Laurence Fox Defends His Right to an Opinion After His Controversial Comments | Good Morning Britain

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Laurence Fox made controversial comments against 'woke' people on Question Time when he clashed with an audience member over the Duchess of Sussex racism row, argued with Shami Chakrabarti over whether the next Labour leader should be a woman, and of the film 1917 said, 'there is something institutionally racist about forcing diversity'. Laurence joins us to talk about the reaction to his comments.
Broadcast on 22/01/2020
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[@geordiejones2]

Laurence Fox says it how it is, that's why he is criticised. If i said "Make criminals in prison work to pay for there crime and accommodation, people would scream oh no that's forced labour and against there human rights.

[@warplanner8852]

Get off it, Piers. Fox is correct. Militaries were racist and exclusionary. When people undertake to fight for a cause or country, they preferred to be with those who they are "comfortable" with. Sikhs, Gurkhas, whites, etc. in those days. Why judge them by our present day standards?

[@craigcassidy879]

This actually aged well for Laurence Fox.

[@wesdryden2086]

How long will it take them to realize they opened the comments ? Lol

[@skygazer6898]

Fox is allowed to give his opinion. I am a vegetarian and he disses us, but I don't get upset about it as it is his opinion.

[@johnfisher4872]

It would be good to let him answer a question before throwing another unrelated one at him.

[@rorz999]

Interrupting guests is all Piers knows how to do. In fact, this was far from his worst behaviour, probably because he does agree with Lawrence on most things. When he has a guest he completely disagrees with, he barely lets them talk

[@zerofox7347]

That’s how Piers controls and overwhelms his opponents. It’s also a police tactic if you watch interviews.

[@oliveoil7642]

Or putting his thoughts into their words. 🥱

[@oliveoil7642]

@@zerofox7347 Does he see everyone with different views as an opponent?🤔

[@oliveoil7642]

@@rorz999control freak

[@Kowinaida]

She doesn't get it...

[@anthonyfieldhouse9691]

Thank god for men like Lawrence Fox. Integrity and courage in abundance

[@anthonyfieldhouse9691]

how about a dose of reality @danswhite8544

[@patbaker2199]

Unfounded confidence it would seem.

[@jimmydbags1070]

lol ffs man. 😂😂

[@nigelxavier883]

But poor judgement for an intelligent man.😂😂😂

[@aimeemacdn]

@@nigelxavier883 Don't confuse intelligence with talking posh.

[@dominiclane8538]

I agree with lawrence fox

[@Steve-zc8yn]

Ava Evans laughed and actively encouraged male suicide. If he's guilty then she needs a prison sentence.

[@janebuckland737]

Love you Lawrence. Don’t change who you are. Peace and Safety Be With You ❤

[@Albion-am-byth]

When are we going to see "Hathaway" spinnoff of Morse and Lewis. Can't wait.

[@margaretwalker969]

Agree with Laurence

[@christinewilson1538]

Well done Lawrence you deserve a medal..

[@tims5268]

A cunt medal

[@jimmydbags1070]

Racist grifter of the year award. 🥇

[@Abid-rc2ps]

I think he knew what the impact would be

[@talawatvhd768]

Why did he see the the colour/ the soldier? 🇬🇧😀 haha ?

[@desleighfisher980]

I am with him not Piers and certainly not the person in the green dress who was definitely on the prod...

[@nickyboy22071989]

I agree with his right to say this I actually do. Even if i dont agree with it.

[@GeoffsSousChef]

I'm retroactively supporting Laurence on EVERY "controversial" comment he's EVER said for the very reason he lays out here: why the hell shouldn't people be able to express themselves? whether their opinions hurt your feefees or not... Ava Evans sent me here, cause she's disgusting.

[@Scripture-Man]

Absolutely. It wasn't long ago I wrote to GBNews saying that I found Laurence to be unprofessional and rude, and I would have been quite happy for him to go. But this incident has changed everything. It's quite clear that he is the victim of "cancel culture", with the media just plain LYING about him, calling his comments "misogynistic" even though they absolutely weren't. But even if the man WERE misogynistic - you don't FIRE someone for that! Every man has the right to express his views whatever they may be.

