The Home Secretary’s decision to revoke Valentina Gomez’s visa and bar her from entering the United Kingdom is correct. She is a foul racist and her presence in the UK is plainly not conducive to the public good. But the more important question is why it took so long and why she was allowed into […]
Tommy Robinson
Tommy Robinson’s grand tour of America’s anti-democratic right
Tommy Robinson has spent much of late February and March touring the United States, and it has revealed much about his true politics. He has been rubbing shoulders with senior figures in the Trump administration, election deniers, self-declared enemies of democracy and, most recently, men convicted for their leading roles in the 6 January 2021 […]
Danny Tommo says ‘F*** Israel’ as Tommy Robinson woos Zionist right in America
One of the latest stops on Tommy Robinson’s U.S. tour was a swanky gala hosted by the right-wing Zionist Organization of America in Florida, further embellishing the far-right influencer’s pro-Israel credentials. However, back in England, one of his key confederates appears to have split with Robinson over Israel, suggesting a potential rift within his inner […]
Restore Britain and Advance UK in ‘full tilt’ feud
The far right’s much-hoped-for populist right realignment, meant to fuse Ben Habib’s Advance UK and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, has turned into the car crash we predicted. Lowe had already failed conspicuously to respond to Habib’s offer of a merger when, on 5 March in a leaked voice note, Habib fired off both barrels. . […]
Tommy Robinson laughs (at you) all the way to the bank
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 […]
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 […]