Stonewall charity boss sues actor Laurence Fox for defamation

A charity boss is suing Laurence Fox after the actor labelled him and others ‘paedophiles’ during a bizarre online spat.  Simon Blake, the deputy chair of LGBT charity Stonewall said in a Twitter statement on Monday that he was suing Fox for defamation.  Earlier on Monday, Fox was embroiled in a heated exchange with a … Read more

Stonewall charity boss sues Lawrence Fox for defamation after actor calledhim a ‘paedophile’

A charity boss is suing Laurence Fox after the actor labelled him and others ‘paedophiles’ during a bizarre online spat.  Simon Blake, the deputy chair of LGBT charity Stonewall said in a Twitter statement on Monday that he was suing Fox for defamation.  Earlier on Monday, Fox was embroiled in a heated exchange with a … Read more

Laurence Fox attacks Twitter at Conservative Party conference fringe

Laurence Fox calls for a Twitter ‘retract button’ for people who say controversial things and then change their mind as he blasts ‘anti-Western and anti-democratic’ freedom of speech ‘crisis’ in Conservative Conference appearance The actor turned political activist spoke at Conservative Party Conference fringe Attacked Twitter as ‘everything that everyone ever writes exists in perpetuity’ … Read more

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride

Gay men hijack #ProudBoys hashtag and post images of themselves ‘doing very gay things’ to ‘reclaim’ the label from the far-right group in a viral trend started by Star Wars’ George Takei Takei, 83, took to Twitter to call on other gay men to post pictures of themselves ‘making out… or doing very gay things’ … Read more

Laurence Fox calls people ‘paedophiles’ on Twitter in bizarre rant

Laurence Fox has labelled a fellow actor and social media users ‘paedophiles’ in a bizarre online spat.  The actor is embroiled in a heated exchange with a number of Twitter users including Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp and deputy chair of Stonewall, Simon Blake, whom he called ‘paedophiles’ after they claimed he was ‘racist’. This … Read more

Cinema chain Cineworld confirms it will temporarily close 127 sites in UK

Cineworld has today confirmed plans to temporarily close 127 sites across the UK.  The cinema chain will make the closures in both the UK and the US after big studios started to delay their major film releases to wait for better audiences. The decision will affect around 45,000 employees in the two countries – Cineworld’s … Read more

Halsey, 26, sits down with Bernie Sanders, 79, for discussion about ‘Greed and The Wealth Tax’

Halsey took to social media Sunday to share her recent conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders about the US presidential election and the wealth tax. The 26-year-old singer posted the talk with Sanders, 79, for her roughly 21.4 million followers on Instagram and her 13.5 million followers on Twitter. The post opened with a title card … Read more

Trump is mocked online for signing blank page in ‘staged’ photo-op to show at Walter Reed hospital

Donald Trump was photographed at Walter Reed Medical Center appearing to sign a blank piece of paper with a marker in an attempt to show he was still working while fighting coronavirus – prompting ‘#Staged’ to trend on Twitter. The White House released the contentious pictures of Trump appearing to work hard while receiving treatment … Read more

Laurence Fox says he is boycotting Sainsbury’s for ‘promoting racial segregation and discrimination’

Laurence Fox has accused Sainsbury’s of ‘promoting racial segregation and discrimination’ and said he will be boycotting the supermarket chain after they promoted Black History Month. The actor, who recently announced he was launching his own political party to ‘reclaim British values, denounced the supermarket on Twitter. He said: ‘Dear Sainsbury’s ‘I won’t be shopping … Read more