Laurence Fox tells EVGENY LEBEDEV he's on a mission to 'reclaim British values'... and to become PM
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Laurence Fox tells EVGENY LEBEDEV he's on a mission to 'reclaim British values'... and to become PM

Daily Mail  

Sipping a pint of beer while talking passionately about politics, Laurence Fox reminds me of someone I can't quite put my finger on. Sipping a pint of beer while talking passionately about politics, Laurence Fox reminds me of someone I can't quite put my finger on Indeed, he has become a hate-figure among many since shooting to prominence in January thanks to an appearance as a panellist on BBC1's Question Time. He has become a hate-figure among many since shooting to prominence in January thanks to an appearance as a panellist on BBC1's Question Time Fox's insurgent political party, with its provisional title Reclaim, wants people to be proud of this nation – which he has described as 'the most tolerant, lovely country in Europe'. He quotes the recently departed Right-wing philosopher Sir Roger Scruton's phrase about the 'pre-political we' – 'a culture built around the things children learn around dinner tables.

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