Laurence Fox is launching a new political party to fight the culture wars named Reclaim, and he has already raised more than £1million.
The actor, 42, has received substantial sums from former Tory donors and hopes to stand dozens of candidates across the UK.
The Lewis star says he wants to provide a movement for people who are ‘tired of being told that we represent the very thing we have, in history, stood together against’.
A little over a year ago, Nigel Farage demonstrated that there was a mood in the country for an alternative. That one was somewhat short lived, having served its purpose and many of those who voted for it, returned to the Tories when it came to the general election.
A new party is always an uphill struggle, but the Tories have squandered the goodwill extended to them last December and their most ardent critics are those who supported them – with, in my experience, those who were most critical, cheering them on at the moment. I really don’t understand that one.
Either way, if there is an alternative when the next election comes around, I’ll vote for them. I like what Fox has to say, and no one could be worse than the rabble we currently have in parliament.
Among his aims are reforming the BBC and celebrating Britain’s contribution to the world, according to The Telegraph.
Sounding good already.
It would seem that Laurence Fox might just have accidentally stumbled into a new direction. Good luck to him.
Much of my frustration about everything that is going on has been down to the fact that voting is no longer a way to stop it. I couldn’t bring myself to vote for the current lot and my instincts have been proven to have been correct in spades. I have to admit that I enjoyed the lefty tears when Boris won but the victory was short lived as these so called conservatives failed to be so in anything but name.
I am of the firm opinion that if only three people in the whole country voted, the winner would claim that they received 66% of the vote and have a full mandate to govern and the other would claim that they lost by only one vote.
Neither would acknowledge that the entire country failed to support either one of them and the country was thoroughly fed up with the whole system.
We are not going to vote our way out of this …
Already registered with him and his nascent party.
Will formally join immediately it becomes possible.
I’ve never joined a political party before.
I suspect I won’t be alone,
Can’t find a website. I’m not on facebook or twitter.
Have you got a link?
A spot of googling brings up this:
http://www.laurencefoxparty.co.uk
which redirects to this:
https://laurencefoxparty.nationbuilder.com/
Thanks, Simon.
Here you go DocBud ….
https://laurencefoxparty.nationbuilder.com/
Thanks, Arkus
Interesting. Fox is a smart guy, and he doubtless realises that in the left wing environment of the arts, he’s probably now persona non grata. So, he’s going all in with this. Good on him. And unlike the Tory party chumps, he’s wily enough to know how to sing his enemy’s song (how to talk about ‘intersectionality’ and ‘privilege’) and meet them on their own playing field. I will be registering forthwith.
With any new party actual electability under first-past-the-post is a far off goal as we saw with UKIP, the BRExit Party and the Independent Group however if Fox & co are successful they can threaten majority government by targeting the most marginal constituencies of the other parties, creating pressure for each party to move in the policy direction that is required to remove the problem.
A Tory party that is “Conservative in Name Only” is as much use as a chocolate teapot. Can’t see either Labour or the Tories being particularly happy about the move. Good.
That’s the strength of these parties. The Brexit Party proved effective in the Euro elections and was able to apply pressure. Targeting Tory marginals would concentrate their minds somewhat. Likewise, there are plenty of erstwhile Labour voters who aren’t on board with the far left lurch – hence the collapse of the red wall.
Reclaim party – :Facepalm
Yesterday it was David Kurten’s Heritage party, today Fox’s turn
Yet another splinter party targeting UKIP, Brexit party and “Conservative”
party voters
– Reclaim Heritage party soon?
I’m not sure that I completely agree with your view on this. I don’t believe that they are targeting the same pool of voters. There are classical social liberals who would not ever dream of voting for the Heritage Party and social conservatives who would not dream of voting for Reclaim. It’s my belief that we might see a situation where those who would normally be inclined to vote Tory but now, for very obvious reasons, would not dream of doing so any more would aim their votes at the Heritage Party. On the other side, those who are socially liberal may be attracted by the freedom and liberty message of Reclaim. The next election is going to be interesting to say the least.
Either way, both will be able to exert pressure on the bigger parties.
Agree there. I can see Reclaim putting pressure on the Lib Dems and Labour whilst Heritage does the same for the Tories.
Raised £5m already apparently, from lockdown Sceptics.
It will simply split the ant establishment vote unless we get a referendum on something like ‘defund the BBC’ which is highly unlikely.
I think the recent bout of Referendum Fever was ended with BRExit. I doubt their will be any more any time soon since they “destabilise the established order” (which is why we plebs like ’em).
There are supposedly rules around what constitutes a referendum or not which mostly revolve around major constitutional issues or matters of sovereignty. That certainly applied to BRExit and the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, but probably not to the 2011 AV referendum which started the recent cycle.
I accept that defunding the BBC is an urgent issue, but it looks like Dirty Dom has got a handle on that if he can manage to get Charles Moore in as BBC Chairman and Paul Dacre in at OFCOM, that will probably provide the necessary pincer movement to get the BBC off the public tit in 2027.
Once they move to a subscription / advertising service and are forced to survive or die alongside Netflix and the like they will have to adapt…and if they don’t, they won’t be missed…
Realistically the best that can be hoped for is that new parties are seen by the established parties as a threat. After all, we got our exit from the EU, if it ever actually happens, because UKIP were a threat to the mainstream parties.
For a new party to make a breakthrough, I think, needs some kind of perfect storm. Perfect storm you say? Well, the mainstream media has never been so distrusted and out of touch. The existing political parties have never been so incompetent, universally left wing, distrusted, out of touch and viewed with such utter contempt. An economic shitstorm is brewing and the reckless government borrowing has to hit the buffers eventually.
The biggest problem is that government is huge and a group of newly elected amateurs will need to have plotted and planned months in advance and secured insider help to grip it up.
It is going to take a very clever group to tackle the slopey uncivil serpents……
Like the Brexit “party”, it’s just a way to take money from the gullible.
Also a good way to launder money.
Worth a “cunt” actually ….
Presumably he wants to eradicate anything non-English from our culture – like oh, Kipling’s Indian stories or any mention of immigrants, like the Huguenots …
It’s fighting an imaginary foe, for the basis of a modern volk – & we know where that goes.
The Brexshiteers have had their way & we are staring disater in the face come some time in January when we run out of food & medicines
That “presumably” is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting there. The whole statement is a projection from you and does not reflect anything Fox has said during some extensive interviews.
No we won’t.