Anti-immigration movement
“Free Tommy Robinson!” »wrote the billionaire on his X account. Tommy Robinson is an emblematic personality of the British far right. Born in Luton (north London) in 1982, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, his real name, is the son of Irish immigrants. He was sentenced at the end of October to 18 months in prison for violating a 2021 court decision which prohibited him from repeating defamatory comments towards a Syrian refugee. “Why is Tommy Robinson in solitary confinement in prison? For telling the truth? », Launched Elon Musk.
In 2009, he founded a small group from the hooligan movement, the English Defense League, an anti-immigration and anti-Muslim movement. Besides this, he also joined several far-right, even fascist, parties, such as the British National Party and the British Freedom Party.
Trouble with the law
Tommy Robinson has already been convicted on several occasions, notably for disturbing public order. He was accused of fueling the anti-migrant violence that took place last summer and which targeted mosques and migrant accommodation centers. On social networks, he has several hundred thousand subscribers, including a million on
This important voice of the English far right has also tried his luck in politics. He presented himself in 2019 as a candidate for the European elections, receiving a score of 2.2%.
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