Far-right figurehead, Tommy Robinson, jailed after violating suspended sentence for videoing Muslims

The former leader of the far-right group the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, has been jailed for thirteen months for breaking contempt of court laws with a Facebook Live video that could prejudice an ongoing trial. His supporters have protested his imprisonment, and Donald Trump Jr. has leant his support to their cause.

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London march for free-speech represents rise of right-wing contradictory thinking and rhetoric in UK

Sunday 6th May 2018 saw two to three thousand people march through London flying national flags and holding signs decrying limits to freedom of speech. Yet commentators see their rhetoric regarding civil and religious rights as a contradiction.

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Report warns of “war against Islam” days after UK’s most senior terror officer warns of threat of far-right

Campaign group Hope Not Hate has published a report detailing the evolving ideology of the British far-right to one defined by a hatred of Islam, which poses a significant threat to the social fabric of the UK. The UK’s senior terror officer gave a similar warning only a few days before.

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Sentencing of Darren Osborne sparks discussion about right-wing extremism in the UK, and the role of the mainstream media in popularising it

Osborne, who killed a worshipper outside the Finsbury Park Mosque in 2017 in an act of terrorism motivated by Islamophobia, was reportedly radicalised by online content from far-right movements. The British mainstream media has been criticised for popularising this content through engaging with it in their coverage.

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Tommy Robinson: The man behind the British version of Pegida

English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson is now the UK co-ordinator for the anti-Islamist movement Pegida, which is launching next week in Britain. It’s the latest twist in Robinson’s controversial life. Robinson’s eventful career has seen him briefly embrace anti-extremist think tank Quilliam and serve jail sentences for mortgage fraud and a passport offence. In

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