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Claire Fox

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[Wikipedia] Claire Regina Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. A right-libertarian, she is the director and founder of think tank the Academy of Ideas, formerly known as the Institute of Ideas.

Quotes by Claire Fox

My political views have never made me insensitive to the pain and suffering caused to the innocent victims of events such as…

Events

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Welsh voices and Welsh communities were heard in 2016 in their tens of thousands, in their droves. They voted to leave the…

Better

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An ever-widening definition of abuse can incite a culture of fear and complaint: encouraging teachers and girls to name and shame could…

Abuse

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I would never say don't have an argument.

Argument

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There is a strand of self-absorption and fragility running through this generation; all too ready to cry 'victim' at the first hint…

Cry

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One thing we can be sure of is that Brexit will leave its mark on the E.U.

Brexit

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I think the idea of journalists being neutral is very important.

Being

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If you lose an argument it doesn't mean you change your mind but you have to accept the decision.

Argument

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I have fought for open immigration which is something I disagree with Nigel Farage on.

Immigration

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I confess that when I hear Boris Johnson's slogan let's get Brexit done it sends a chill. Because it's let's get Brexit…

Brexit

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Yes, we know that obesity is an issue, but it isn't the end of the world as is reported everywhere.

End

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There was such a sense of relief on the left when New Labour came to power that certain orthodoxies could not be…

Desperate

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The first job of the Brexit Party is to make sure Brexit's delivered and if that involves electoral pacts, that might happen.

Brexit

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One of the great tragedies of Brexit has been that despite the fact there was an unprecedented public vote for change, Brexit…

Brexit

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If you challenge multiculturalism you are seen to be a racist. But it's a political philosophy that needs to be looked at.…

Multiculturalism

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I am ever hopeful that there are generations of young Chinese people who are really thinking about the future and what kind…

Future

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Senior Tories have exhibited a brand of entitled arrogance that implies that they own Brexit. It seems that anyone else who claims…

Arrogance

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I am generally enthusiastic about cities. Here in the West there is a panic. Every time we have a debate about cities,…

Debate

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If you feel you're being condescended to and not taken seriously in the discussion, that can make people feel defensive.

Being

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The notion that one's home is one's castle and you can pull up the drawbridge is not one that people in public…

Believe

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Children are more restricted than ever when it comes to taking physical risks - one of the ways previous generations built resilience.…

Children

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Maybe the Tory party might, instead of telling the Brexit Party what to do, make an approach to the Brexit Party and…

New

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I think there's a presumption of a climate emergency which I don't think there is. I think there's a climate problem, I…

Climate

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I think there is some kind of disillusionment in the West about the gains of modernity and of economic growth and it…

Economic growth

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If you are a young, white, straight man in today's society, you are in trouble.

Man

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