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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Ng

UNBELIEVABLE: Gb news must not be cancelled in wake of laurence fox comments presenter - Caught on Camera

GB News has learned a “hard lesson” after “offensive” comments were made on-air by Laurence Fox – but the channel must not be cancelled, a presenter has said.

Dan Wootton and Fox have both been suspended after the former laughed in response to the widely criticised remarks by the actor-turned-politician, who asked about Ava Evans: “Who would want to shag that?”

The comments made by Laurence in my view were sexist, misogynistic and, unusually, in the frenzied climate of the so-called culture wars, have been condemned across the political spectrum from left and right
— Mark Dolan
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