Alice Grant GB News 2026 – From Brexit Teenager to Radio Britannia and the Michael Portillo Show

Seven years ago Alice Grant was a 17-year-old schoolgirl marching from Sunderland to London with Nigel Farage in the March to Leave. A viral Twitter video with her sister Beatrice – sharp, funny, deliberately provocative – caught the Daily Mail’s attention. Farage called them “inspiring” in The Spectator.

In 2026 Grant is 24, an Oxford graduate with a Graduate Diploma in Law from City University, a regular panellist on GB News, co-host of Radio Britannia and a fixture on the Michael Portillo Sunday show. The trajectory from teenage activist to professional broadcaster has been unusually rapid, even by the standards of modern media where youth and confidence are currency.

What makes Grant interesting is not that she holds conservative views – plenty of commentators do – but that she arrived at those views visibly, publicly and at an age when most of her peers were still forming theirs. Her political education happened in real time, on camera, and the audience that followed her from Brexit activism to broadcast journalism has grown with her.

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The Making of a Commentator

Grant’s political formation was domestic. Her family supported Brexit. Her grandfather was Sir Alistair Grant, Governor of the Bank of Scotland. Dinner table debates about sovereignty and national identity were not abstract exercises – they were inherited conversations with institutional weight behind them.

At school in Notting Hill she found herself in a minority. Most of her classmates leaned left. Most of her teachers did too. She wrote at 17 about the experience of defending Brexit in environments that considered it intellectually beneath contempt. That experience – being outnumbered, standing ground, articulating unpopular positions with clarity – turned out to be the perfect preparation for television.

Oxford refined the debating skills. The law qualification added analytical rigour. By the time GB News launched and began looking for young conservative voices who could match the energy of left-wing social media, Grant was ready.

Radio Britannia and the GB News Role

Grant’s current position as co-host of Radio Britannia on GB News represents a significant step beyond guest panellist appearances. The show – which covers UK politics, culture and current affairs from a conservative perspective – gives her a regular platform and editorial input that occasional panel slots do not.

Her recent appearances have covered the ECHR debate, the Green Party’s rise under Zack Polanski, the Iran war’s impact on British energy prices, and immigration policy. On the Michael Portillo Sunday show in March 2026 she discussed the Starmer government’s handling of the energy crisis – her analysis focused on what she described as the gap between rhetoric and delivery.

Grant’s style is measured compared to some of her contemporaries on the right. She argues from institutional and legal positions rather than cultural grievance, reflecting her legal training. Her TikTok clip arguing that ECHR membership “protects criminals over citizens” gathered over 6,500 likes on the GB News account – significant engagement for a political commentary clip.

What Grant Argues on ECHR

Grant’s most substantive policy position concerns Britain’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights. She argues that the convention, designed in the aftermath of World War II, has been interpreted by the Strasbourg court in ways that its framers never intended – particularly regarding deportation of foreign criminals, immigration enforcement and national security.

Her position aligns with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who has pledged to withdraw Britain from the ECHR if elected. Grant frames this as a sovereignty issue rather than a human rights one – parliamentary sovereignty, she argues, should not be subordinate to an international court whose judges may have no understanding of British legal traditions or domestic security concerns.

Critics counter that ECHR withdrawal would damage Britain’s international reputation and remove protections that benefit British citizens as well as foreign nationals. Grant’s response is that parliamentary sovereignty provides adequate protection and that an elected legislature should not be overruled by an unelected court.

The debate is far from settled. But Grant’s ability to articulate the conservative case in legal rather than populist terms makes her an effective advocate for the position – and explains why GB News has given her an expanding role.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Alice Grant on GB News? Alice Grant is a British conservative political commentator and co-host of Radio Britannia on GB News. She is an Oxford graduate and qualified lawyer who first gained attention as a teenage Brexit activist in 2019.

How old is Alice Grant? Alice Grant is 24 years old in 2026. She was born approximately in 2001-2002 and first appeared in public life at age 17 during the 2019 March to Leave.

What is Radio Britannia on GB News? Radio Britannia is a political commentary show on GB News that covers UK politics, culture and current affairs from a conservative perspective. Alice Grant co-hosts the programme.