The Great Man had been stopped while attempting to board a EuroTunnel shuttle service. In other words, he’d been nicked while attempting to flee the country in advance of a court hearing today - concerning his alleged contempt of court over showing his film SILENCED, where he tells a whole stack of flat-out and indeed defamatory lies. And where does the Terrorism Act come in?
Simples. He was asked to unlock his phone. He refused. That is an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000, and one where he would not be within his rights to not say anything, not that Lennon needs much prompting to open his North and South. So his phone was confiscated. By the time he was bailed, thousands would have been stumped up from those supporters.
So what did he do after being bailed? With his presence required at court today, and the certainty of an arrest warrant being issued should he decline to appear, he showed all those supporters just what mugs they were. Brave Tommy ran away: he just got his motor onto the next EuroTunnel shuttle and away he went to France, out of the jurisdiction of the courts.
As the BBC has reported, "A senior judge has issued an arrest warrant for far-right campaigner Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - better known by his alias Tommy Robinson - after learning he has left the country on the eve of a major legal case against him … Yaxley-Lennon left the UK by a Eurotunnel train on Sunday night”. The barrister representing the Attorney General had more.
So where will The Great Man fetch up? Who knows, and, indeed, who cares? If he’s driving, it’ll probably be the Spanish mainland. Like the place on the Costa Blanca he was occupying not long ago. When he tried for the umpteenth time to smear anyone mentioning he was living in that approximate area as giving away his address and endangering his family.
Already the more gullible part of his fan base is claiming Lennon is on a “long arranged holiday”. Like heck he is. Were that true, it would merely confirm that he had no intention of facing justice today. He claimed he would be prepared to go to jail. But when push came to shove, he just pocketed all those donations and ran away. So what will happen to supporters’ money?
A significant part of it will be snorted away. More will go on rental and upkeep costs for whatever upmarket and exclusive property The Great Man chooses to occupy for the next few months, while hoping to stay out of trouble and therefore not give the authorities in Spain (or wherever) an excuse to send him back to a jurisdiction where that arrest warrant can be used on him.
More will be expended on food and drink, which someone else will procure and prepare - Lennon won’t be seen slumming it down the local Consum or Mercadona. And don’t forget the cost of that private pool. Stephen Lennon’s fans can pretend all they like - the reality is that their donations are just being used to fuel The Great Man’s upmarket lifestyle. They’ve been had for mugs.
He’s run away with your money, mugs. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
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11 comments:
Britain is full of mugs.
Look at past and present tenants of Downing Street and who put them there.
"Like the place on the Costa Blanca he was occupying not long ago. When he tried for the umpteenth time to smear anyone mentioning he was living in that approximate area as giving away his address and endangering his family."
Might be Portugal this time, Tim.
He could avoid arrest by using a small boat to cross the channel to France. Always assuming he wasn't swept along by the "swarms"* threatening to fill up the M25 ghetto.
*Copyright, Dodgy Dave Cameron.
Excuse my dimness, but why, if it was clear he was about to leave the country and not turn up for a court appearance possibly involving a prison sentence, was he bailed, and why was the bail unconditional?
I mean, give a chap a chance and all that, but really?
Meanwhile, the highest-rated comment on Mail Online?
"He's probably on holiday. I mean it is summer. He's not far right neither, simply refers to facts & says what 99.9% of the population think. I often agree with him & I dare say, given recent events, a lot more people will be interested in what he has to say."
Quelle fucking surprise.
As I think he's said. "if you don't like our laws, leave the country".
I'm surprised he was allowed to leave the country. Surely terrorism legislation would have allowed his detention.
It's amazing how certain people manage to slip past customs. It used to drive my father in law nuts when the Spanish police extradited some crook back to the UK, only for them to arrive back in Spain within a few days. Seems if you break the law, the UK is quite happy for you to naff off abroad. Which is ironic given Tommo and the boys views on 'foreign crooks flooding our country'...
The mail online comments are bad enough, but the Mails facebook page is even worse. Prepare to lose all faith in humanity if you visit there.
STOP THE SMALL BLOKES, er, LEAVING THE COUNTRY!
Luckily I can't as I refuse to have anything to do with the dead-eyed Zuckerberg and his wares.
I'm 6ft 1 and I ain't leaving.
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