UK: GB News fires Laurence Fox after vile on-air rant against female journalist

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Also: Laurence Fox arrested over comments urging people to vandalise Ulez cameras (The Guardian)

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Source: WION

UK: GB News fires Laurence Fox after vile on-air rant against female journalist

London, UK Edited By: Vikrant Singh Updated: Oct 04, 2023, 08:06 PM IST

British news channel GB News on Wednesday (Oct 4) sacked actor-turned-political activist Laurence Fox after his on-air disgraceful rant against a female journalist on a show hosted by journalist Dan Wootton.

The 45-year-old made a string of remarks against political journalist Ava Evans, including saying that no "self-respecting man" would "climb into bed" with her. The British broadcaster also fired Calvin Robinson, a political commentator, the same day for supporting Fox’s remarks.

"As of today, GB News has ended its employment relationship with Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson,” the broadcaster said.

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Laurence Fox arrested by police

The news of Fox’s sacking came hours after he was arrested by the Met Police for calling on the public to damage ULEZ cameras, used by the city’s transport authorities to monitor vehicles entering and exiting London.

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Read more: https://www.wionews.com/world/uk-gb-news-fires-laurence-fox-after-vile-on-air-rant-against-female-journalist-642617

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Source: The Guardian

Laurence Fox arrested over comments urging people to vandalise Ulez cameras

Fox held ‘on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage and encouraging or assisting offences to be committed’

Alexandra Topping
Wed 4 Oct 2023 15.13 BST
First published on Wed 4 Oct 2023 14.24 BST

Police have arrested the rightwing commentator Laurence Fox at his home after comments encouraging people to vandalise Ulez cameras.

On Wednesday morning Fox’s Reclaim party posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, which showed him sitting on the sofa in his living room, as several people dressed in police uniforms and wearing protective plastic gloves milled around him.

In the video Fox says: “Look how many coppers there are in my house, look at them coming to steal everything, take everything out of my house. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the country that we live in.” He then gives the camera a thumbs-up.

In a statement, a police spokesperson said: “On Wednesday 4 October officers arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage to Ulez cameras and encouraging or assisting offences to be committed.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/04/laurence-fox-arrested-over-comments-urging-people-to-vandalise-ulez-cameras

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[The Blue Flower]

1. Bummer

I liked him in Inspector Lewis. The character was intelligent. This actor, not so much.

[MLAA]

2. I'm wondering if substance abuse is involved or if he just has the MAGA gene.

Calling for your audience to destroy government property is pretty far out there.

[Chainfire]

5. Right-winger's super power is destruction. Offer nothing destroy all.

[hlthe2b]

3. He took a very hard RW turn and is just a major a'hole now. I too liked him in "Inspector Lewis" but

irl, he's just a cretin. Sigh...

[bucolic_frolic]

4. I enjoyed him in "Lewis" but the show became tired and I did think him a bit strange.

"Lewis" was a spin-off of "Morse". That brand rolled around for around 20 years I think.