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2023-11-26 19:05:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B9F610F5682B14CA657C4EFC6BE90F8DB66B84E08D80F065F1554B1FA8A758B
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Tommy Robinson is not a reporter, he's a well-known anti-Islam activist and founded the EDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson_(activist) The protest organisers had pleaded for Tommy to stay away. He refused to comply with a direction to disperse under section 35 of the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/26/tommy-robinson-arrested-march-antisemitism-london
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