[@GeoffsSousChef]

he seems like a MAN who, like millions of us, is FED UP with rancid psychopathic hatred and BLAME hurled at men. my God. it's unhinged. after watching previous interviews with that foul woman and her callous remarks about and toward men, I completely understand Fox's very palpable animosity toward her. this 4th wave feminism is a SICKNESS and I want to see MORE men calling it out. BRAVO Laurence!@@Scripture-Man

[@andrew_koala2974]

As long as people are not cussing - then they are free to voice their view- opinion and observation. Science was built upon these premises. The Christian Church however executed - tortured and burned alive many great scholars - writers and scientists of the day because they brought forward alternative views and observations. -- Even their pets were executed and their books burned. Many sweeping campaigns if “Inquisition” were launched. For instance; everyone found possessing any of these “false” Gospels was put to death and his Gospel burned. This continued for many centuries and thousands of people were put to death by the Sun worshiping Christian Church. Examples of those who were put to death are the philosopher Giordano Bruno - Galileo - Joan of Arc - and the religious order of knights called the Templars among countless hundreds of thousands of others. If the Church did not have the power to burn these people at the stake during their lifetime - then they would exhume their bodies after their death and burn them (e.g. John Wycliffe) The CORPORATE GOVERNMENT religion is continuing with this tradition of persecuting and silencing truth tellers and those with a different voice. That in itself a form of racism. If people become offended - I say - Get as offended as much you like - I don't care

[@patbaker2199]

Obviously people can say what they want. People are free to criticise his opinions too. He said himself he says a lot of "unfortunate" things. He sounds like an edgy teenager saying whatever he can for a bit of attention. If he didn't do that, he would be irrelevant. Sounds like a lot of virtue signalling and when he talks about bringing divided people together but then burns flags.

[@ag2011_X]

The very reason an adult shouldn't just say what's on their mind in public is the same reason you don't drive on any side of the road, you don't smoke anywhere you want, you don't grab anyone else' body parts and you don't carry guns on a plane. In theory you should be able to do all this, but for all practical/legal/ethical purposes you can't (for obvious reasons). If you support this guy, then you may as do and let everyone else do want they want...which is anarchy - which is by nature...a mess. Fox should put on big boy pants and grow up.

[@isabellak1394]

This hasn't aged well for Piers. I 💯 support Lawrence and the right to free speech and freedom of thought, may it prevail against all odds 🙏

[@Sukhumvit1]

Piers has turned woke 😀

[@g.a.m.b.i]

I hold my great grandfathers St Georges Cross, I'm 3rd generation British Sikh. Thank you for your great fulness 🙄

[@NEOGEO1966]

Countless Sikh, Muslims and Hindus fought for Britain. (600,000 Muslims fought for Britain in WWI 1,000,000 Muslims fought for Britain in WWII)

[@TheAultimusPrime]

countless, proceeds to count them...

[@snelgrave101]

I think Lawrences point was , there should have been MORE Sikh soldiers in the regiment, WTF is the problem here?.

[@mattmichaela]

……and your point is?

[@len2122]

​@@snelgrave101but does that make sense? if he's problem is that was just one Sikh, wouldn't adding more just give him more reason to think that it's racist.

[@snelgrave101]

@@len2122 At 1:42 he says "more Sikhs" again, I think he's trying to make the point, if your representing a sikh battalion, then why just have 1 guy, maybe I'm missing something, I doubt it though, I'm seldom wrong.

[@johnwickham9805]

This is becoming to be where people are frightened to say the truth as they see it

[@stephendodd606]

Respect to loren foxes from ulez protesting group 👍😷

[@pepryan2183]

Interesting final point.

[@andrew_koala2974]

Mrs. Green over there does not yet understand the difference in meaning between some'one' and some'body' Repeats words she heard like a parrot without knowing what the words actually mean. seems her dumbing down process has been largely successful. So here is the important question to ask: How many of YOU are there in existence on this earth ? After answering the question - write an essay on the importance and significance of ' one '

[@travelwell6049]

This didn’t age well. 🤔

[@andrewturnbull2489]

What a legend 👏

[@ronamain8689]

H'es spot on! One token actor makes one think abuout whether or not there were any at all!

