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IcyPeas

(25,779 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:05 PM 3 hrs ago

Huge protests in London today. Their version of MAGA, led by Tommy Robinson

Glen Beck was even there giving a speech and praising Tommy Robinson. "Tommy Robinson is a British far-right, Islamophobic activist. Described as "one of [the] UK's most prominent far-right activists", he co-founded the English Defence League, serving as its leader from 2009 to 2013." (Wikipedia)

Here's a few YouTube videos. There was also a Pro-Palestinian protest today.

There were even trump signs. Tommy Robinson played a clip of Marco Rubio tralking about immigrants.

Sky News:



CBC News


The Independent


The Mirror




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Huge protests in London today. Their version of MAGA, led by Tommy Robinson (Original Post) IcyPeas 3 hrs ago OP
The disease is spreading MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #1
That disease has always been everywhere. DavidDvorkin 2 hrs ago #2
Fucking Glen Beck? johnnyfins 2 hrs ago #3
Tommy Robinson, whose name is not Tommy Robinson, is a criminal, quelle surprise. RockRaven 2 hrs ago #4
... Solly Mack 2 hrs ago #5
Entitled much? enid602 1 hr ago #6

johnnyfins

(3,980 posts)
3. Fucking Glen Beck?
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:31 PM
2 hrs ago

The clown who stole Alex Jones business model and created the mediocre "news" site called the Blaze?

Fuck that guy. Anti Trump until he saw he wpuld lose money. What a fucking fake ass christian.

RockRaven

(19,739 posts)
4. Tommy Robinson, whose name is not Tommy Robinson, is a criminal, quelle surprise.
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:38 PM
2 hrs ago

From Wikipedia:


Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (né Yaxley; born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British far-right, Islamophobic activist. Described as "one of [the] UK's most prominent far-right activists",[1] he co-founded the English Defence League (EDL), serving as its leader from 2009 to 2013.

Prior to the EDL, Robinson was a member of the British National Party (BNP), a British fascist political party, from 2004 to 2005. For a short time in 2012, he was joint vice-chairman of the British Freedom Party (BFP). In 2015, he became involved with the development of Pegida UK, a now-defunct British chapter of the German Pegida. From 2017 to 2018, he wrote and appeared in videos on the Canadian website Rebel News. In 2018, he also served as a political advisor to Gerard Batten, then the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Robinson is also known for creating self-produced videos presented in a documentary format, on topics including the grooming gangs scandal. Some of these videos have been found in court to include defamatory false statements about their subjects.[2][3][4]

Robinson has a history of criminal convictions,[5] including for crimes such as assault,[6] threats,[7] harassment,[8] and fraud,[5] as well as contempt of court rulings relating to his videos, and has served five prison terms between 2005 and 2025. In June 2022, Robinson said that he lost £100,000 in gambling before declaring bankruptcy in March 2021. He also said he owed an estimated £160,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In August 2024, The Times said that he owed in the region of £2 million to his creditors, and was the subject of a HMRC investigation over unpaid taxes.

enid602

(9,752 posts)
6. Entitled much?
Sat May 16, 2026, 11:14 PM
1 hr ago

I wonder how the Brits would feel if countries worldwide expelled the 700,000 Brits who fled the UK to live elsewhere in 2025 alone.

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