“Tommy’s coming home, he’s coming home,” chanted the almost exclusively white, male crowd outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice in response to the news that far-right agitator Tommy Robinson was to be released on bail.
To show their support for the English Defence League founder, around 30 of his biggest fans showed up for the judgement, which for now overturns one of two contempt of court convictions against Robinson (real name Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon). Dressed almost uniformly in short-sleeved shirts, shorts and trainers, with bald heads and large stomachs, Robinson’s fans were there to support a man who has become an icon to a certain type of disgruntled Englishman.
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