In the European Parliament on Wednesday 6 November, Claire spoke against attempts to regulate the media. She noted that the mainstream media is often caught up in a ‘bubble’ and is insensitive to trends and developments beyond that bubble. As a result, mainstream outlets were caught by surprise by the vote to leave the EU … Read more
In the European Parliament on Wednesday 6 November, Claire had an exchange with Michalis Chrisochoidis, the Greek minister for citizens’ protection. Claire pointed out that while there are calls for solidarity with migrants, that sense of fellow feeling has been undermined by the way responsibility has been outsourced to the Turkish government. This has been … Read more
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) host Claire for a discussion on the current state of politics – From mass hysteria to the notion that it is even illegitimate to have a debate, why has political become so personal and does this signal an end to the traditional open polity that has long been the … Read more
In the European Parliament on Monday 21 October, Claire expressed her deepest sympathies for the Jewish victims killed in the Halle Synagogue shooting in Germany. She made clear that we should not be too simplistic when calling out acts of extreme violence. She argues that those who willingly pointing fingers at anti-Semitism being a solely … Read more
Triggernometry host Claire and Author/Journalist Ella Whelan for a special discussion on the Battle of Ideas 2019, the recent parliamentary discussions over defamatory language, and the importance of free speech in society.
Claire discussed the future of a post-Brexit Britain in this Institute of Art and Ideas panel debate with Owen Smith and Natalie Bennett. Watch Claire’s opening remarks above or register with IAI TV to see the full debate.
In European Parliament on Thursday 10 October, Claire abstains from a motion about EU workers’ rights and unemployment, pointing out the bureaucratic attempts to appropriate the working classes’ historic struggle for their rights. She also points out the sheer hypocrisy of EU’s virtue signalling about workers’ rights whilst simultaneously imposing austerity and preventing member states … Read more
In European Parliament on Thursday 10 October, Claire challenges the EU commission head-on over a motion about Russian interference in elections which argued that British voters were “duped” by Russian bots and misinformation peddled on social media. She reaffirms her belief in the sanctity of democracy by calling these statements untrue and stating that the … Read more
In the European Parliament on Wednesday 8 October, Claire shows her solidarity with the ‘hundreds of heroic democracy protestors’ in Hong Kong and condemns the totalitarian efforts of the Chinese government to curtail democracy as well as their brutal treatment of the protestors. She then goes on to criticise the EU and its hypocrisy in … Read more
“After appearing on Newsnight last week, an #FBPE-monikered keyboard warrior wrote a much liked comment above my picture that read: “Bat shit crazy, howling at the moon @brexitparty_uk neo Nazi fascist apologist tries to blame the judiciary. Straight out of the Hitler/Goebbels Handbook. We are living in dangerous times. #stopbrexit #RevokeA50 #SaveDemocracy”. This was one … Read more