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Tommy Robinson arrested over alleged assault at London station (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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The far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson has been arrested by British police on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a man was allegedly assaulted at a London railway station.

Video from the scene of the alleged assault, which showed a 64-year-old man on the ground, also recorded Robinson appearing to claim he had acted in self-defence.

The injured man was released from hospital on Thursday. Police are understood to be treating him as a victim, not a suspect, at this stage. Police have said he was admitted to hospital “with serious injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening”.

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[–] florge@feddit.uk 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Need to use his real name: Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Exactly. Criminals should not get to hide behind stage names.

That said, they do say his name:

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 3 hours ago

It's funny how he has no problem in picking a gender-affirming name for himself (his preferred gender being 'real man') and gets pissed off when anyone brings up his real name (which reveals his birth gender is 'cosseted little Fauntleroy') but, naturally, if a normal person were to try the same thing he's suddenly against it...

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 11 points 5 hours ago

Justice for Tommy Robinson!

^by that I mean lock him up and throw away the key^

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Does this guy keep getting himself in prison to save on bodyguard costs?

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta go to prison to look legit, just like changing your name to something salt of the earth sounding like Tommo Robbo.

Probably IDd the poor guy before attacking him to make sure he was as close to a pensioner as possible without the fear of the headline "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon Claims Self-Defence in Pensioner Attack"

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 4 hours ago

He stole the name from a notorious Luton Town football hooligan.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Well if he sought out the robust man-love he so dearly craves any other way it might damage his image, you see.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Tommy Robinson gets paid enough by the Horowitz foundation.