Laurence Fox accused of ‘insulting intelligence’ of libel trial attendees

Actor called critics paedophiles' after they labelled him racist' following his call for boycott of Sainsbury's over Black History Month stance

The actor and politician Laurence Fox has been accused of insulting the intelligence of everyone present" during a libel trial at the high court over an argument on social media.

Fox had called for a boycott of Sainsbury's in October 2020 on X, then known as Twitter, in response to the supermarket chain saying it would provide a safe space for black employees during Black History Month. He was called a racist" by the drag artist Crystal, the former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake, and the broadcaster Nicola Thorp.