Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the man who trades under the alter-ego “Tommy Robinson” like some pound shop superhero, has issued an ill-tempered defence of his jet-set lifestyle in the face of a recent wave of criticism, not least of all from sections of the far right. And it is, we must say, intensely moving stuff. A profound […]
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Tommy Robinson, rape campaigner – unless you’re white
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has built a career on weaponising sexual violence allegations against Muslim men. Grooming gang scandals have served as his primary recruiting tool, his fundraising engine, and the moral justification he offers for an ideology rooted in anti-Muslim hatred. So it is worth pausing to examine what he does […]
Meet Rupert Lowe’s latest recruit – a nazi jailbird linked to a terror group
Meet the latest recruit to be welcomed into Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain – one of the UK’s most notorious nazis who was linked to a neo-nazi terror group. Sam Melia, a leading member of Patriotic Alternative only recently released from jail, revealed yesterday that he has joined Restore and that he would be keen to […]
Big talk, tiny turnout for loud mouthed Worcester far right
For weeks, the “Patriots of Worcester”, a local far right group that operates and organises primarily on Facebook, had been plugging their weekend march against the Fownes Hotel, calling for the people of Worcester to rise up and express their opposition to the presence of asylum seekers. However, it was clear from the outset that […]
School faced wave of abuse after Tommy Robinson lies
A Glasgow school has been hit with a wave of abuse after Tommy Robinson circulated false claims online about an attack involving pupils. It was followed by a barrage of threatening calls that left staff “terrified and traumatised”. The incident began when footage of a boy being assaulted was shared on social media, accompanied by […]
Theatre review: Here There Are Blueberries, by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
This extraordinary production at Stratford East lands with the quiet, cumulative force of a dossier being opened in front of you. What emerges is not a conventional piece of Holocaust drama but an inquiry into how very ordinary people become functionaries of atrocity, and how institutions charged with memorialising victims must navigate the unsettling images […]