With Boris Johnson losing vote after vote in the Commons, and Jeremy Corbyn disagreeing with Tom Watson on Labour’s Brexit policy, Claire joined Adam Boulton and Aaron Bastani of Novara Media to discuss what next for Brexit. Should these issues be thrashed out in the courts or are these political matters, not legal ones? Listen … Read more
Claire has written for UnHerd about her experiences in the European Parliament, looking in particular at the far-from-democratic process of choosing the European Commission. She writes: While the UK Parliament was being prorogued, the European Union this week officially announced a troupe of new executive appointees to oversee us all. Appointed via the offices of the … Read more
Claire was one of the interviewees on TRT World, a Turkish international news channel, discussing Brexit and why there was now a democratic crisis because the referendum result has not been implemented.
Claire made a short speech to the European Parliament arguing that the EU’s approach to science was inward-looking and could fail to develop homegrown postgraduate skills.
In comments to the EP’s Culture committee, Claire points out the way the options for responding are put in such loaded terms that there is only one reasonable answer.
Claire Fox appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain with Labour peer and prominent Remain campaigner Andrew Adonis to respond to the leak of papers from ‘Operation Yellowhammer’, an internal government process to plan for a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Claire argued that claims of medicine shortages, paralysis of trade and problems getting in and out of … Read more
Claire talked to Sophy Ridge on Sunday about why the Brexit Party will not be apologising for standing against the Conservatives in Brecon and Radnorshire and why the jury is still out on whether Boris Johnson really can deliver Brexit.
“As the by-election result came through from Wales last week, one Tory Leaver tweeted this: “Brecon and Radnor is a timely warning to Brexiteers. Vote for the @brexitparty_uk and you will hand another seat to Remain. How could you be so stupid?”. So stupid? The nerve, when after all, it was the Brexit party that resuscitated … Read more
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