[@scronx]

Fox gets my vote, you tedious talking heads! Really, Piers, how could you?

[@batwingpie]

I think I get what he is saying. It comes across as more of a 'token' racial insert character when it is just one guy rather than representative of the fact that he wasn't a token figure at all, there were millions of other Sikhs fighting too. I think that's what he is getting at, the character then feels more like a token racial insert for the sake of being representative rather than it feeling natural and authentic. EDIT: OMG just realised this is 3 years old. Thanks KZbin

[@Scripture-Man]

I think the point Laurence was trying to make is that if the film came out 20 years ago, no one would have batted an eyelid at seeing a Sikh in a war film, and probably would have been happy to see something different and interesting. However, unfortunately these days, there is so much pandering to minorities in the media (with 50% of everyone on British TV now black) and so much loathing of traditional white British culture - that it gives us an uneasy feeling when we see these minorities being glorified because it feeds into the modern spirit of racism against traditional white culture.

[@NatFacker]

That is exactly the point he was making. I don’t understand why the panel of “journalists” don’t see that. Sikhs served in large numbers so the likelihood of just one being in that scene seems unreal.

[@andrewcooney2387]

You are correct in what you say about this and yes you are correct and I agree with you about this

[@TheSeedpearl]

​@NatFacker you are spot on. I thought that's what he meant... but he didn't elaborate on that too much. They kept cutting him off. The panel were only interested in the word "racism" and not what he had meant. Poor man. He has been through a lot the last few years.

[@paulkehoe67]

i support fox! free speech!

[@gordonmorris6359]

It's notable that NOT ONE single movie has EVER been made about the British West Africa Squadron that combatted the slave trade and rescued hundreds of thousands of black Africans from slavery. One can fairly wonder if the BBC has refused to finance such a project, and DEMAND to know WHY NOT? And no movie has ever been made about the American African Slave Trade Patrol. There's certainly a reason why, and it isn't because there haven't been great books & novels to draw upon for screenplays, many exist.

[@springinggrass]

More about this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa_Squadron

[@raphaelandrews3617]

Thank GORDEN I have commented on bias for years but the BBC or as I chose to call British Bias Corruption[ do you know the first DG was give Tory peerage] pretend it can not be bias when everyone knows it is.

[@obsolise8063]

Go on, Loz!!!❤❤❤

[@simonrolfe5528]

Well done, Laurence

[@britsfirstfitness5026]

Hes right i what he said there wouod of bin more than one wouodnof been more realistic to have 20 or 30 not one as a.token jester to seeks

[@elizabethmccool-vr6hl]

Ever since the Lady who badgered/bullied You because of Your background. A friend of mine, Once explained too me what Reverse discrimination was, and as the years have passed , It really stands out more and more. A lot of my black friend's totally agree. Bullying, Jealousy etc can be masked as rational comments. But Black people aren't stupid they see what others are doing. Grow up those who have nothing better to vent their energies into, Plenty of real issues out there to fight for. Thinking of the likes of Trump/Johnson who almost promoted racism etc. Laurence Fox is a single father with young children, Find someone better too vent your venom on.

[@eugenebrown5843]

They're coming out of the woodwork, ill intent always trips their owners,

[@DavidM-gx8fs]

I didn’t even know they were in the war

[@XMYA555]

There is racism in all races unfortunately. But its only whites who are pulled up about it. That in itself is racist, which also triggers resentment, which fans the flames of racism. To tackle racism, it has to be observed equally within all races.

[@scottandcoke1342]

Racist

[@GeoffsSousChef]

real.

[@andrewcooney2387]

One would think that non white are trying to cancel out white European people. It's becoming a bit more obvious these days this is where non white people can step forward and tackle the anti European people out there. Raceisim is a very bad thing and should not be tolerated In any form.

