Newsnight

Newsnight, 24th July 2025

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“People are treated with contempt, and if you keep slapping people across the face, they organise and do something about it, and they have done in Epping and good on them.” As more protests take place outside a migrant hotel in Epping, a government minister tells Newsnight he wants these hotels closed. Claire responded, along … Read more

Newsnight, 6th May 2025

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“Labour have got a working class problem. It’s not ‘my father’s a toolmaker and I went to a comp’, it’s understanding what ordinary people in this country were doing when they voted Reform.” Claire joined Praful Nargund, Director of the Good Growth Foundation, Nicholas Watt, Newsnight’s political editor, and Victoria Derbyshire to discuss the summit … Read more

Ukraine incursion: how will Putin respond?

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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.

Newsnight: Can common sense guide us out of the coronavirus pandemic?

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Claire was in the Newsnight studio with Simon Williams from Swansea University’s School of Management to discuss the prospect of relaxed lockdown guidelines over Christmas, and argued that letting the public use their judgement in these situations is more likely to foster good will and responsible behaviour than draconian, rules-based measures. Claire appears from 10 … Read more