Laurence Fox returns to Twitter after ban - and criticises comedian Kathy Burke over tweet - Sky News

Actor Laurence Fox has shared a video message to comedian Kathy Burke following a tweet she posted about abortion - saying she had "dishonoured" his mother, who died in 2020.

The actor and right-wing political activist shared a video about Burke on Monday evening.

Fox, 44, initially responded to the post by retweeting it and saying: "You used to be funny.".

However, he later shared a video message about the post with his 311,000 followers, saying he was mostly "bothered" by the fact Burke had "brought my mother into it" and called her a "failed ex-comedian".

In his video, the actor said: "So basically, Kathy Burke is saying that she wished I was dead.

"But the thing that's really bothered me more than anything, if I'm really honest, is the fact that she even brought my mother into it… she wouldn't have been able to understand where Kathy Burke's thinking comes from, because what my mum was, she was sound of mind.

So for Kathy Burke to conflate that and say that she wishes that I was aborted is a great dishonour of my mother, because my mother was a very, very, very deeply compassionate, intelligent, powerful, independent…

Following Fox's initial swastika post, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said in a statement: "We are appalled to see Laurence Fox's vile tweet this morning with abhorrent use of the swastika