In the European Parliament Thursday 18 July, Claire calls for a point of order to Mairead McGuinness asking if there is an approved list of ‘offensive’ banned words that are forbidden to be used. This comes after her fellow colleague, Louis Stedman-Bryce, was told that the word “rubbish” cannot be used. She claims that this … Read more
“In my first week as an MEP, I was delighted to find that my Twitter feed included lots of interest in classical music and literature: Beethoven and Schiller. It soon became apparent that it wasn’t a cultured debate, but vicious condemnation of us turning our backs during “Ode to Joy”. The EU officials had demanded … Read more
Claire gave her first impressions of life as an MEP for the BBC’s The Week in Westminster on Saturday 6 July. Listen to the item here (from 22:27).
In an article for UK in a Changing Europe, Claire describes her first experiences of being an MEP as she travels to Brussels to sign up with the administration and being briefed on and by the bureaucracy. She writes: ‘If critics think business class travel is the extent of the gravy train, they haven’t been … Read more
“Since being elected a Brexit Party MEP, I have gone from gamekeeper to poacher as far as the broadcast media is concerned. Until six weeks ago, I had the privilege of being a commentator who could sit on couches endlessly pontificating. Now as a politician, I’m the target of my fellow commentators. They either discuss me … Read more
Claire joins Douglas Carswell’s podcast series Room For Thought to discuss Brexit, the establishment, and the need for radical change.
“Much has been made of the Brexit Party’s insurgency amongst people in Leave-voting communities, who have been subject to disparaging and patronising establishment contempt ever since they dared to vote the ‘wrong’ way in the EU referendum. But far less attention is given to the minority of Leave voters who work and live in the … Read more
Claire joins Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker for Novara Media’s ‘Tysky Sour’ podcast to talk about her journey from Revolutionary Communist Party to Brexit Party, and whether as a left-winger her decision to join amounts to essentially whitewashing Nigel Farage.
“I am standing as Brexit Party candidate in the forthcoming EU elections. The response of voters so far has been overwhelmingly positive. Phew. Here’s a chance to demonstrate that the shambles that parliament has made of delivering on a referendum mandate will be challenged by a democratic fightback. It really is exciting. But, I admit, … Read more
Claire joins Rod Liddle for his The Times’ podcast ‘Liddle’s Got Issues’ to disclose her reasons for joining the Brexit Party. A full edition of the podcast can be found here.