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Tommy Robinson orchestrated white riots from Russia
Tommy Robinson has, once again, been promoting the far-right uprisings spreading across the UK. He tweeted:
The whole of the United Kingdom is hitting the streets tonight at 7pm following yet another invader attack on our people.
It's time — Tommy Robinson
Tommy Robinson: from Russia with hate
Following Robinson’s calls to rise up, riots erupted in Belfast. The city was earlier the scene of an attempted murder involving a Sudanese man. And once again, we saw the right cynically using a horrific crime to drive racial tensions:
Crime is now being viewed through an entirely racialised lens – but only when the perpetrators aren't white.
When Chas Corrigan stabbed a Saudi student to death, or Paul Doyle mowed down Liverpool fans, white people didn't have to fear being a target of collective retaliation.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 10, 2026
Robinson revelled in the violent acts which followed his call to action:
Belfast is out. pic.twitter.com/nHZ7GURRRA
— Tommy Robinson
Belfast is burning.
Britain's politicians have failed us all. pic.twitter.com/MDqnFKoQCB
— Tommy Robinson
Roads blocked by burning vehicles in Northern Ireland. pic.twitter.com/N2MXRnHerI
— Tommy Robinson
Suspected HMO's are being burned out across Northern Ireland following the attempted beheading of a man by a Sudanese invader last night. pic.twitter.com/JTMYkBuSl7
— Tommy Robinson
As the sun goes down over Northern Ireland, homes and vehicles burn in Belfast. pic.twitter.com/68lGMT9f6Q
— Tommy Robinson
Robinson has claimed refugees pose a risk to British women. Meanwhile, he’s telling us the solution to this is to elect the notorious rapist Conor McGregor:
Lead your people Conor.
It's the only way — Tommy Robinson
A mockery
Robinson mocked the Black residents of Belfast whose houses were burned down:
https://t.co/UxNXqDKwjL pic.twitter.com/eZcZblhCIb
— Tommy Robinson
In the above, Robinson is referencing the killing of Henry Nowak. On 2 June, the Canary’s Rose Cocker reported on another far-right agitator – Nigel Farage – who used the murder of Nowak to push for “pure, cold rage” – a call that white rioters took up. As Cocker reported, murderer Vickrum Digwa:
wrongfully claimed that he had been the victim of a racialised assault, and responding officers attempted to arrest Nowak as he lay dying. Body-cam footage shows Nowak pleading with officers that he had been stabbed, and he couldn’t breathe. At one point, an officer replied “I don’t think you have, mate.”
Henry Nowak’s parents stated clearly that they didn’t want their son’s murder to be used to stir up hatred and division. Instead, they called for knife crime to be treated as a national emergency.
By suggesting all people of colour should be blamed for the Henry Nowak case, Robinson is promoting ‘collective punishment‘ – an act which is considered to be a war crime and a grave violation of human rights.
This is not normal.
Men like Robinson are dragging us back to the pre-WWII status quo, and we cannot allow them to succeed.
The Musk connection
On 9 June, we reported that Robinson was in Russia. Notably, Robinson met with Elon Musk’s father, Errol. As Elon despises his father and has very thin skin, we predicted this would lead to a split between Elon and Robinson. As it turns out, however, it seems Elon cares more about pushing hatred than avoiding humiliation:
Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change!! https://t.co/73GDcLLFwv
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 9, 2026
We say ‘avoiding humiliation’ because Errol Musk is a man who Elon himself describes as “evil”. Despite this, he passively watched on as his tormentor hung out with his minion. Errol is also a man who married his own stepdaughter – Elon’s stepsister – and who allegedly abused several of the Tesla billionaire’s siblings.
Musk is a powerful ally for the British far-right to have, anyway. He’s been pushing their message for years at this point, and surprise, surprise; we now have yearly white riots erupting off the words of social media Goebbels like Robinson.
They're itching for a civil war. A forieng billionaire is trying to use a thug to start it. pic.twitter.com/WsuV8455Wx
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) June 9, 2026
Pogroms
These white riots weren’t just displays of street violence, either. As Robert Freeman reported for the Canary:
Racist thugs have carried out a wave of pogroms in Belfast and nearby towns, setting fire to homes belonging to people of colour. The rioters also attacked businesses that they thought were the property of ‘foreigners’, ignited vehicles, and blocked roads.
A pastor helping those in houses targeted tonight in Belfast says people were being put out of their homes “because they're black”
He says members of his church “who have been with us for 20 years..had their house attacked, windows smashed, houses beside them burned” pic.twitter.com/nYwrVPx8Aa
— Taj Ali (@Taj_Ali1) June 9, 2026
For those who are unfamiliar, a ‘pogrom‘ is “an act of organized cruel behaviour or killing that is done to a large group of people because of their race or religion” (Cambridge Dictionary). The word is most commonly applied to the waves of violence against European Jews in the 20th century, with the most famous example being the Nazi’s Kristallnacht.
Now, we’re once again seeing pogroms in the Western hemisphere; most often against Muslims, but increasingly affecting anyone whose skin tone doesn’t reflect that of far-right rabble rousers like Tommy Robinson.
Just home from dealing with the consequences of tonight's lawlessness.
Perhaps some of the English right wing influencers and local politicians enthusing about these protests would explain to children I met why they have no beds to sleep in tonight.
Utterly disgusted.
— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) June 10, 2026
And make no mistake, Robinson is directly dehumanising the people who now face mob violence. Here he is describing foreign people as “savages”:
Stop importing the fuckers then, send them back!!!
Stop dumping these third world savages into our communities!!!
Enough of your performative politics you wanker!!!#EnoughIsEnough@Keir_Starmer https://t.co/GW34YHAOHa — Tommy Robinson
And here he was saying the same thing a few months ago:
Independent journalist @ActivePatriotUK has been arrested for social media posts AGAIN!
The nation is literally being invaded by third world savages and the police are going after those who expose it! — Tommy Robinson
pic.twitter.com/2TMLm6tXY1
It’s not condoning the actions of the alleged attempted-murderer to say we shouldn’t be referring to entire groups of people as “savages”.
After all, if we were to collectively denigrate groups for the actions of individuals, the scenes in Belfast would suggest all white people are ‘savages’, wouldn’t they?
Featured image via Mario Tama (Getty Images) / Charles McQuillan (Getty Images)
By Willem Moore
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