Tommy Robinson, the court case and (guffaw) 'free speech'

[marty21]

Veterans Against Terrorism (who were initially part of the DFLA split from the FLA) have called a protest on Saturday for Leicester Square at midday as part of Robinson's 'I am Soldier X' campaign. Robinson is backing this on his Facebook page even though he can't attend himself. The video has been viewed tens of thousands of times and shared a lot. It's going to be interesting to see the numbers this protest gets, it's not had much promotion apart from Robinson's video, but I can still see it being bigger than the DFLA protest last weekend and drawing much of the same crowd.

I came across this when I was on the anti Brexit march (actually when I left it to go home) , it was on side street near Trafalgar Square . There were about 50 or so people listening to a bloke speaking from a truck .

 

[Pickman's model]

I came across this when I was on the anti Brexit march (actually when I left it to go home) , it was on side street near Trafalgar Square . There were about 50 or so people listening to a bloke speaking from a truck .

was his face puce?

 

[marty21]

was his face puce?

I didn't look at him for long - just walked past the rather small protest

 

[mx wcfc]

Has this not been posted yet? oh dear.

 

[DexterTCN]

 

[steveo87]

Is there another way to view the story? It being in the Sun and all ...

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Scum links? Christ alive.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Tommy Robinson enjoys lavish House of Lords lunch with UKIP after leaving court

Tommy Robinson enjoyed a lengthy House of Lords lunch with UKIP's leader just moments after walking free from court, it's been revealed.

The far-right English Defence League (EDL) founder was spotted yesterday in the plush Barry Room in the highly-guarded Palace of Westminster - before continuing with a boozy session in a nearby pub.

The 35-year-old - who yesterday addressed hundreds of right-wing activists on a stage outside the Old Bailey - posed with UKIP leader Gerard Batten and UKIP peer Lord Pearson at a statue of Richard the Lionheart in Parliament.

 

[DexterTCN]

Is there another way to view the story? It being in the Sun and all ...

I was only posting the tweet, I wouldn't click on a sun link either, sorry.

 

[jimmer]

UKIP trying to latch onto the cult of Tommy Robinson is pretty funny. Batten and Pearson seem to think they can ape the success of various far-right/nationalist parties in Europe by adopting Islamophobic policies, despite this having led to their vote declining when Nuttall was leader. If you want an idea of some of the arguments UKIP types have been making for getting Robinson involved in the party, I'd suggest looking at this article by a leading figure in their youth-wing who also runs the website it's published on.

REECE COOMBES: It's Time To Stop Looking Backwards And Let Tommy Robinson Join UKIP | Kipper Central

They seem to think Robinson's large social media following (just under a million people) could be used to push the party forwards. Completely ignoring the fact that a large chunk of his following is either based overseas or just following him to see what he's doing. The proportion of his followers who're eligible to vote in the UK and would vote for a party he endorsed is presumably only a few hundred thousand, spread across hundreds of constituencies. I'd bet that the number of people they gained from getting Robinson more involved in the party would be similar to the number of people they'll alienate by becoming more far-right.

 

[Poi E]

Until UKIP change their name to the English Independence Party they won't get the traction they need. They may as well fill that gaping chasm.

 

[Pickman's model]

Anyone at a loose end might like to head down Islington Town Hall this evening, where tr supporters are gathering to oppose sadiq khan's mayoral question time. 6pm on

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Late callout.

 

[William of Walworth]

Fascinating Guardian 'The long read' yesterday : Tommy Robinson and the far right's new playbook
Be warned, this is pretty long but IMO it's a far-from-bad piece (and very critical) about how "Tommy Robinson" has managed to acquire such a significant online following

One plus-point is that the twat is referred to as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon throughout, with the words "Tommy Robinson" only appearing about twice (one of those examples being in the headline).

ETA : Apologies, I've had not been on this thread at all until now, so I'm jumping in blatantly late. And I've had no time/even less inclination to catch up on 81 pages .
The above link is new though.

 

[Pickman's model]

Late callout.

called it as soon as i got it, didn't see you doing any better

 

[Red Sky]

Late callout.

Well , nothing happened apparently.

 

[Red Sky]

Fascinating Guardian 'The long read' yesterday : Tommy Robinson and the far right's new playbook
Be warned, this is pretty long but IMO it's a far-from-bad piece (and very critical) about how "Tommy Robinson" has managed to acquire such a significant online following

One plus-point is that the twat is referred to as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon throughout, with the words "Tommy Robinson" only appearing about twice (one of those examples being in the headline).

ETA : Apologies, I've had not been on this thread at all until now, so I'm jumping in blatantly late. And I've had no time/even less inclination to catch up on 81 pages .
The above link is new though.

Good piece.

 

[editor]

Britain's finest

11 men wanted over 'Welcome Trump' and 'Free Tommy Robinson' rally violence | Metro News

 

[Poi E]

They'll learn. Balaclavas next time.

 

[keybored]

Banned for life from using PayPal now. Peak martyrdom.

 

[Ranbay]

the paypal facbook page is full of people who have closed their accounts (which they havent)

 

[gosub]

https://www.politico.eu/article/tom...ake-the-british-establishments-head-blow-off/

 

[Poi E]

The article mentions a quote from Churchill that he has tattooed on his arm:

"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England."

This woe-is-me we cannot speak our country's name bullshit is the self-pitying end of some really fucking nasty nationalism.

 

[Yossarian]

The article mentions a quote from Churchill that he has tattooed on his arm:

"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England."

This woe-is-me we cannot speak our country's name bullshit is the self-pitying end of some really fucking nasty nationalism.

In the highly unlikely event Tommy Robinson ever passes out drunk at my house, he's going to wake up with a tattoo saying: "There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ZYENGLANDDU."

 

[not-bono-ever]

Populists invariably ride the winged horse of infamy for a while. it Never ends well for them

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

In the highly unlikely event Tommy Robinson ever passes out drunk at my house, he's going to wake up with a tattoo saying: "There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ZYENGLANDDU."

Or "That word is Eggland"

 

[Poi E]

Populists invariably ride the winged horse of infamy for a while. it Never ends well for them

Or many of those around them.

 

[likesfish]

God know if this is an actual recording but the story is is that it was sent to Yaxley-Lennon who promptly posted it on his Facebook site.

Sounds quite genuine plenty of people in the military who hold far right views come out and publicly state them like these imbeciles and your get hammered one of the re units was on a final warning and is now ex military.
The General who waffled on about a military coup against corbyn was anynmous and probably drunk. Even in the mad 70s talk of coups was dismissed by actual serving officers the would be instigator after his "rousing" speach at Sandhurst with concerns of his sobriety and sanity.

 

[Poi E]

Yeah but the country wasn't falling apart at the seams then.

 

[mauvais]

SYL seems to have managed to muster a few thousand supporters at an anti-BBC demo in Salford on Saturday. You used to be able to rely on this stuff to backfire in short order but not exactly happened - lots of support for him from the general public on the likes of SalfordOnline. Depressing.