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How Tommy Robinson, far-right influencer, shaped views on Britain
The Economist ^ | May 14th 2026

Posted on 05/14/2026 6:28:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

LIVESTREAMING FROM the passenger seat of a car in San Diego, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, breathlessly described the past year.

Twelve months ago he was in solitary confinement, having been found in contempt of court for repeatedly libelling a Syrian schoolboy. In September, he claimed, he brought 1m people onto the streets of London for a rally (police say it was 150,000), beaming in a speech by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

Despite criminal convictions he was allowed into America, visiting the State Department, which had given him a waiver, hobnobbing with congressmen and touring podcasts to warn that radical Islam was changing Britain. On May 16th he will be back home to hold “the biggest patriotic gathering [the] country has ever seen”.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: europe; harassment; robinson

1 posted on 05/14/2026 6:28:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

He shaped views by being normal which is what these commies mean when they say “far right.”


2 posted on 05/14/2026 6:36:31 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: MinorityRepublican

All the credit properly belongs to the thugmeisters running/ruining the UK.


3 posted on 05/14/2026 6:43:14 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > ~$430 to each insured vehicle owner 4 gas)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Suck it, Economist, you socialist globalist stooge wankers.


4 posted on 05/14/2026 6:47:49 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me, but 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He told the truth. The Economist spins lies.


5 posted on 05/14/2026 6:52:19 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: MinorityRepublican

Stick your “far right” nonsensical, hate-filled bigotry where the sun don’t shine.


6 posted on 05/14/2026 7:17:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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Tommy Robinson’s career in UK politics is far from over, especially after being slurred, imprisoned and abused for 20 years by the UK globalist/marxist “establishment.”

He may ride a revolutionary wave there.


7 posted on 05/14/2026 7:21:55 PM PDT by PGR88
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Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson

I have never seen a single article on TR that does not mention his birth name. Absolutely bizarre.

8 posted on 05/14/2026 7:45:53 PM PDT by montag813
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LOOK at this Photoshop job they used for the article...grainy, angled shot clearly trying to evoke Hitler:


9 posted on 05/14/2026 7:48:09 PM PDT by montag813
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Far right as in VERY right!


10 posted on 05/14/2026 7:48:38 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: montag813

You don’t hate the media enough.


11 posted on 05/14/2026 7:48:43 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

No bias in that headline....


12 posted on 05/15/2026 3:32:33 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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This is what Robinson spoke out against, the years long gang rapes of hundreds of subteen white British girls by Muslim “immigrants” as detailed in these court transcripts from a British court.

This happened in many British cities while the “liberal” authorities turned a blind eye for fear of being labeled “Islamophobic”

Scroll down to items 50-54 for a sample of theses horrific rapes, abuse and sexual slavery.

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/sentencing-remarks-r-v-dogar-others.pdf


13 posted on 05/15/2026 4:59:42 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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“found in contempt of court for repeatedly libelling a Syrian schoolboy”

lol...what an absolutely disgustingly dishonest characterization.

Reality - he constructed a documentary showing the TRUTH by interviewing people actually involved, exposing the corruption in the system. A single judge, part of the corrupt system, “deemed” the documentary as “likely lies” and demanded the video to never be shown - BANNING THE VIDEO.

TR published it on X anyway, it got over 65M views - so they arrested him, with an immediate prison sentence having NEVER HAD A JURY.

What I find astonishing, apparently there’s ZERO journalists upset about the fact that the government imprisoned somebody for exposing government corruption - no questions, no concerns, no curiosity about the documentary and the evidence it exposed, no discussion. So it also exposes the news media by default.

What did the video show? ...video of people involved in the “Syrian boy” case, that described the complete opposite of the official narrative, admitting they were paid off to shut up. That he was the bully, had threatened other kids, repeatedly, with the school not putting the incidents into his record due to fear of being called “racist”.

To get out of prison, TR took the video down - as they’d have just put him right back in if he didn’t. The damage was already done.

Yes, he did claim the last rally was over 1M people. There were a lot, it’s hard to count that many....but noticed the way they scoff at that number and try to say it was “only 150,000”. lol. I’d love them to name a single politician in the UK that could call for rally and get over 100,000. Good luck.

Good luck to Tommy this weekend, Saturday is the “Unite the Kingdom” rally. He’s hoping it’ll be bigger than the last. Watch the politicians dismiss it as just “far right thugs”. Imagine being so disconnected from such massive crowds, believing it’s a nothing-burger to be ignored. They’ve completely lost it.


14 posted on 05/15/2026 6:58:02 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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In England, people talking about Christ & Country are deemed “Far Right” !!! ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xVlxG9DJQ


15 posted on 05/16/2026 9:01:03 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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