It's a shame the EDL became such a thuggish group.Did you find a link in the end?Well done to the Oxford Union for allowing him to speak, especially in contrast to the other Uni Union that banned UKIP.The arrest at around 43:00 is the most corrupt thing I have seen in Britain.
Academics and politicians sign an open letter opposing the appearance of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson at the Oxford Union. His actions are often irresponsible and rash but I can't find any evidence that he is racist. They would most likely do so again.Audiences can be trusted to hear even the most unpleasant views.Now, these students are not literally burning books or trying to burn down the Oxford Union. They are not fascists. The Boycott the Oxford Union campaign has condemned the Union for giving a platform to ‘fascists’.Considering the historical implications of the word ‘fascist’, we should probably be careful when deploying it.
The ‘fascist’ figures who have been invited to the Union include Katie Hopkins, Steve Bannon and Tommy Robinson. I have no idea who Tommy Robinson is, but the stories he had of growing up are exactly what I imagined happened to non-Muslims in Luton. former English Defence League leader speaking at the Oxford Union, Oxford,UK . They rejected fascism emphatically in the Second World War, when huge sacrifices were made to destroy German and Japanese totalitarianism. If a dog bites you as a child, you have a fear of dogs; likewise if you and people you know get assaulted by Muslim men, you'd grow up with a healthy fear of dangerous, fanatical, Muslim gangs.If be really interested to see the Q&A at the end if anyone has a link.They were likely undercover cops with a brief to provoke.Although it simultaneously makes me glad I left the UK and sad that the UK has got to this state.its now been posted on the oxford union youtube pageI would encourage everyone to watch this video despite your political leanings - it's really eye-opening if not only to see blatant discrimination against him by the media and the police.It's impressive to see Oxford University still sometimes defends freedom of speech.Honestly, with hindsight, at 64 minutes he absolutely destroys Paxman. Thanks for posting this here!I'd watched bits and pieces of videos of Robinson before and felt that he wasn't as he was described in the media but I'm glad to have watched this video to join the dots.A far more reasonable man than his Muslim equivalents. Oxford Union sparks anger after inviting convicted criminal and former EDL leader Tommy Robinson to speak to students Tommy Robinson, former EDL leader is to speak to students tonight
Let the Union invite who it wants. If a genuinely fascist movement were to emerge, I think the British people can be trusted to recognise its dangers, and reject it. Apparently, the attendees didn’t have the capacity to evaluate Bannon’s ideas for themselves and should be told what to think by the student activist mob.More than a century before the rise of the Nazis, the German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine prophetically wrote, ‘Where they burn books, they will also burn people’. Unfortunately, the Oxford Union boycotters are taking a different approach. Earlier this month, when Katie Hopkins took part in a debate on free speech at the Oxford Union, activists were chanting, ‘Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put the Union on the top, put the Nazis in the middle and we’ll burn the fucking lot’. It actually blew my mind a little.I have no idea who Tommy Robinson is, but the stories he had of growing up are exactly what I imagined happened to non-Muslims in Luton. But they share the book-burning mentality. Tommy Robinson is the co-founder and former spokesman and leader of the English Defence League (EDL) "street protest" movement, and also founded the European Defence League. Similar things happened to several people I knew on unemployment courses in Luton, and I've had death treats from Muslim men I've 'aggravated'.That was a compelling and informative speech, I'm truly impressed.
They seem to view everything they believe as inherently progressive and everything they oppose as fascistic. I'm ashamed to admit that I written him off as a racist thug out of sheer ignorance - having watched this and a few other videos of him I have to admit that the man is definitely not a racist. December 31, 2014 Stephen Knight 8 comments.
Back in October I hosted a podcast with the excellent blogger and author Eiynah as well as the notorious founder of the EDL, Tommy Robinson.
Similar things happened to several people I knew on unemployment courses in Luton, and I've had death treats from Muslim men I've 'aggravated'. Tommy Robinson. They said Bannon’s views are so dangerous that people should be prevented from even hearing them. In the Oxford Union event biography – which is remarkably neutral, for a man who views Tommy Robinson as the “backbone of this country” – his new political project, the Movement, is … He's just the product of his upbringing.
Tommy Robinson’s Speech At The Oxford Union. Author tommyrobinson271182 Posted on December 1, 2016 May 3, 2017 Categories Uncategorized Leave a comment on First blog post Tommy confronts a … These boycotters should cut it out. At the Steve Bannon event in November 2018, they attempted to block the public from entering the debating hall.