Read on Twitter
Among the Prime Minister's 36 appointments to the House of Lords is former Brexit Party MEP for the North West, Claire Fox.
Here are my thoughts.
A thread
(1/7)
Here are my thoughts.
A thread
(1/7)
Claire Fox was previously an activist & organiser for the Revolutionary Communist Party, & she co-published its magazine 'Living Marxism' until 2000.
Living Marxism is the predecessor to Spiked online, which regularly spouts, in my humble opinion, racist nonsense.
(2/7)
Living Marxism is the predecessor to Spiked online, which regularly spouts, in my humble opinion, racist nonsense.
(2/7)
In 1997, under Fox's watch Living Marxism published an article claiming ITV had fabricated its dramatic 1992 footage of prisoners held by the Bosnian Serbs at Trnopolje.
The article argued the footage showed Bosnian Serb soldiers not detaining Muslims but defending them.
(3/7)
The article argued the footage showed Bosnian Serb soldiers not detaining Muslims but defending them.
(3/7)
In so doing, Claire Fox and Living Marxism denied the genocide committed against the Bosniaks during the Bosnian War - culminating in the Srebrenica genocide in which more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were brutally murdered.
(4/7)
(4/7)
In July we marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. At the memorial service, @BorisJohnson said "there are those who would prefer to forget or deny the enormity of what took place. We must not allow that to happen."
Yet, he has promoted Fox to the Lords. (5/7)
Yet, he has promoted Fox to the Lords. (5/7)
Alongside denying the Srebrenica Genocide, following the 1993 Warrington IRA bombing, which killed two children and left 50 wounded, Fox's Living Marxism defended "the right of the Irish people to take whatever measures are necessary in their struggle for freedom."
(6/7)
(6/7)
Claire Fox has been asked to apologise for both these incidents many times - she has refused every single time.
Welcome to the House of Lords Baroness Fox.
- end- (7/7)
Welcome to the House of Lords Baroness Fox.
- end- (7/7)
