Actor claims mainstream politicians have ‘lost touch with the people’

The actor Laurence Fox has announced he is launching a political party to “reclaim” British values from politicians, who he says have “lost touch with the people”.

In a statement on Twitter, the 42-year-old member of an acting dynasty that includes his father, James, and his cousin Emilia, said the party would aim to provide a “new political movement which promises to make our future a shared endeavour, not a divisive one”.

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