Controversial lockdown skeptic Laurence Fox has provoked outrage amongst teachers after asking who he should be billing for educating his children in lockdown.
The actor, who has two school-age children, asked whether he should send his invoice to the school or the government for his teachers’ salary this month after schools remained shut.
Earlier this week Boris Johnson announced that England’s schools would stay closed until at least March 8th as the battle with coronavirus remained “perilous”.
Government figures showed a further 1,239 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to over 103,000.
The March reopening target is based on progress in vaccinating the most vulnerable groups in society by mid-February and then giving the jab time to take effect.
But Fox appeared to be aggrieved with the delay, tweeting that he should be paid for his services on top of his estimated net worth of around $4 million.
His tweet has enraged many people. We’ve picked out some of the responses below:
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