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spottybook Wed 19-Mar-25 08:14:06

Whatever your thoughts on Tommy Robinson this article by Lizzie Webb in the Conservative Woman makes interesting reading.

www.conservativewoman.co.uk/for-the-rape-victims-sake-have-mercy-on-tommy-robinson/

Iam64 Sun 23-Mar-25 07:51:09

I live a Lind way away in another country but it didn’t stop me becoming aware of Epstein’s abuse of teenage girls, or the negative influence of the Tate brothers.
To say you don’t care who or what Robinson is if he draws attention to the abuse of young girls is disappointing to say the least. Don’t you care about his malign influence or criminal behaviour.

nanna8 Sun 23-Mar-25 05:27:45

StoneofDestiny

Still scary that we, as a voting public, don't keep up with the news. Robinson has been very vocal for years and the subject of many news items and documentaries. It really no wonder how extremists grab minds so easily.

He lives a long way away in another country and besides, I don’t care who or what he is if he draws attention to abuse of young girls. Priorities.I don’t vote in the UK, not since 1970. I doubt anyone here has heard of him, we have our own news.

Iam64 Sat 22-Mar-25 20:05:16

That says everything about Robinson. His reaction to Rape Crisis offering support to women from ethnic majorities “I suppose it’s alright to rape white women”
Loathsome individual, only interested in promoting himself

Wyllow3 Sat 22-Mar-25 19:35:08

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47260020

Rape charity gets abusive calls after Tommy Robinson post

Wyllow3 Sat 22-Mar-25 19:00:48

It amazes me he's being labelled as any kind of hero in the O/P article, who could possibly imagine he could be the key defender of abused young women of any background.

Susieq62 Sat 22-Mar-25 18:48:09

TR is obviously suffering in prison and is no doubt experiencing hard times by fellow inmates. They read the news too and know who he is!
He and his mob were the reason why a trial did not occur in Leeds as they tampered with the jury by threatening them. This is a man who should never be trusted under any circumstances!

Jaxjacky Sat 22-Mar-25 15:54:10

I’m glad TR lost his high court case, although there is a temptation to leave him exposed to threats.

silverlining48 Sat 22-Mar-25 15:27:28

Conservative Woman seem to be full of males, both journalists and letters from its readers. It’s all rather bizarre.

Indigo8 Sat 22-Mar-25 13:51:23

Kandinsky

Well that’s sorted then.
The police don’t care, the local council didn’t care, and I doubt anyone on this thread really cares either.

So let the abuse continue.

May I respectfully suggest that you actually read some of the posts on here before making deeply offensive implications about people responding to this thread.

For instance, I pointed out on page one that the Alexis Jay report had been largely ignored. Many other posters have
highlighted other initiatives that have fallen by the wayside.

What have you done to show you care? I admit I have done very little apart from writing to my MP and the newspapers a few times but that doesn't mean I don't care.

Iam64 Fri 21-Mar-25 20:25:45

Thanks Wyllow3 that’s good news, that police using counter terrorism powers to search his phone

Kadinsky , thanks for your apology for suggesting some posters didn’t care about the girls. I hope you will read the comments because not only will they confirm all posters care deeply about the girls (and the boys who seem to have been smaller in number but equally abused). I know I’m not the only professional who was shouting from the roof tops about the need for a force wide investigation in my police area

Wyllow3 Fri 21-Mar-25 20:01:37

StoneofDestiny

Anyway - very glad he lost his case in the High Court today

This is an account of why Robinson was refused. The account has not just life threats against him from other prisoners meaning he needs "protection"

....but death threats from his supporters to prison authorities -
almost bizarre

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/21/tommy-robinson-refused-permission-challenge-prison-segregation

It now means that the case for allegedly refusing to comply with a search of his phone by police using counter-terrorism powers can go ahead.

Luminance Fri 21-Mar-25 19:18:44

Nonsense the man has been imprisoned for many different crimes including fraud, public order and drug offences. To excuse one person for any offence based on whatever good they may have done while following their own agenda is ludicrous in the extreme. He is where he belongs. He can rot and I care not.

