Laurence Fox

Fox (2006)

Laurence Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is the leader of the small, right-wing, Reclaim Party.

Quotes

2019–2020

• I say, "Can we just get on and not be mean to each other?" But I feel compelled to be mean to the wokies.
• [On his vote in the 2017 general election.] I voted for "Magic Grandpa" [[[Jeremy Corbyn]]] last time, but then I realised he was an anti-semitic old Marxist.
• [Undecided on his vote for then forthcoming 2019 general election because of their "hate-speech laws".] You’re the Conservative Party, the clue's in the word! I would vote for a conservative party, but not this one.
• I should probably say only correct things, but I have a sneaking suspicion if everybody does that, the world’s going to die of boredom. The world needs a fool — not that I think I’m a fool. Though some may disagree.
  • "Laurence Fox interview: Let the hipsters hate me — I won't dance to their politically correct tune" The Sunday Times (17 November 2019).

• You know, even in 1917 they've done it with a Sikh soldier, which is great. I mean, it's brilliant, but you're suddenly aware. It's like, "there were Sikhs fighting in the this war," and you're like, "OK, you're now diverting me away from a story of what the story is..." It is kind of racist, if there is racism. If you're talking about institutional racism, which is what everyone loves to go on about - which I'm not a believer in, you know - there is something institutionally racist about forcing diversity on people in that way.
  • The James Delingpole Podcast (16 January 2020).
  • 1917 is a reference to the 2019 film.

• It's so easy to throw the charge of racism at everybody and it's really starting to get boring now.
  • Question Time (16 January 2020).

• I've encountered racism from black people towards me, when I was working in Kenya for seven months. It’s the way you’re spoken to — racism can be deferential.
  • The Sunday Times (26 April 2020).

• I personally think it's a dreadful idea that Holocaust denial is, you know, a crime in various places because how are you going to give someone an opportunity to air their ridiculous views, without evidence, without giving someone else the opportunity to correct them?
  • The Free Speech Crisis - Institute of Economic Affairs (5 October 2020).

2021–present

• Success is standing. Success is getting to the end and not losing my mind.
• [After his Question Time appearance] Suddenly, I was denounced by the whole of showbiz. I thought, Oh, it’ll be alright. But it wasn't. It just got worse and worse.
• My agent was like, "I’ll stand by you, darling ... Get out!"
• It's grim [...] but with it comes an incredible feeling of liberation. You think I can say anything because I'm not going to lose my job, because I've already lost my job. So now I can resist this disgusting religion of wokery. I'm going to resist it with all of my heart.
• [On being expelled from Harrow for having sex at the sixth-form dance with twins] My choice of venue for said escapade could have been better ["Middle of the dance floor on a bar stool"]. My ancient housemaster turned to me and said, "Your penis was visible." Those were our final words.
  • Interviewed by Allison Pearson, as cited in "Laurence Fox on his war on woke: ‘Success is getting to the end and not losing my mind’", The Telegraph (30 April 2021).
  • Fox was standing in the 2021 London mayoral election as the Reclaim party candidate (with the support of Reform, formerly the Brexit Party) being eliminated from the second round after gaining 1.9% of votes in the first.

• Show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman ever, ever, who wasn't an incel.
  That cucked little woman has been fed, spoon-fed, oppression, day after day after day after day.
  We need powerful, strong amazing women who make great points for themselves. We don’t need this sort of feminist 4.0. They're pathetic and embarrassing. Who'd want to shag that?
  • Comments broadcast during Dan Wootton Tonight (GB News, 26 September 2023), as cited in "Laurence Fox widely condemned for 'disgusting, misogynistic' GB News rant about journalist Ava Evans", The Independent (27 September 2023).
  • Fox was interviewed by Dan Wootton. Ava Evans is political correspondent for the online news site Joe. Presenter Carol Vorderman posted on X/Twitter: "There is seemingly no bar too low for the so called news channel GB News". GB News itself (in a statement on X) indicated Fox's comments were "totally inappropriate" and launched an investigation.

• First of all, don’t take a pop at Dan Wootton for something I said. That’s not fair.
  Secondly. I stand by every word of what I said.
• It's called free speech. I realise that the new woke world is low on laughter and high on offence, but it's still worth trying to find the lighter moments in this joyless new cancel culture which has been created for us.
  • Comments on X/Twitter (27 September 2023), as cited in "Laurence Fox suspended by GB News over 'unacceptable' comments toward female journalist on air", ITV News (27 September 2023).
  • GB News announced they had suspended Fox from appearing on the channel "effective immediately" for his comments, Wootton's own suspension followed a few hours later.

• So you keep trying to cancel away in your state of permanent offence, I've been cancelled already and may well be again, but I don't care one bit, and I will keep defending my right to have an opinion on issues which concern me.
  Without free speech and the presumption of innocence we are not free. We aren't quite communist Eastern Europe yet. We may very close, but not quite there. It's still worth fighting for.
  So if you are expecting a grovelling apology, I suggest you don't hold your breath. I won't ever apologise to the mob.
  • Comments on X/Twitter (27 September 2023) from the same post, as cited in "Laurence Fox suspended by GB News over comments on Dan Wootton show", Evening Standard (27 September 2023).

• If I was going to be sensible and I could replay it, I would say: "Any self-respecting man in 2023 would probably be well advised to avoid a woman who possessed that worldview because she would probably cause him nothing but harm."
  But what I did say was, you know: "I wouldn't shag that," and all that sort of stuff, which is not right. It's demeaning to her, to Ava, so I'm sorry for demeaning you in that way, however angry I am with you still for doing that, and it demeans me because it's not representative of who I am.
  • Statement in video posted on X/Twitter, as quoted in "Laurence Fox apologises to Ava Evans for 'demeaning' comments on GB News", The Guardian (28 September 2023)

• Just completed my GB News show trial. I mean disciplinary hearing. I think the rules are that I can't speak freely about it. Which is totally on brand. For the home of free speech.
• Remember. It's OK to encourage acid attacks on Nigel Farage. It's OK to wish Boris Johnson died of Covid. It's OK to want white people dead. As long as it's on the @BBC or the propaganda media.
  It’s not OK to not want to shag someone. We must protect the "broadcast ecology" for Adam Boulton at all costs.
  • From two tweets/posts (29 September 2023), as cited in "Laurence Fox reveals he has completed GB News 'show trial' but 'can't speak freely' after sexism row", The Telegraph (29 September 2023).
  • Adam Boulton had had expressed the opinion GB News was "trying to bust broadcast ecology" on the BBC's Newsnight. GB News announced it had "ended its employment relationship" with Fox on 4 October.