[@raphaelandrews3617]

as usual you claim racism today when in the past you would claimed superior British ability.

[@susancarthy2080]

Piers is so attention seeking

[@GeoffRobinson-en5xw]

Well said, and it is not just art, nothing will be improved if everyone has the same opinion. Read 1984 again.

[@patmanchester8045]

Making a Sikh the one and only in a movie seems patronizing and making the soldier a token to me. I would find it odd that only one Sikh is included.

[@AdrianCFrancis]

Lawrance you have so many people who support you !

[@yungbruh7441]

learn to spell Laurence first of all, its on the screen in front of you (not hard) 😂 secondly if you have any historical knowledge or even the ability to use google you would know that some Sikh soldiers did fight mixed with British troops for example the 47th Manchester regiment, use your brain before blindly believing a single uneducated person that has acknowledged after he wasn’t aware of the historical accuracy behind it

[@pgtips4240]

How dare you have an opinion Laurence

[@michaelkaley9075]

Great opportunity to further her career by playing the “ Hurt” victim

[@oliveoil7642]

Why is it that this woman has the need to put Laurence in a box, “institutionally racist “, bobbing her head in condescension spewing shame. I suppose it makes her feel she has the moral high ground! 😳😤

[@richy69ify]

It was insulting not to show the Sikhs in proper context.

[@user-mc1wp6lv9n]

Got personal !!! Never thought anything else ,but sheer nervousness when GB news when hired by them. Sadly proved right!!! Gone is Dan. Now they hired Boris. What can i say🤷. Fave programme not doing itself any favours by these ---- rogue -------. So saaaad.

[@oliveoil7642]

Two bullies giving Laurence the third degree rather than an interview or discussion. Felt like I was at a police station or detective crime scene!

[@njkip]

She should have thought about the backlash when she said what she said on politics live! Booo ooooo all upset now are we ....well said Lawrence.....

[@WonderWeezul]

Spot the bot... this is a 3yr old clip. Nothing to do with the current news in Sept 2023 Fool.

[@user-hc8mm4eu9t]

Mr fox there is love for you my pal.❤

[@montymonty4894]

I love Lawrence...please continue to be you.

[@AM-ec9op]

Bravo to LF for appearing on this abhorrent programme

[@iancampbell6538]

He’s a brave guy. Good on him

[@tims5268]

Yeah, because it takes bravery to perpetually pretend to be a victim.

[@IggyGoesPop666]

Tarquine Fox still holds the record at Harrow School for wining/ losing (depending whilst way you look at it) the most games of soggy biscuit in one term... 187!

[@ventura9388]

Sounds a bit like Laurence Fox tbh.

[@bobburroughs6241]

Unwatchable because of Morgan.

[@CliveAdlam-yn8uz]

How childish and immature and boring has England become , nursery school .

[@jgsmile1331]

We stand with Laurence Fox. Great actor and human being.

[@VARMOT123]

Lol what ?

[@hudson7354]

Actor ?😂😂😂😊

[@jgsmile1331]

@@hudson7354 Many ppl have enjoyed his acting.

[@johnburman966]

Disliking certain races or groups may be offensive to others... but this race thing is now religion and the inquisition is at work. Maturity is an ability to at least consider other viewpoints that you may not agree with.

[@caroledowie1773]

I don't dislike foreigners, but I just wish they would stay foreign.

[@TopGun69]

Viva Laurence Fox ❤

[@scunyboy]

Respect

[@traumaannellama]

Interesting points. I am curious though why the girl to the far left never talked? I don’t really watch the news so I don’t get that.

[@thegoblinking66]

The days when Laurence Fox thought everyone would absolutely love his stubborn, elitist, couldn't care less attitude. Turns out people are not ready to accept a member of the elite, who has always had everything he wants, pretending to be hard done by. Literally no one will employ him now...he has gone the way of Katie Hopkins with his legacy being an appearance on Quedtion Time. I hope he thinks it was worth destroying his whole career for, because in a short period of time he will be completely forgotten.

