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Free Tommy Robinson

vta

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WTF England ??

Britain moves from Orwell to Kafka, imprisoning Tommy Robinson and gagging media reports

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Is Britain lost to the ranks of free nations? The land that bequeathed the world the Magna Carta and the "mother of parliaments" is indulging in totalitarianism with its handling of Tommy Robinson, a famous political activist agitating about the threat of radical Islam and attempting to report on the trial of a Muslim "grooming gang" that allegedly preyed on young English girls, forcing them into prostitution. I wrote about the fragmentary reports of his arrest in Leeds two days ago for the alleged crimes of "breach of the peace and incitement."

British writer George Orwell warned of the dangers of totalitarian thought control via the corruption of language and pervasive electronic spying in his novel1984. Calling the act of reporting on a trial "breach of the peace and incitement" is as Orwellian as "War Is Peace," "Freedom Is Slavery," and "Ignorance Is Strength," Orwell's most famous examples of totalitarian brainwashing.

The British authorities (I'm looking at you, P.M. Theresa May) have now managed to import a policy from Czech writer Franz Kafka, famous for exposing the corruption totalitarians impose on those under their thumbs. In his book The Trial, the defendant is not allowed to know the charges against him. The Brits now have imposed a gag order on any reporting of the fate of Robinson, including his trial and prison sentence. Bruce Bawer of the Gatestone Institute captures the essence of Kafka-logic implicit in the gag order in his title, "UK: You're Not Allowed to Talk about It. About What? Don't Ask." I recommend that you read his entire post to understand the fear of offending Muslims that has the government of the U.K. descending into a nightmare of totalitarianism, but here is a sample.

Following Robinson's arrest:

In the space of the next few hours, a judge tried, convicted, and sentenced him to 13 months in jail – and also issued a gag order, demanding a total news blackout on the case in the British news media. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was immediately taken to Hull Prison.

Most media outlets were remarkably compliant. News stories that had already been posted online after Robinson's arrest at the Scottish Daily Record, Birmingham Live, The Mirror, RT, and Breitbart News were promptly pulled down, although, curiously, a report remained up at the Independent, a left-wing broadsheet that can be counted on to view Robinson as a hooligan. Indeed, the Independent's article described Robinson as "far-right" and, in explaining what he was doing outside the courthouse, used scare quotes around the word "reporting"; it then summed up the least appealing episodes in his career and blamed him for an attack on the Finsbury Park Mosque last January. Somehow, the Independent also got away with publishing a report on London's Saturday rally in support of Robinson.

Yesterday, according to the U.K.'s Evening Standard, hundreds of protesters gathered outside Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister, chanting Robinson's name. Twitter also allowed reports on the demonstration to remain up:

Robinson's supporters expect him to be killed if he is held among the general population at Hull Prison, owing to the large number of Muslim gang members held there.

Owing to the media blackout, gathering a large group of supporters is a challenge, to say the least. It will require overseas criticism to bring pressure and maybe, just maybe a lawsuit in U.K. courts. A British member of the European Parliament raises that possibility:

The next few days in Britain will be decisive. If Robinson is murdered in prison, he will became a martyr, and even far-reaching repression of reporting may not be enough to contain the outrage in an era of text messages, social media, and a world stage.
 

vta

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The UK, Sweden, Germany, France....what have you done ? Looks like globalist style suicide to me.
 

vta

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Seriously...WTF ??

Not to get sidetracked but our brothers in England are getting a little carried away.

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Knifes are not the problem !
 

shithawk420

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fucking idiots.why bring a knife when you can just throw acid on people?those are some of the shittiest knives ive ever seen too.i could probably do more damage with a good butter knife.And one of them is a chefs knive.EU gonna ban cooking too?
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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Its rather ridiculous what they have done to Tommy. He's just a working class English lad from Luton who has been VERY vocal about Islamic forced integration and Islamic pedophile grooming gangs in the UK, telling it like it is.

Now he has become an 'Enemy of the State', and they want to try and silence him by throwing him in jail..........for telling the truth.

*If you wish to research this character, there is a lot of material on youtube about him......or there was. Maybe they will shut/censor him out of youtube now since the press has been told by the government not to report on him any more? (There is a 'GAG ORDER' on the press in the UK).

*here is a link to a Rebel Media report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOheSMjUivw
 
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gaiusmarius

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yeah that's some orwellian shit for sure. guys standing there talking to his phone and bam they surround him and say breach of the peace. the only ones breaching the peace were the coppers. fucking nutz, i saw there are even ex coppers speaking out against this, specially the way they snatched him, sentenced him and jailed him all in the space of hours. nasty, then to be told n one is even allowed to report on the whole thing is just plain bonkers, it's gonna back fire. already been big protests in front of downing street.
 
