He is called a racist and far right at every opportunity.
With good reason. His intent and that of his supporters to stop child abusers seems to be based on the colour of the abusers skin or on their religious beliefs (perceived or not). He's also a prominent influence in the growth of ethnic, xenophobic English nationalism.
I've not seen much to persuade me otherwise. The conduct of his supporters does not help matters either. His allies include groups like the For Britain party, UKIP and 'Generation Identity'. When Stephen was back in court
a few days ago his supporters decided they needed to protest freedom of speech so much they started denying the same right to counter demonstrators. People who were protesting against Yaxley-Lennon had abuse and threats hurled at them and one woman even had a sign ripped from her hands and destroyed by Stephen's supporters. What did the sign have on it? A list of Stephen's previous convictions.
Thus it has ever been with the far-right. 'Freedom of speech but only our definition and only for us'.
I would have liked to have seen that judge attempt to jail this man for doing more than Tommy Robinson did, but that would not have been Politically Correct.
For what feels like the thousandth time: Stephen violated a court order - as in instructions
from a judge - to refrain from filming near courthouses on ongoing trials. He violated this order while on a suspended sentence for contempt of court for doing the exact same thing a year before. That's why he was imprisoned:- his suspended prison sentence became active.
Is this man on a suspended sentence? No.
Tommy Robinson has principles and is prepared to serve time for them.
Evidently none of these principles are respect for English Common Law nor an understanding of said legal system. It's a bit of a blind-spot for so ardent a patriot to not understand his country's own legal system.
It seems that Judge Marson didn’t base his decision to imprison Robinson exclusively on the evidence presented.
Additionally, Robinson and his film crew were reporting outside the courthouse where the Muslim grooming trial was almost over, and, according to Robertson, they were careful to only report on facts of the case which were already public given that Robinson was previously accused of committing contempt last year.
Yet he was told by a judge during said conviction the previous year "do not 'report' on courthouse proceedings
at all". Stephen disobeyed this instruction while on a suspended sentence.
What's interesting is the judges can admit when they made a mistake. Unlike Yaxley-Lennon. I'm looking forward to see if he's found guilty this time. If he is he'll put back in for longer. Then his followers can whine about how the legal system they don't understand is unfair and racially discriminates against white people. And his manager can wax lyrical about how he's been transferred to a non-existent Muslim-majority prison.
Speaking of which, major news outlets
including the Mirror covered the Huddersfield 29 trial's preliminary stages. None among their number have had charges pressed against them even though those working on behalf of said news agencies are almost certainly white. That should tell you something that maybe race isn't a factor in the fact Yaxley-Lennon is being treated like a criminal for breaking the law.
Tommy has no control over who wishes to support him.
That's a cop-out because while he cannot stop people from supporting him, he does have a level of influence over those who choose to support him. He could tell them to calm their **** down and rein it in to the point they're not literally throwing **** around.
I had not heard about people throwing faeces at the courthouse door, but I heard about Muslims trying to do the same to Tommy while he was in prison. There could be a connection.
The connection being he tends to attract the dregs from the shallow end of the gene pool on both sides of the divide.
Good point. Are you saying he was just practicing Taqiyya?
Taqiyya: Deception and Lying in Islam
Is that why he refused to shake hands with anyone that offered.
Last time I checked, taqiyya was the precautionary denial of belief in the face of religious persecution. Given this guy's pretty out about being a Muslim, I'd say he's not practising taqiyya. I love how when I point out a Muslim's got something wrong or might have an ulterior motive you instantly jump to the conclusion that they're lying for religious reasons. I distrust Islam as much as the next man but even I think you've overextended yourself with that one. Maybe he's being disingenuous because he wants a piece of Stephen?
She said a lot of these schools were more "faith-based", and didn't reflect modern British values within their cirriculum.
...interesting.
I'm guessing the problem is they weren't the right
kind of faith-based schools because clearly the Government has no problem with schools run by the Church of England.
I cited a Mirror article to start with. But I'm guessing you're not aware of that because you didn't open it.
