Steve Bannon has cast himself as a wandering prophet of populism, carting his White House credentials with him as he tours Europe’s nationalist hot-spots – Budapest, Prague, Rome and Paris – over the past five months.
When the former Breitbart chairman continued this messianic march into London’s LBC radio studio during Donald Trump’s visit, it was to defend Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson. A self-declared “enemy of the state” and figurehead of this country’s far right, Robinson is currently serving 13 months in prison for contempt of court. This was due to his decision to film defendants during an ongoing trial on more than one occasion, forbidden under UK law.
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