[@SherCts]

Calling someone "liberal" is an oxyMORON of the label of "wokers"

[@mariasierra4205]

Good for you❤

[@fionagregory9147]

Patrick Christys is the best one on GBNEWS. Hope he marries Emily soon and she has lots of children.

[@davebayliss3142]

Thank you Lawrence fox… you should be prime minister

[@s.l.3673]

I like DI Hathaway, but his opinions have rather diminished him.

[@mikeansley5306]

Umm... I'm looking up pictures of Sikhs in WWI and all the pictures taken are segregated save a few with officers. Fox is correct. That just makes sense when during WWI the Sikh soldiers would have spoken Punjab as a first language or not spoken English.

[@navisingh3674]

Segregation depended on the unit, but desegregation became more common as the war dragged on as the British wanted the men to have high morale

[@bazil83]

4:50 “we’ll have to wait and see”. Well 4 years later we’ve seen what happened 😂 Miserable failure.

[@corrysmith]

I'm a proud member of the IDGAF+ community. #StraightPride

[@AlisonBryen]

Grow up.

[@damienmorrison7226]

Duuuuuh

[@corrysmith]

@@damienmorrison7226 How would you know if I'm a proud member of the IDGAF+ community? Do you know me? Because I sure as hell don't know you. Which makes your comment ignorant just so you know.

[@chrispark9343]

Fox is indeed entitled to express an opinion however extreme it might be. And he has many of those. However, his politics are appalling as is his personality

[@FinnE30]

In your opinion...

[@amyclarke41]

cant abide him ax

[@garytwitchett9359]

Hard Cheese !!

[@Emmalittlepengelly1690]

He isn't very bright. Doesn't know the meaning of some of the things he says. This is what i hope for!

[@lesliejsmith9987]

Love LF.

[@SundaeExpress]

One in nine Brit soldiers in WW1 were Indian. Fact. Sorry to use that 4-letter f-word in your presence, Laurie - I know you're not a fan.

[@bereal6590]

He has gotten a lot lot worse since this!!

[@FinnE30]

Unbridled, would be more accurate. 'Worse' would be your subjective opinion... Grow up.

[@fionagregory9147]

I don't like Piers Morgan

[@seltaeb3302]

Lawrence, you'll be banned for life & no chance of a Harry Potter 🤮role, if it happens, please NOOO..

[@davebayliss3142]

Fox is a 💯👏👏legend

[@elizabethmccool-vr6hl]

Racial comments

[@garyr6097]

Musician now .. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And a great fisherman for publicity but catches nothing of any interest

[@julielawlor5482]

He is not a historian but making insulting comments

[@asaasare220]

Haha he’s not interested in color

[@sharonwilliams974]

Isn’t he suing someone because they called him a racist. Free speech until it’s directed at him.

[@chrisstyles7095]

S Reid is so weak

[@DaveMartinCanuck]

Man on t.v. says, multiple times, he's been silenced. Now that's boring.

[@peeg09]

Laurence Fox likes his version of everything. Poor Billie Piper she's an ICON!

[@caroledowie1773]

Billie Piper is NOT an icon and Laurence Fox has a right to say what he does.

[@peeg09]

@@caroledowie1773 Are you serious He just says awful things to be controversial. Cos his acting career has dried up.

[@peeg09]

@@dddayesq5061 You wish 🤣🤣🤣

[@snakedriver]

Former actor and former musician.

[@100softish]

It's women like this......

[@davidwatson9755]

Years ago I used to respect him. Then he tried to dismiss COVID etc. BAD MOVE! Anyway, looks like he's getting his come-uppance now! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!

[@billyp2516]

You realise that you are a pathetic human being?

[@robertfmorton]

Could Lawrence Fox get any more objectionable? Obviously he can!

[@SundaeExpress]

Vile creature 🤮 But enough about Piers Morgan - I'm no fan of Laurence Fox either.

[@gordonbradley3241]

Nobody is entitled to an " opinion " based on nothing but ignorance, bigotry and hatred !

[@johnevans5196]

All these losers in the comments section defending laurence need to pick up a book.