Elon Musk is a threat to UK security. Over recent days he has spread baseless conspiracy theories about Labour ministers over their supposed role in the grooming gangs scandal, almost certainly jeopardising their safety.
Musk’s increasingly unhinged posts have been made in support of the far-right thug Tommy Robinson (real name: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), who Musk now seems to idolise.
This puts Musk in league with an individual who has cosied up to Vladimir Putin’s Russia – a state that has for years waged war against liberal democracy in Britain and beyond.
I have been tracking Yaxley-Lennon’s links to Russia for years, and wanted to share what I and others have found.
Though direct ties (financial or otherwise) between Robinson and the Kremlin have never been established, we know that the far-right convict has explored transferring his money to Russia, has been a regular guest on Russian state media (including during trips to Moscow and St Petersburg), and has frequently amplified pro-Putin disinformation.
Below is a summary of everything we know about Tommy Robinson’s relations with Russia.
See also:
- After Trump’s return, Britain is next in the firing line of Putin’s war on democracy, which looks at Musk’s links to Russia
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This is a bit flimsy and, looks like parroting some misinformation.
First and foremost, we don’t need to link Robinson to Putin to know he’s a nefarious piece of shit. Or to confirm that putin is a brutal and corrupt dictator.
The second thing is that for an investigative journalist who has been “tracking Yaxley Lennox’s links to Russia for years” he doesnt actually offer much that isn’t already in the public domain.
Thirdly, it ignores the fact that Robinson is heavily financed by Israel, and the American Right, which the guardian wrote about 6 years ago - with a concrete paper trail .
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/07/tommy-robinson-global-support-brexit-march
Fourthly, the 3rd party links (to someone else’s work) are themselves a bit flimsy too. My current bug bear is the story that Musk and Putin are Bessie’s : if you follow that story back, the sources in the Wall St Journal, you will find no one on record saying they talked. Just lots of “people familiar with the matter”.
The only person who has gone on record is Dimitry Peskov, who said they talked once, in 2022. And that’s this guy
https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/faces-of-kremlin-propaganda-dmitri-peskov/
So, it’s hard work to see what the story is.
Make it illegal to advocate Russian interests and to take Russian money for fuck sake!