StoneofDestiny Fri 21-Mar-25 19:09:59

Anyway - very glad he lost his case in the High Court today

StoneofDestiny Fri 21-Mar-25 19:07:50

Still scary that we, as a voting public, don't keep up with the news. Robinson has been very vocal for years and the subject of many news items and documentaries. It really no wonder how extremists grab minds so easily.

Wyllow3 Fri 21-Mar-25 18:56:27

I don't think it's that unusual - my hairdresser yesterday - she must be 50? hadn't heard of him at all.

(she was pretty vocal about Trump and Musk however. and it was the Zelensky incident she particularly recalled as well as the Musk chain saw)

StoneofDestiny Fri 21-Mar-25 18:26:36

I have no idea who or what this Robinson man is

Wow - so scary to be so ill informed of what is going on in this country!

Wyllow3 Fri 21-Mar-25 15:54:10

Hmm. my "takeaway" is a great deal of detail about how dreadful Tommy Robinson is and what Musk is up to trying to turn him into a hero fomenting division....

Kandinsky Fri 21-Mar-25 15:37:34

Allira

Thank you thanks

Kandinsky Fri 21-Mar-25 15:36:49

ViceVersa

I don’t know what his real intentions are, (can anyone be 100% sure? ) but to me, anyone who speaks out about this issue is keeping it in the public domain and getting people talking - like we are now - that to me, can only be a positive.

Anyway, I’ve spent enough time on here so I’m off to enjoy the weekend.
Hope you all have a good weekend too!

Allira Fri 21-Mar-25 15:31:52

Apology accepted.
Some of us may have come across abuse cases in our working lives, even if not as social workers or police officers and it is not something easily forgotten.

It's a very emotive subject.

Kandinsky Fri 21-Mar-25 15:29:10

Allira

Kandinsky that is a dreadful thing to accuse posters of, I hope you reconsider and retract it

If you’re referring to this comment - and I doubt anyone on this thread really cares either
Then yes, I apologize. I shouldn’t have said that. Sorry.

Wyllow3 Fri 21-Mar-25 15:17:23

I've just done a GN search and found multiple threads which discussed these matters going right back to 2013

Allira Fri 21-Mar-25 15:09:39

Yes, victim, not victim which was a typo.
Apologies.

One of the disadvantages of using a stylus not fingers to type.

ViceVersa Fri 21-Mar-25 15:03:52

Kandinsky, you've already admitted that you don't read all posts, which is pretty obvious. Many posters have spoken of their disgust over the sexual abuse and grooming of any children, not just those whose plight Tommy Robinson would exploit for his own reasons. As Allira so rightly points out, he doesn't really care about the victims, he just wants to use the issue to stir up more trouble.

Allira Fri 21-Mar-25 14:50:33

Jane43

Kandinsky

A 2024 report on child sex exploitation in Rochdale from 2004 to 2013 found that there was "compelling evidence" of widespread abuse, and that Greater Manchester Police and Rochdale Council had failed to properly investigate these cases, leaving girls "at the mercy of their abusers". While there were successful prosecutions, the report said that the investigations only "scraped the surface" of what had happened, and that many abusers had gone unpunished

This is why we need people like Tommy Robinson.

I think you will find that people like Maggie Oliver who worked tirelessly to bring these offenders to justice and gave up her job as a police officer because she was so frustrated with the lack of progress are needed. Robinson is a criminal with a long list of convictions, he worked with thugs in the EDL, defamed a Syrian boy in his video and was found guilty of defamation in a court of law. We also need people like the makers of the excellent docudrama Three Girls and the makers of a documentary which followed the work of the officers of West Mercia Police who worked to bring a case against grooming gangs. As far as I am concerned we need Tommy Robinson like a hole in the head.

Yes, Maggie Oliver deserves an honour for all the work she did and is still doing helping the victim of abuse.

Kandinsky that is a dreadful thing to accuse posters of, I hope you reconsider and retract it.

Contrary to what you may believe, Stephen Christoper Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson is not a bit interested in the abuse of children and stopping any paedophile gangs. His only aim is to stir up racism.