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Claire Fox

Claire Fox

Claire Fox is director of the Institute of Ideas

Articles by Claire Fox

Let the good times roll

By Claire Fox | 13 October 2014

Councils should get with it when it comes to informal art in localities and communities, argues C...

The Cinderella Law is criminal

By Claire Fox | 17 July 2014

I always worry that making too much fuss about the chasm between the political elite and ordinary...

Beware the fury of a patient man

By Claire Fox | 10 June 2014

Let’s stop fetishising the rise of UKIP and concentrate our questions closer to home, writes Clai...

Fat chance of a reasoned debate

By Claire Fox | 08 May 2014

Claire Fox lays in to the flawed and patronising thinking of national and local leaders in the gr...

Fools rush in

By Claire Fox | 10 April 2014

Claire Fox believes councils should look at the evidence before rushing to intervene in regulatin...

A police state is no answer

By Claire Fox | 26 February 2014

Councils should resist the temptation to become tooled-up members of the police state, enforcing ...

Stand up for lobbying

By Claire Fox | 03 September 2013

Claire Fox makes the case for council opposition to the Coalition’s new Transparency of Lobbying ...

This is not the time to panic

By Claire Fox | 12 June 2013

In the aftermath of Woolwich we must be careful not to undermine community cohesion says Claire Fox.

Bound and gagged

By Claire Fox | 24 April 2013

Gagging orders are rife, but whistleblowing is becoming a lucrative career opportunity. Claire F...

Make compassion a priority

By Claire Fox | 25 March 2013

Claire Fox argues that when compassion is turned into a target, a major shift in approach is req...