- Tommy Robinson Announces he's Joined the Tories. Archived Message
Posted by Ken Waldron
on December 14, 2019, 9:43 pm
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Anti-Islam activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ announces he's joined the Tories FAR-RIGHT businessman Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – infamous as “Tommy Robinson” – has announced that he has joined the Conservative Party following its general election victory. In a message to his subscribers on Telegram, an online messaging service popular with the far right, Mr Yaxley-Lennon wrote: “OK, I have just joined the Conservative Party. “Good work everyone that went out and voted for the Conservatives today. “We have just thwarted our country becoming a socialist dump.” The anti-Islam activist has also praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s adviser Dominic Cummings, telling him: “Your country salutes you.” Mr Yaxley-Lennon was a founder member of the English Defence League, an anti-Islam street organisation, and was also an adviser to Ukip’s Gerard Batten when the latter led the hard-right party. He was a supporter of Mr Johnson throughout the election campaign. Speaking in November outside the High Court, where he was awaiting a trial for libelling a Syrian child refugee, Mr Yaxley-Lennon said: “Everyone should vote for Boris Johnson. “If we want Brexit … if we believe in democracy, we have to have Brexit, so yeah, go Boris!”... http://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/anti-islam-activist-tommy-robinson-announces-he-joined-the-tories |