Reactions as Laurence Fox loses £10k deposit

Leader of the Reclaim Party, Laurence Fox

Reclaim Party’s Laurence Fox has lost his £10,000 deposit after obtaining just 1.9 per cent of votes in the London Mayor elections.

He is not the only candidate who can’t claim his money back. The world’s smallest violins are also out for UKIP’s Peter Gammons, Piers Corbyn (Let London Live) and Brian Rose (London Real) – also known as Dick Braine’s successor, the guy who compared vaccines to Auschwitz, and the wee-drinking candidate.

They all obtained between 0.6 and 1.2 per cent of the votes.

The money is returned only to candidates who achieve five per cent or more of first-preference votes.

Fox said he was “profoundly moved” by the number of votes he obtained.

But social media users struck a less celebratory tone:

Top reactions to Fox losing London mayor deposit

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Andra Maciuca

Andra is a multilingual, award-winning NQJ senior journalist and the UK’s first Romanian representing co-nationals in Britain and reporting on EU citizens for national news. She is interested in UK, EU and Eastern European affairs, EU citizens in the UK, British citizens in the EU, environmental reporting, ethical consumerism and corporate social responsibility. She has contributed articles to VICE, Ethical Consumer and The New European and likes writing poetry, singing, songwriting and playing instruments. She studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield and has a Masters in International Business and Management from the University of Manchester. Follow her on: