“For so many people asylum seekers are just a prop for them to push around to show they’re the good people.” Claire and TalkTV‘s Julia Hartley-Brewer discussed woke Glastonbury politics and Banksy’s crowd-surfing inflatable boat of migrants, pro-trans placards at a West End performance of Frozen, and the row about Gary Lineker wearing Next clothes … Read more
A German woman was given a harsher sentence than a convicted rapist after she was found guilty of defaming him. On TalkTV, Claire discussed the implications of the case with presenter Russell Quirk. “We’re about to have a government that will make hate speech a criminal offence in a way that will not allow us … Read more
“This is about women’s spaces… we should know that when we get a women-only service, it’s women we’re talking about, not men who identify as women.” On talkTV, Claire discussed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to tackle ‘confusion’ over the definition of sex.
On Mike Graham’s talkTV show, Claire criticised emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding and discussed the ongoing Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) scandal. “A lot of prison officers and ex-prisoners are common sense types… stop talking to NGOs and stakeholders… talk to some normal people and I bet you’d solve some of this.”
On Mike Graham’s new talkTV breakfast show, Claire discussed the civil service union’s legal challenge to the Rwanda plan, the murder of a 14-year old in Hainault, the Ireland migrant crisis, UCLA anti-war riots, the policeman charged with terror offences for sending pro-Hamas tweets, and threats by Sting and Stephen Fry to quit The Garrick … Read more
“We need to have a sovereign policy on what refugee status is… we associate it with escaping Nazi Germany but things have changed…” Claire spoke to Mike Graham about the latest revolt against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill.
“They have a romantic view about fighting the oppressor but Hamas silenced any progressive solution in Gaza many years ago.” Claire talks to Jonny Gould on talkTV…
Claire spoke to TalkTV’s Kevin O’Sullivan and Alex Phillips about calls to ban pro-Palestine marches on Armistice Day, the role of identity politics in reactions to the Israel-Hamas war, the right to protest, the crisis of authority in the police and the causes of rising antisemitism.
Claire spoke to talkTV’s Mike Graham about David Cameron’s return to government.
Claire joined TalkTV’s Kevin O’Sullivan and Alex Phillips about the prospect of a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day going ahead despite Government objections.