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
Local councils play a crucial democratic role pushing back against central diktats but they should remember that citizens need more than money to get through the COVID challenge, writes Claire in The MJ. “…shutting down society for long periods does far more damage than killing small businesses and hospitality outlets. What is lost is community, … Read more
Claire’s contributions to a House of Lords debate about the Internet Market Bill were covered at length in The Express. “Under pressure from Brexiteers, Boris Johnson contested and won the December general election. He pledged the UK would not be tied to EU rules. The Government are now trying to keep that promise to the … Read more
In an interview with UK in a Changing Europe, Clare reflects on Euroscepticism in the run up to the referendum, the events that prompted her to stand in the European Parliament elections, and the future of British politics. Read the full interview here.
Claire joins host Anne McElvoy alongside other guest ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke, to debate whether we need to learn to live with more risk. As risk takes on greater significance within Government, Claire argues that we need to view risk as a core component of freedom as it is embedded in all the decisions we … Read more
Claire joined James Lindsey, founder of New Discourses, and Calvin Robinson, education specialist, for an Unlocked-Education special on whether we are are teaching our children to be racist, with the thrust of the discussion focusing on Critical Theory and its prevalence within the British school system.
Councils should ‘stop shaping all policies based on counting COVID cases and need to start balancing risks across a broader spectrum’, writes Claire Fox in the Municipal Journal It’s the first anniversary of my mother’s death. She died last October, aged 92. I spent hours with her the day before she died, in a nursing … Read more
Claire joined Andrew Neil alongside Prof Sunetra Gupta to discuss the events of the week.
Claire joined presenter Jo Coburn and guests Owen Jones, Tory MP Henry Smith and Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh to discuss the decision to lockdown universities to halt and spread of Coronavirus, as well as the breaking story that Donald Trump had only paid $750 in income tax and how this would affect his re-election chances. … Read more
Councils should ‘be consciously biased against those who refuse to see us as individuals beyond our skin colour’, argues Claire Fox in the Municipal Journal Dear councils, I am here to encourage you to rebel. You have a long tradition of rejecting the way things are done in Westminster, so I am hoping you will … Read more