Claire was on the BBC Politics Live panel with Labour MP Stella Creasy, Conservative MP George Freeman, Dr Parth Patel from the Institute for Public Policy Research, Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin and presenter Jo Coburn. They discussed the prospect of government football regulations, the forthcoming ban on disposable vapes, junk food taxes to tackle obesity, reparations … Read more
“It’s not a question of over-regulation or under-regulation, it’s the right regulations and not the wrong ones. And if when you challenge a regulation you’re told you just want to tear up red tape and you don’t believe in regulations, that’s a way of silencing a debate. You can create regulations… that’s not the same … Read more
On Newsnight, Claire discussed the Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory with Philip Collins, former Chief Speechwriter to Tony Blair, and presenter Faisal Islam. And, could Brussels really be out to rein in Elon Musk and X? Watch on iPlayer. The discussion begins 8 minutes in.
In the BBC’s Westminster studios, Claire joined Labour MP Josh Simons, Conservative MP Kieran Mullan, Liberal Democrat MP Pippa Heylings and Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn to discuss who should pay to fix sewage leaks, the prison overcrowding crisis, infighting within the Conservative party, cross-party calls to scrap the two-child benefit cap, and four day … Read more
Claire was on the BBC Politics Live panel with Conservative peer James Bethell, Labour peer Beth Anderson, Tribune editor Taj Ali and presenter Jo Coburn. Topics discussed included: the US House of Representative’s proposed ban of TikTok, the government’s new definition of extremism, Diane Abbott and Labour’s attitude to racism, and the idea of “limitarianism”.
Claire took part in BBC Radio 4’s regular discussion programme, Any Questions?, recorded this week at Chester Cathedral. Also on the panel were the chair of the International Development Select Committee, Sarah Champion MP, Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and the Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison. Questions from the audience included: … Read more
On the Jeremy Vine show, Claire debated trans activist Katy Montgomerie about calls for Professor Kathleen Stock to be no platformed by Oxford Union. Listen on BBC Sounds. (The discussion begins at 4 minutes in).
Claire took part in Radio 4’s big Brexit anniversary debate on the Today programme, sharing a panel with Alistair Campbell, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tony Danker of the CBI. Listen on BBC Sounds.
Former Education Secretary Kit Malthouse, Labour frontbencher Florence Eshalomi, Claire and Westminster Hour host Leila Nathoo discussed the current wave of strikes and looked ahead to the Commons debate on the Online Safety Bill. Listen on BBC Sounds. (The discussion begins 10 minutes in).
A 2017 appearance of Claire from the BBC archives… Twenty years after the death of Isaiah Berlin, philosopher Jonathan Wolff goes in search of the Isaiah Berlins of today. Where is this particular kind of public intellectual? Does it matter If they are no longer around and what, if anything, has replaced them? Claire is … Read more