The former actor Laurence Fox will not be a candidate at the London mayoral elections after failing to fill in the nomination forms correctly.
London Elects, which administers the mayoral and London Assembly elections, said the Reclaim party leader had submitted the papers shortly before the deadline on Wednesday, which were subsequently found to contain errors.
Fox, who last acted on screens in a 2022 film distributed by the far-right website Breitbart, is understood to have failed to provide enough signatures of support in two London boroughs, while three supporters from other boroughs could not be found in records.
Fox, who has been the leader of the rightwing populist Reclaim party since 2020, claimed on X in since-deleted posts that the actions were the result of “political corruption”. In response, London Elects issued a lengthy rebuttal.
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In his deleted posts, Fox claimed that his party had “checked, double checked and then triple checked our nominations” and would appeal against the decision, which he claimed was the result of “political corruption”. It is understood that there is no avenue for appealing against the decision by London Elects.
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The email said Fox would be refunded the £20,000 fee and deposit paid for the mayoral nomination, plus another £5,000 Reclaim had overpaid “in error”.
I was half expecting them to say the forms had been filled out in crayon.
@Emperor
No, he’d already eaten them.That may have been part of the errors not mentioned. I believe only blue or black crayon is allowed for filling official forms, with a strict “no soggy drool stains” policy.
But Fox had eaten all of them except the orange one, because it sounded “fruity”, so what else could he do?
Shove it up his nose? Might have upped his IQ a bit
London Elects said: “The Reclaim party candidate’s representatives met with London Elects for the first time on Tuesday 26 March, less than 24 hours before the close of the nominations deadline. At that time, the paperwork was incomplete.
“Mr Fox’s representatives were advised to ensure that completed forms were submitted well before the Wednesday 4pm statutory deadline. The paperwork was submitted very shortly before 4pm.
“Upon inspection, the nomination forms contained errors which – the deadline having passed – were too late for Mr Fox’s team to correct.
Monstrously unfair to disqualify incompetent fascists simply for being incompetent. Can democracy survive this outrageous attack?
they overpaid £5000 “in error” as London Elects didn’t take the bribe?
Someone had a lot of fun writing that article.
@Emperor
Sweet!kwab
