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.

  • @ChonkyOwlbear
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    559 days ago

    A South African defending a white supremacist!? I’m shocked!

    • qyron
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      88 days ago

      South Africa.

      The rest of the continent has standards.

  • @[email protected]
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    138 days 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    58 days ago

    I’m so glad we have 4+ years until the next election. Hopefully he’ll get bored of UK politics and focus on ruining something else before then

  • @[email protected]
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    28 days ago

    Very well calculated move, and a clear signal of his intention. UK media will amplify and the government won’t cope it.

    The BBC championed Twitter and still use it - so it’s pretty much deserved.

    • Skua
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      38 days 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

  • BlackLaZoR
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    The article doesn’t even say what that dude was imprisoned for.

    Being right wing isn’t a crime on it’s own. It’s like bunch of stupids are writing a sensationalist piece for other stupids to be angry about.

    • Skua
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      419 days ago

      Contempt of court (this time). He was found to have libelled a 15 year old refugee a few years back, and having already had an injunction placed against him to stop repeating the libel he did so a third time anyway and the courts got fed up with his shit

    • @9tr6gyp3
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      9 days ago

      Read it again. It literally says why he’s serving 18 months. Hell, even the OP shared that paragraph.