Tommy Robinson
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British anti-Islam campaigner and one of the UK's most prominent far-right activists.
Some of the key events about Tommy Robinson
- 2005Convicted of assaulting an off-duty police officer
- 2009Co-founded the English Defence League (EDL)
- 2011Convicted of using threatening, abusive or insulting behavior during a fight between football fans
- 2011Arrested for breach of bail conditions
- 2012Left the EDL, citing concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism"
- 2013Jailed for 10 months for using false identity documents to enter the United States
- 2014Convicted of mortgage fraud and sentenced to 18 months in prison
- 2015Launched Pegida UK, a branch of the German anti-Islam movement
- 2016Appointed as a political advisor to Gerard Batten of UKIP
- 2017Convicted of contempt of court for filming inside Canterbury Crown Court
- 2018Campaigned for the release of Melanie Shaw, a whistleblower on child abuse
- 2018Organized "Day for Freedom" rally in London, advocating for free speech
- 2018Jailed for 13 months for contempt of court, later overturned on procedural grounds
- 2019Appointed as an advisor to UKIP leader Gerard Batten on rape gangs and prison reform
- 2019Stood as an independent candidate in the European Parliament election
- 2019Found guilty of contempt of court again and sentenced to nine months in prison
- 2020Donated £20,000 to a local children's hospice
- 2020Arrested for common assault after an altercation at a holiday park
- 2021Launched an independent news platform called Urban Scoop
- 2021Lost a libel case against a Syrian refugee schoolboy and ordered to pay £100,000 in damages
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