The split between Danny Tommo and Raise the Colours (RTC) is turning into a bitter war of allegations. Tommo’s erstwhile comrades have now claimed that he was planning to start riots in northern France. He, in turn, has accused them of lying and raising huge amounts of money which are not being being spent on activism.
First out of the blocks were Ryan Bridge and his RTC co-founder Elliott Stanley, who went on Facebook to read out a lengthy prepared statement where they listed a catalogue of highly damaging allegations against Tommo.
They claim that at a meeting two weeks ago he had behaved aggressively and announced plans to provoke a riot on the beaches of northern France.
Walked out
The group claims it “fiercely opposed” this idea on safety grounds, after which Thomas walked out.
They allege that Tommo wanted to take large numbers of supporters to France to join in the riot, without any concern for their welfare.
They also claimed that Tommo is, in reality, less concerned with activism than in monetised “content production”. They say alarm bells rang when Thomas set up his own PayPal link and website after an early RTC trip to France, gathering data and donations for “Operation Overlord 2”.
Bridge and Stanley insist that RTC neither authorised nor benefited from this initiative and that Tommo did not personally fund any of the trips he attended, all of which were paid for by RTC donations.
Unauthorised payment
They also allege that £2,500 was taken from Ryan Bridge’s personal credit card account without authorisation, and used for software now being used by Tommo.
The split became public after the French authorities banned several RTC activists from entering the country last week. RTC claim Thomas aggravated the situation by publicly attacking them online and “piggybacking” on the group’s profile.
Relations deteriorated further, they say, when Tommo blocked them on social media, only to reappear during an RTC livestream to promote his own monetised YouTube channel.
This was followed, they claim, by a barrage of abusive messages when the group formally announced his departure.
Risk of arrest
Tommo has since called for supporters to travel to Dover on 24 January, urging them to bring passports and supplies. He has not spelled out, publicly at least, what is planned.
But it is now plain is that anyone answering this call runs the risk of getting arrested by the French police while Tommo, himself banned from France, will be safe on this side of the Channel.
Tommo hit back with his own video on X, accusing Bridge and Stanley of “lying on every level.”
He denied that his involvement in anti-migrant activism was motivated by money, claiming that he had incurred extensive costs in the course of his activities with RtC.
He claimed that repeated journeys from the south of England to Birmingham, hotel stays over several weeks, and the purchase of equipment including a stab-proof vest, night-vision goggles and tactical clothing were all paid for through donations from the public made directly to him via PayPal.
No input
He said that Raise the Colours had “no input” into these expenses and said the only cost he did not cover was the ferry crossing to France, which he estimated at around £250.
He also denied taking money from Ryan Bridge’s account: he claimed Bridge had accidentally selected a yearly subscription to a YouTube software programme, rather than a monthly one.
He rejected claims that he had advocated rioting or violence, describing himself as “completely anti-riot”, citing nearly nine years of activism in which, he said, he had actively tried to prevent disorder.
This, of course, sits rather uneasily with his online diatribe after the Southport murders in 2024, when he openly incited riots, ranting that “Every city must go up”.
But Tommo then launched serious allegations against RTC, claiming they had taken “a quarter of a million pounds, and maybe more” in public donations while delivering little beyond online commentary.
Both Tommo and Bridge, as we have said before, have unpleasant backgrounds. Tommo, real name Daniel Thomas, sports a conviction for kidnap at knifepoint after a drugs deal went wrong.
He is a close friend of Tommy Robinson with whom he went on holiday to Tenerife last year.
Ryan Bridge is a former football hooligan who is wanted by the Spanish police for an alleged multi-million pound holiday sickness insurance claim fraud.
Tommo concluded his rant saying that attempts to damage his reputation had failed because “people see through it”.
We wouldn’t be quite so sure.
