Succession star Brian Cox has pleaded with Keir Starmer to "pick up the phone" and help bring a wrongly imprisoned British citizen back to his family for Christmas . In a powerful message the actor, who won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of tycoon Logan Roy, called on the PM to secure Alaa Abd el-Fattah's release. Alaa's 68-year-old mother Laila Soueif is currently on hunger strike, with fears growing for her health. The activist is still languishing in an Egyptian jail even though his