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IrelandLaurence Fox urges Free Speech Act after Robinson harassment verdict
UKLIVE's interview drew roughly 47,000 views in eleven hours as Fox called the conviction "political persecution."
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 72,649 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (5,992).
Tommy Robinson GUILTY: Laurence Fox Lambasts 'Political Persecution' | Lee & Lembit live
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- 1:10Lembit asks Fox why defending free speech matters to him, introducing the Robinson trial.
- 2:39Fox characterizes Robinson's harassment conviction as political persecution.
- 7:52Lee argues that unequal treatment in policing and the courts is undermining public confidence.
- 17:07Fox proposes a codified Free Speech Act to protect people from prosecution for expressing opinions.
What would Laurence Fox change in response to Tommy Robinson's guilty verdict? Beyond condemning the outcome, he proposes a Free Speech Act that would explicitly protect people from prosecution for expressing opinions.
Robinson's conviction for harassing two journalists is the starting point for UKLIVE's interview with Fox, hosted by Lee and Lembit. Asked for his reaction, Fox describes Robinson as relentlessly pursued and calls the case "a political persecution of a man who happens not to have the establishment narrative."
The conversation is a response to the verdict, rather than a reconstruction of the evidence presented at trial. Fox questions whether Robinson could receive fair treatment, while the hosts argue that political bias has undermined policing and the courts.
The segment drew roughly 47,000 views in eleven hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. Its comment section was also much busier than a typical first day.
Fox's proposed legislative response arrives late in the interview, around seventeen minutes in: "You'll have to have a Free Speech Act. You just do. You have to protect it in law."
English actor and political activist who founded and leads the right-wing populist Reclaim Party. He is best known as an actor for playing James Hathaway in the television drama Lewis.
More on Wikipedia ›British far-right, anti-Islam activist whose legal name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon. He co-founded the English Defence League and led it from 2009 to 2013.
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- Subscribers
- 187,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,588,297
- Channel views, pace per day
- 244,642 (on a normal day: 242,982)
- Video published
- October 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 47,383 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 72,649
The numbers
The interview had already passed UKLIVE's usual first-day views before its first day was complete. Comments also exceeded the channel's typical first-day total.
