Interesting to see among the usual collection of Tommy Robinson fans a very large number of brand new accounts / low/zero follower accounts (ie bots / hybrid bots). Obviously there's a hefty amount of dark money behind his antics, but the scale of the media operation is worrying.
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What you are describing is fairly inexpensive, so not sure why that is your conclusion.
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Sure, it just seems very much like an external effort. He's getting help from much more competent, wealthy and well-connected people.
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I mean, Bannon speaks pretty highly of him. Who knows what the agenda is here. But we're talking about some incredibly stupid people here. Maybe this business of getting arrested for contempt of court was part of a bigger plan, but I doubt it. He's just a fucking idiot.
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Actually his backers are more open about it than I realised:
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/
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