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It was Facepalm Central as Laurence Fox called for a Nike boycott while wearing Nike shoes – 12 favourite reactions

Oonagh Keating. Updated March 25th, 2024

The streets of London were put to the test, at the weekend, by the right-wing Turning Point group’s ‘rally for British culture’, also described as ‘the Million Man March’. Here’s how that looked –

The assembled self-described patriots took issue with such things as Sadiq Khan, free speech and the new design of the England kit, which contains a more colourful reworking of the St. George’s cross.

Perhaps the most prominent attendee was the Reclaim Party leader, Laurence Fox.

We can’t be sure whether his presence was a draw or a deterrent, but it looked like he was about to take a busload of tourists on a local history tour.

He rallied the assembled daytrippers with the words ‘Leave our flag alone’, calling for a boycott of Nike, who make the England kit, which might have been slightly less ironic if he hadn’t turned up in a pair of their shoes.

The oversight was too tempting for Twitter/X to ignore.

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The shoes weren’t the only ironic thing.

After spotting the comments. Fox posted this –

That’s that cleared up, then.

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