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The guy's a racist and a visceral fascist ─ who gives a fuck what happens trash?
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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After doing considerable research on him.....I don't see that he is any sort of racist. What particular 'Race' is this Tommy supposed to be racist against?

...And as for being a fascist, where did you get that from?....I don't see this Tommy asking for German style National Socialism to be implemented anywhere...


Sounds to me like you have been drinking the Piers Morgan Koolaid...

The guy's a racist and a visceral fascist ─ who gives a fuck what happens trash?
 

gaiusmarius

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The guy's a racist and a visceral fascist ─ who gives a fuck what happens trash?

people who care about due process, people who care about others not getting jailed for their opinions, anyone who wants an independant justice system should care.

what you just said, sums up what people said as national socialist thugs were dragging people off, oh it's only happening to gay scum, oh its only muslim scum, or catholic scum, every body is scum to someone, you seem to have totally missed out on your history lessons. if you don't care when injustice meets your enemies, who will care when it meets you? who will be left to speak for you.

in the end i disagree with a lot Tommy has to say, even if i agree with some parts, but i haven't seen him make actual racist comments. he is Islamophobic, but i think that has more to do with the kind of Muslims he's dealing with then inherent racist beliefs according to the meaning in the dictionary. in the end if we believe in freedom of religion, we must believe in freedom to criticize religion.
 

madalasatori

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He broke the terms of his bail and acknowledges this. The judge was powerless to to anything but send him back inside.

Not that I care either way
 

azad

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Tommy should smoke a joint he'll need it after he meets some pals. sos(smack on site) order been placed on him I heard.
 

gaiusmarius

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He broke the terms of his bail and acknowledges this. The judge was powerless to to anything but send him back inside.

Not that I care either way

how you know that? when he is being arrested in the video, you hear the cop telling him its disturbing the peace he's arrested for.
 
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In May 2017, Robinson was convicted of contempt of court for using a camera inside Canterbury Crown Court and received a suspended sentence.[70] According to Judge Heather Norton, "this is not about free speech, not about the freedom of the press, nor about legitimate journalism, and not about political correctness. It is about justice and ensuring that a trial can be carried out justly and fairly, it's about being innocent until proven guilty. It is about preserving the integrity of the jury to continue without people being intimidated or being affected by irresponsible and inaccurate 'reporting', if that's what it was"

On 25 May 2018, Robinson was arrested for a breach of the peace while live streaming outside Leeds Crown Court during a trial on which reporting restrictions had been ordered by the judge.[71][72][73] Following Robinson's arrest, the judge issued a reporting restriction on Robinson's case, prohibiting any reporting of Robinson's case or the grooming trial until the latter case is complete.[74][72][75] The UK Independence Party leader Gerard Batten MEP expressed concern about the proceedings and the ban on reporting.[76] Robinson attracted sympathy from several right-wing politicians in Europe including the Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders[72] and German Bundestag member Petr Bystron.[77] During the weekend following Robinson's arrest, hundreds of his supporters rallied in Downing Street, calling for the government to "Free Tommy"[72][78] and an online petition for his release was signed by nearly 500,000 people.[79]



On 29 May the reporting restriction was lifted with regard to Robinson,

following a challenge by journalists, and the media reported that Robinson was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment for contempt of court by publishing information that could prejudice an ongoing trial.[11
 

madalasatori

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He pleaded guilty to contempt of court. Contempt of court = breaking bail conditions

The terminology used by the copper when he was arrested is irrelevant really. The coppers knew he was on bail and breaching his terms so the reason given was just semantics really
 
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I can see nearly everything in your post, water, as being probable and a 'maybe.'

Personally I get a bit nervous when any government uses a phrase like 'legitimate press,' as I believe that legitimacy is often "in the eye of the beholder (controller)" where media and some other things are concerned.

Discrediting the messenger (MEDIA source) while sometimes/often deserved, when done by those in power, nearly immediately pique's the question of why that particular government might see a specific media source as less than legitimate.

My guess is that Nixon wanted the public to view those who published Ellsburg's leaked docs as 'illegitimate.' And the outlets that let us know that the whole WMD BS as propaganda, were likely outlets that the CIA, Shrub, NSA, et al, sought to draw question to the legitimacy of.

Otherwise, I have no real clue of the history herein.
 

vta

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British human rights activist Paul Weston explains why those who are accepting the British government’s explanation for the arrest of Tommy Robinson are being deceived.

“This is the action of a totalitarian state.” Yes.

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gaiusmarius

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so he plead guilty did he?

that some what changes things. you don't really want people perverting the course of justice even for rape gang members, otherwise they can call for a mistrial. if he admitted interfering with the course of justice he really has no one to blame but himself.
 

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