Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court

Oreo

I wonder why he doesn’t use his own name, which is better than Tommy Robinson.🤔

Tommy Robinson sounds more tough guy than Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon maybe?

Yes, deliberately chosen for that "one of your ordinary lads".

He was in Spain.

For people who think some of the remarks about Robinson are OTT/cant understand the invective you can read his biography in wiki

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson

Robinson was actually arrested on Friday under the Anti-Terrorism act

.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/25/tommy-robinson-held-in-custody-ahead-of-far-right-march-in-london

I wonder if Tommy was a nod to the name for soldiers in WW1.

He has his fans.

jasper16

I wonder if Tommy was a nod to the name for soldiers in WW1.

He has his fans.

Yes, well thought through, was a hook for those who consider themselves patriotic, and Robinson is just innocuous, so a perfect alias to hide behind.

growstuff

Casdon

I’d love to know what prompted him to come forward of his own volition.

Maybe he fancied being a martyr.

I think this is it. A la Trump!

What a vile and disgusting individual.

Freya5 'Guess they're not deemed "right wing thugs" by St starmer.'

well Yaxley so many names certainly is one. Anyone supporting him says just so so much about themselves and their beliefs.

Please Freya, tell us what you like about this person? Really I am interested.

Tommy Robinson admitted contempt of court through 10 breaches of a high court order. How did people seriously expect the judge to deal with him? Of course, he couldn't be let off. What he did was metaphorically stick two fingers up to the law of the land. It appears he knew exactly what he was doing by returning to the UK and pleading guilty. He wanted to be the victim because that's just the kind of appeal his supporters lap up. Moreover, it appears he's £80,000 better off, as a result of his appeal.

Oreo

I wonder why he doesn’t use his own name, which is better than Tommy Robinson.🤔

When he first appeared on the scene after his BNP days, he was always anonymous. He always used to hide his identity, when he appeared in public. That's why he didn't use his real name.

Freya5

Jaxjacky

Sky News; good in my opinion.

Wrong. The danger from ""terrorists" are those walking on our capitals streets. Hidden in plain sight.

Are you quoting Tommy there Freya?
Am interested, as others are, to find out why you support this awful racist.

Come on Freya, Don't be shy. What are his good points?

I suppose he " talks sense" possibly.

Perhaps those who support Tommy because they don't like all those Johnny foreigners coming over should be aware that he is also a holocaust denier.

Are Tommies good and Johnnies bad in some parallel universe perhaps?

Anyway technically he wasn't jailed for what he said, but for contempt of court. If he's such a strong patriot he could at least respect a british court of law.

valdavi

Anyway technically he wasn't jailed for what he said, but for contempt of court. If he's such a strong patriot he could at least respect a british court of law.

Exactly valdavi. One of the first priorities of a genuine patriot is to respect the law.

Casdon

Are Tommies good and Johnnies bad in some parallel universe perhaps?

Ha ha, could be the case.

Sitting with popcorn just waiting to see whether the Labour MP thug gets jailed. He really should be.

Primrose53

Sitting with popcorn just waiting to see whether the Labour MP thug gets jailed. He really should be.

Do you know more about the detail of this case than the rest of us Primrose53 - do tell?

I imagine primrose knows what most of us have seen.

Which isn’t enough to condemn somebody without any background unless you set yourself up as judge and jury…

I condemn him Casdon. I am secure enough in my own beliefs to do that.

That surprises me Galaxy, I had you down as somebody who doesn’t prejudge anybody until they know the full facts. The police are dealing with it, and no doubt the full story will come out in time.
If this MP is guilty of an unprovoked attack or a provoked attack without physical violence from the other party then he will lose the whip permanently and be dealt with by the courts, which is as it should be in my opinion. If the person he attacked was his alleged stalker then I’d want to know more.

Casdon

That surprises me Galaxy, I had you down as somebody who doesn’t prejudge anybody until they know the full facts. The police are dealing with it, and no doubt the full story will come out in time.
If this MP is guilty of an unprovoked attack or a provoked attack without physical violence from the other party then he will lose the whip permanently and be dealt with by the courts, which is as it should be in my opinion. If the person he attacked was his alleged stalker then I’d want to know more.

It’s not the man who was stalking him. The victim was a 42 year old man, named today.

Primrose53

Casdon

That surprises me Galaxy, I had you down as somebody who doesn’t prejudge anybody until they know the full facts. The police are dealing with it, and no doubt the full story will come out in time.
If this MP is guilty of an unprovoked attack or a provoked attack without physical violence from the other party then he will lose the whip permanently and be dealt with by the courts, which is as it should be in my opinion. If the person he attacked was his alleged stalker then I’d want to know more.

It’s not the man who was stalking him. The victim was a 42 year old man, named today.

I haven’t seen or heard that - as I said above, he should lose the whip and be dealt with through the courts if that’s the case and there is no mitigation - which as far as I’m aware we don’t know yet. . I’ve also said a number of times that I think that if people lose the whip permanently it should trigger a by election, they should not be allowed to remain as an independent MP until the next election.

The CCTV shows the victim standing with his hands in his pockets. He definitely did not assault the MP. Witnesses have said the MP just punched him and knocked him over and continued kicking him whilst he was on the ground. That’s all on CCTV too.