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UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson thanks Musk after being cleared of terrorism charge
Reuters ^ | November 4, 2025

Posted on 11/04/2025 3:20:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson was cleared on Tuesday of committing an offence under counterterrorism laws by refusing to give police his phone PIN, thanking billionaire Elon Musk who he said funded his defence. Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain's most high-profile anti-migration campaigners.

Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain's most high-profile anti-migration campaigners.

He was stopped by police in July 2024 as he drove through border security at the Channel Tunnel train terminal in southeast England.

Prosecutors told London's Westminster Magistrates' Court at a trial last month an officer had become suspicious because of his demeanour, he was driving a high-value vehicle, a friend's silver Bentley, and was heading to Benidorm in southern Spain having only bought a ticket on the day.

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


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: tommyrobinson
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1 posted on 11/04/2025 3:20:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican; All

Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain’s most high-profile anti-migration campaigners.


Tommy Robinson legally changed his name. His real name is Tommy Robinson.

To state his former name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a tell the writer is severely biased against Robinson.


2 posted on 11/04/2025 3:29:18 PM PST by marktwain
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To: MinorityRepublican
I'm confused. What is Robinson'sreal name? And has he become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain's most high-profile anti-migration campaigners?

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3 posted on 11/04/2025 3:34:02 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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>> British anti-war activist Tommy Robinson

Islam is a war plan


4 posted on 11/04/2025 3:36:50 PM PST by Gene Eric
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To: MinorityRepublican

Charged with terrorism for not unlocking his phone. Guy knifes a dozen on a train, no terrorism charges.


5 posted on 11/04/2025 3:43:20 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: MinorityRepublican

> Tommy Robinson was cleared on Tuesday of committing an offence under counterterrorism laws <

This is just a pause, I’m sure. The British Deep State will certainly take another crack at Robinsin. As Stalin’s secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria famously said:

“Give me the man and I will give you the case against him.”


6 posted on 11/04/2025 3:43:59 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: marktwain
To state his former name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a tell the writer is severely biased against Robinson.

An even bigger tell is the fact that he called Robinson an "Anti-Islam activist". Robinson isn't anti-Islam, per se, he is pro-British. The guy is literally just trying to protect his homeland from any and all invaders who are raping and pillaging its people.
7 posted on 11/04/2025 4:05:34 PM PST by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

And remember...they claimed “these laws will never be used against regular citizens”.

Yeah...until they do when convenient.


8 posted on 11/04/2025 4:09:52 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Get the Muslims OUT of western countries.


9 posted on 11/04/2025 4:26:55 PM PST by ZULU (Exterminate Ham-Ass. Give Ukraine Offense Weapons to hit inside Russia)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I can’t believe how messed up the UK is now. Check this out, threatened with arrest for being “openly Jewish”. Welcome to Nazism in the UK

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9EIugEXyQ/?igsh=NmM3MnZsb3J1bW12


10 posted on 11/04/2025 4:32:21 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: MinorityRepublican

the so-called journalist is dead naming Tommy. I thought that was one of the worst things you could do? It is for the trans community, so why not the rest of us?


11 posted on 11/04/2025 4:40:50 PM PST by Jeff Vader
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To: marktwain

We’re at war. He knows it, we know it and HOW ‘BOUT THEM DODGERS!


12 posted on 11/04/2025 4:43:18 PM PST by JZelle
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To: MinorityRepublican

I would say he is against some very specific behaviors. He seems to be against rape, and terrorism, and acid thrown in the face of young girls. Interesting that Reuters thinks this makes him anti-Islam.


13 posted on 11/04/2025 4:43:55 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: fr_freak

> An even bigger tell is the fact that he called Robinson an “Anti-Islam activist”. <

Good catch. I must be getting older. I missed that completely.


14 posted on 11/04/2025 4:54:06 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: fr_freak

damn straight !


15 posted on 11/04/2025 4:59:40 PM PST by A strike (Why is the UnitedStates at war with Russia? fmi6)
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To: marktwain

Exactly. But you notice it is always mentionrd in articles written by orgs like Reuters.


16 posted on 11/04/2025 5:16:06 PM PST by sauropod
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To: marktwain

These “journalists” are despicable.


17 posted on 11/04/2025 5:40:00 PM PST by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: fr_freak

Well, yes, he is. And that makes him evil to these jerks.


18 posted on 11/04/2025 5:45:46 PM PST by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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