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
Claire joined Andrew Bridgen MP, Richard Burgon MP, Naomi Smith of Best for Britain and presenter Jo Coburn in the BBC studio to discuss Rishi Sunak’s U-turn over attending COP27, the Public Order Bill, rent controls, and whether Brexit has been a success so far. Watch the discussion on iPlayer.
On BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight, Claire spoke about the Just Stop Oil protests, the right to protest and threats to free speech represented by the Public Order Bill. Claire appears 41 minutes in. Listen on BBC Sounds.
Pressure on the prime minister over the economy, the government’s growth policies, and Britain’s commitment to Ukraine were discussed by Jo Coburn and guests Conservative MP Bob Seely, Liberal Democrat MP Daisy Cooper, writer and environmentalist George Monbiot, and Claire Fox. Watch the programme on iPlayer.
Claire appeared on the Question Time panel with Brendan Clarke-Smith MP, Wes Streeting MP, Layla Moran MP, Gerard Lyons and host Fiona Bruce. They answered questions from the audience on the energy crisis, fracking, NHS funding and waiting lists, Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons and positive ideas for the winter ahead. Watch the full … Read more
“Everything is posed with so much hyperbole, so much disaster and catastrophising rhetoric, that we can lose all sense of perspective about which things we really faces as problems and which things are more minor.” Claire discussed the 2022 ‘summer of discontent’ of strikes, court delays, flight cancellations, policing problems, ambulance queues, passport delays, hosepipe … Read more
Claire took part in the BBC’s Any Questions? at Boston Centre Stage, Holyhead, along with Conservative MP Virginia Crosbie, Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour Carolyn Harris, the Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake and chair Chris Mason. The panel answered questions from the audience about the ethical expectations of a Prime Minister, ambulance waiting times, Boris … Read more
Claire joined presenter Jo Coburn and fellow guests Andrew Bowie, Lord Collins and Grace Blakeley to discuss the resignation of Boris Johnson’s ethics advisor, Keir Starmer’s attempt to inject humour into his PMQ’s performance, the concept of ‘evil’ in politics, and calls to stop celebrating hot weather. Watch Politics Live on iPlayer.
Claire was in the Politics Live studio with Conservative MP Miriam Cates, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, Baroness Fox, Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union and presenter Jo Coburn. They discussed whether athletes should denounce Putin to play, the impact of pay squeezes on the willingness to strike, the mental health crisis, … Read more