Tommy Robinson

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, (27th November 1982-present) is an Islamophobic activist and founder of the English Defense League.

Biography
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was born in Luton in 1982. After leaving school, Yaxley-Lennon began studying aircraft engineering, but was fired after he assaulted a police officer, for which he was sentenced to twelve months in prison.

In 2004, Yaxley-Lennon joined the BNP under Nick Griffin, but left because, despite his Islamophobic views, he thought Griffin's white supremacy was too extreme. Yaxley-Lennon worked as the manager of a tanning salon until 2009, when he formed the Hate Group known as the English Defense League, or EDL, and took the name Tommy Robinson.

Although Robinson initially stated that the EDL was supposed to combat radical Islam and was formed in response to the presence of the Taliban in Luton, it should be noted that the EDL was (and still is) a virulently anti-Islam organization. In 2011, Robinson married and, on the 22nd of December, he was allegedly assaulted by three Asian men, who he claimed beat him until another man chased them away. These claims have never been proven false.

Also in 2011, Robinson was arrested after abusive, pro-EDL language he used provoked a brawl between supporters of Luton Town and Newport County football teams. He was sentenced to pay a fine of £650, serve 150 hours of community service and spend 12 months in rehab, as well as receiving a 3-year ban from attending football matches. Released on bail, he was arrested once again at an EDL demonstration and imprisoned in HMP Bedford. While imprisoned, he went on hunger strike in the belief that he was being given halal meat. Robinson has also been convicted of headbutting a member of an EDL splinter group known as "the Infidels", travelling into the USA under a false passport, committing mortgage fraud and climbing onto the roof of the FIFA building in order to protest and has used the aliases "Andrew McMasters", "Paul Harris", "Wayne King" and "Stephen Lennon".

In 2012, Robinson temporarily joined the British Freedom Party and became vice chairman, but left to focus on the EDL. Later that year, he left the EDL, and seemingly redeemed himself, apologising for comments he made blaming "all Muslims" for the 7th of July bombings and agreeing to meet with Muslim reporter Mo Ansar, however he was shown to retain his hateful views when he began working to establish Pegida UK, a splinter group of hate organization Pegida.

In 2017, Robinson was arrested for contempt of court after filming outside a courthouse in order to document a rape case. He was sentenced to prison, but reoffended and was imprisoned once again, only to be released. He has since been beaten up by an unnamed Muslim, resulting in a Muslim being attacked by Tommy supporters in retaliation, and been sued for defamation after lying about a Muslim student who was violently assaulted and claiming that he deserved it. Robinson is still in court at the time of writing.