Laurence Fox vows to BAN Covid passports in the capital as he launches London mayoral manifesto 

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Laurence Fox vows to BAN Covid passports in the capital and promises ‘no-mask mandate’ – including for children in schools – as he launches London mayoral manifesto

  • Outspoken actor unveiled his policies in front of a ‘Free London’ bus in city today
  • He said he wanted to ‘stop the child abuse’ and remove face masks from pupils
  • Mr Fox also this week promised six months of free rides on buses and tubes 

By Tom Pyman For Mailonline

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London Mayoral hopeful Laurence Fox today vowed to ban Covid passports in the capital and promised a ‘no-mask mandate’ as he launched his manifesto.

The outspoken actor, who unveiled his policies in front of a bus with the message ‘Free London’, said he wanted to ‘stop the child abuse’ and remove face coverings from pupils in schools.

Mr Fox has also this week promised six months of free rides on buses and tubes in a bid to boost the capital’s economy after more than a year in lockdown. 

The plans would cost Transport for London some £500 million in lost fares, but Mr Fox insists the boom it would provide to the city’s economy would easily see money recouped. 

London Mayoral hopeful Laurence Fox today vowed to ban Covid passports in the capital and promised a ‘no-mask mandate’ as he launched his manifesto

The outspoken actor, who unveiled his policies in front of a bus with the message 'Free London', said he wanted to 'stop the child abuse' and remove face coverings from pupils in schools

The outspoken actor, who unveiled his policies in front of a bus with the message ‘Free London’, said he wanted to ‘stop the child abuse’ and remove face coverings from pupils in schools

Mr Fox has also this week promised six months of free rides on buses and tubes in a bid to boost the capital's economy after more than a year in lockdown

Mr Fox has also this week promised six months of free rides on buses and tubes in a bid to boost the capital’s economy after more than a year in lockdown

Writing on Twitter today he said: ‘ Stop the child abuse and follow the science. No masks in London schools EVER again. Your London. Your Freedom. Reclaim it.

‘As your mayor, I will make London a COVID passport free city. And there will be no mask mandate, including for children in schools. Your London. Your Freedom. Reclaim it.’ 

Mr Fox last week launched a drive-by heckle at Sadiq Khan as he kicked off his bid to take him on in the election.

The 42-year-old actor is standing as a candidate for the Reclaim Party that he set up last year to fight the ‘culture wars’ taking place in Britain.

Launching his campaign to a crowd in Westminster, Mr Fox said that the current Mayor ‘Khan’t’ be trusted to lead the capital, and that he was ‘ashamed to be British’.

He then boarded a ‘Free London’ branded battle bus before riding to a campaign event the Mayor was holding nearby.

In a high-pitched voice, Mr Fox shouts: ‘Alright Sadiqi-wiqi! I’m nicking your house, mate!’ as he passes the incumbent mayor.

Mr Fox today attacked London’s ‘cathedral of wokery’ as he pledged to erect hundreds more statues of military heroes across London in response to protests to remove the likes of Winston Churchill’s bust last summer.

He also said that he will refuse to take a Covid vaccine until 2023 when monitoring for some of the jabs will be completed. 

His campaign for the May elections will be completely funded by a donation from ex-Tory political donor and financier Jeremy Hosking, who is worth £375million.

Mr Fox has promised to ‘unlock London’ in May if elected, and said he would help people to ‘reclaim their freedom’. 

Arriving at his campaign launch on a bus daubed with the slogan ‘Free London’, Mr Fox said: ‘I am not a politician. I never wanted to be a politician,’ before quipping that he ‘used’ to be an actor. 

Laurence Fox’s message to voters 

It’s been a strange 12 months in which we have given away so many of our personal freedoms in the name of the common good, now whether you agree or disagree about how things have been handled the one thing we can agree on is that we find ourselves here, now, today, not tomorrow and not yesterday, thank god. Today.

So what are you going to do? Well I am going to stand to be Mayor of this beautiful city that stands at the heart of our free, tolerant and welcoming country.

Why? Well, I want to reclaim your freedom, your freedom to work when you want to work and how you want to work. I want to remove all the obstacles that stand in between you and rebuilding after these lockdowns.

And I want to reclaim your freedom to move, to be where you want to be with who you want to be, the fundamental human need to be together, in sickness and in health and to never take that freedom away again.

Nobody should say their last goodbyes to anybody on an iPad ever again.

And importantly I want to reclaim your freedom to speak, to be yourself, to be part of the broader conversation, to cherish your history rather than rewrite it, and to teach our children to be confident, not ashamed of who they are or where they have come from..London is one of the most diverse cities on earth. Millions of unique and individual voices. A celebration of collaboration, and it is only by working together that we will shape a better tomorrow.

So, in the coming weeks I will reveal a common sense plan to get London moving again and restore your freedoms.

It’s your life, your freedom. Reclaim it.