British far-right activist Tommy Robinson is the UK’s most notorious anti-Muslim activist.
At 43, he is the street leader of the radical right-wing nationalist upsurge gripping Britain.
An estimated 150,000 like-minded protesters turned out in London in September for his “Unite the Kingdom” march and for months Irish Times London correspondent Mark Paul has tried to get an interview with him.
And then the call came out of the blue on a cold December evening.
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Robinson was planning a stunt in an hour’s time – to announce the date of his next protest – and asked if the Irish Times would like to come.
In the end the stunt failed for technical reasons but Paul got to see how the avowed right-wing radical works and got to shadow him the following day.
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At a choral service – to “bring the Christ back into Christmas”, he got to see how Robinson is mixing his newfound conversion to evangelical Christianity with his anti-immigrant message.
Paul tells In the News how Robinson’s new style of campaigning echoes the Maga movement that got Donald Trump elected.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon and Suzanne Brennan.
