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Tommy Robinson was detained by police on Saturday at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws, after a week in which he rose to further prominence on social media.

It was understood the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped and had his phones seized under section 3 of the Counter-Terrorism Border Security Act 2019.

Robinson used social media to claim he was detained for almost three hours and had his iPhone and Samsung Galaxy phones taken, and to ask his supporters to donate money to fund his legal defence.

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[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

He is funded by US/Israeli billionaire Robert Shillman, so likely already has more money than he’ll ever need. The point of asking for donations is likely psychological manipulation: when people “buy in”, it’s harder to leave the cult.

[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

Now, hang him for treason!

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

He should rename himself again to Lord Haw-Haw.

[-] brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

I can understand the outrage at migrant crimes, but it loses all credibility when their basically all funded by external entities.

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