Adrian Hilton(@Adrian_Hilton):I never knew that @EquityUK had sent a letter to members announcing their intention to expel @LozzaFox (I was a member until last year: perhaps ‘Honourable Withdrawal’ weren't sent it). But Tom Walker/@JonathanPieNews is right here, and I'm astonished that the union presumes to act like a latter-day Lord Chamberlain with the power to censor artists for their beliefs or political expression. Where does that end? Expelling actors who voted for Brexit (like Edward Fox); or actors who are gender critical, believing that a male cannot be a woman (like @JohnCleese)? It is absolutely not Equity's role to impose a moral-political uniformity upon members, and I'd expect an actors' union above all to understand that.

2026.10.16 15:05

I never knew that @EquityUK had sent a letter to members announcing their intention to expel @LozzaFox (I was a member until last year: perhaps ‘Honourable Withdrawal’ weren't sent it). But Tom Walker/@JonathanPieNews is right here, and I'm astonished that the union presumes to act like a latter-day Lord Chamberlain with the power to censor artists for their beliefs or political expression. Where does that end? Expelling actors who voted for Brexit (like Edward Fox); or actors who are gender critical, believing that a male cannot be a woman (like @JohnCleese)? It is absolutely not Equity's role to impose a moral-political uniformity upon members, and I'd expect an actors' union above all to understand that.