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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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[-] MacStache@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago

Why the fuck do they give this guy so much visibility on foreign affairs?

Yes, I know it's because of money and power, but this guy shouldn't have any power over UK, German or, truth be told, any matter whatsoever outside the US. Or even inside the USimho.

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