of the Lords too
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
Leave won because of “the steely courage of millions of voters”
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
You Don’t Know Me: Cancel Culture
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.
A Free Country? Why We Need To Stand Up For British Liberty
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.
Our leaders are trapped in an echo chamber – no wonder they’re making such bad decisions
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
Newsnight: Can common sense guide us out of the coronavirus pandemic?
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