Police are assessing a disturbing video that appears to show activist Laurence Fox trying to burn Pride flags in a garden.
The former actor, 45, took to Twitter on Sunday to share footage of his act, where he described the flags as “child mutilation bunting”.
He then doused the banners in lighter fluid before trying to set them alight. However, the flags failed to ignite as the flames soon went out.
Several social media users condemned Fox for posting the controversial footage.
One said: “Wow scared of a flag.” Another wrote: "Just casually discussing hate crimes. It’s a shame you didn’t burn down your garden."
Someone else quipped: "You really are a sad man."
But Fox hit back, writing: “I can’t tell you how much I hope the police pay me a visit. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reporting me.
“I very much look forward to them explaining to me that I have committed a hate crime by burning an icon to child mutilation, but the doctors who chop off vulnerable healthy young girls breasts, and young boys penises haven’t."
He added: "I’m done negotiating with the mutilators. I am tolerant of pretty much everything, but child sacrifice is an absolute red line.
“You can call it gender affirming care, you can blackmail parents by saying “would you rather have a dead son or a living daughter?”
“You can write articles about what a madman I am, I don’t care, and neither does truth. Because it is just that. The truth."
“People are fed up with having this rubbish rammed down their throats. If I believed in such arbitrary nonsense as “hate crimes” I’d report you for supporting the destruction of young life.”
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “Police are aware of a video posted on social media in relation to Pride flags being set alight.
“Officers are currently assessing the footage and enquiries are ongoing.”
