Trump, Cummings and now Laurence Fox. Is 2020 looking up?
Fox said he was "let go" after he told an audience member on Question Time that he considers it racist when someone says he has benefitted from white privilege.
Fox said he was "let go" after he told an audience member on Question Time that he considers it racist when someone says he has benefitted from white privilege.
He said: "I may have had to endure homophobic bullying as a child, but I will not tolerate it as an adult."
"I adore Sainsbury's trifle, you can't beat it, but after this I will just have to go without it. I agree with Laurence completely."
The actor, who describes himself as a "Fierce Liberal", told his 238,000 Twitter followers that he'll never shop in Sainsbury's again.
Fox said that the party - provisionally called “Reclaim” - would provide a platform for those “tired of being told that we represent the very thing we have, in history, stood together against”.
A source close to Fox said it had been a ‘very difficult period for him and his family’.
The actor was heavily criticised after responding to claims that the media’s treatment of the Duchess of Sussex amounted to ‘racism’.
Under cross-examination Fox suggested there were contexts in which the phrase "I hate black people" was not racist.
The political journalist said she was ‘deeply embarrassed’ by the comments made by actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox.
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