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Musk calls for jailed UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be released (www.aljazeera.com)

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Robinson, a one-time football hooligan with a string of UK criminal convictions, is serving an 18-month jail term after he admitted contempt of court in a long-running libel case involving a Syrian refugee.

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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 11 months ago

If the government responds at all, why would they not just say "no"? The man was convicted and Musk has literally zero right to decide otherwise. It's a perfect opportunity for Starmer to do his public prosecutor thing too

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