A retrospective of our work with Tommy Robinson, who will be prosecuted yet again for contempt of court for a crime he did a year ago, for which he was already found in contempt, and then released by the UK Court of Appeal.
00:03:11.360I didn't see a single article by any worthy pundit worrying about journalists being imprisoned.
00:03:18.200Listen, I'm really worried about the reporting as much as the law, and that's why I'm here in town and bringing with me eight other journalists, actually, from other jurisdictions.
00:03:29.900Because I don't know of any journalists in the United Kingdom, at least in the mainstream media, who give Tommy a fair shake.
00:03:36.300And forget about Tommy, who report accurately on these grave matters at hand.
00:03:41.260My charge, my charge that I'm being brought back in a politically motivated case by the Attorney General, the Theresa May's government.
00:03:51.860They sat on this case for five months.
00:03:55.420The charge I face is that I caused anxiety to the Muslim paedophiles that have been convicted of raping young girls.
00:04:04.960All of these journalists here today, all of these journalists with your cameras, my charge was for taking a photo.
00:04:13.620My charge was for asking them how they felt.
00:04:16.580Exactly what every one of you just done to me right now.
00:06:21.520We're here because Theresa May's Attorney General has chosen to re-prosecute Tommy Robinson again for the same incident for which he was held in contempt a year ago outside the county court in Leeds, UK.
00:06:37.400Just a quick reminder, Tommy was live streaming from his phone on Facebook about a rape gang trial of more than two dozen men.
00:06:46.740The jury had finished their deliberations. It was judgment day.
00:06:49.940Tommy was outside the court, didn't talk about any details inside the court.
00:06:54.180All he did was read the names of the accused, and he read them from the BBC State Broadcaster website.
00:06:59.660But for that offense, or some other offense, we're not quite sure, a squad of police swooped him.
00:07:05.940Grabbed him, put him in the back of the truck, took him to a police station, took him to court in a less than 10-minute trial in which Tommy himself didn't have a word to speak.
00:07:14.400He was sentenced to 13 months in prison, packed off to prison that day, and was shortly thereafter transferred to a high-risk prison dominated by Muslim gangs itself.
00:07:26.120Tommy had to be put in solitary confinement for his own safety, said the warden of the prison, where he was starved because, of course, the Muslim gangs also ran the kitchens.
00:07:35.880As you know, Rebel viewers crowdfunded the legal appeal.
00:07:40.640The court of appeal led by no one less than the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales himself issued a scathing rebuke of that decision to imprison Tommy, and he was freed thanks to Rebel viewers.
00:07:53.280You would think that that would be enough.
00:07:56.160You would think that that would have humiliated the establishment enough to have been exposed as be so abusive.
00:08:02.180But no, Jeffrey Cox, Theresa May's new Attorney General, has made the positive decision to re-prosecute Tommy for that original event.
00:08:11.180First of all, I'll just call you in on what's happened today.
00:08:39.300And the fake news media have started already.
00:08:43.580And any of the journalists that are in court today, you sat and listened.
00:10:03.100He has a coherent message and an ideology, and he has a track record, and he has a mission.
00:10:07.720But his style, well, here's a dramatic Tommy moment that I think more than a few Brits might be happy to see him do, metaphorically speaking, to the European Union.
00:11:09.300And it is not a first-past-the-post system.
00:11:13.460It's sort of a mathematical way of counting votes.
00:11:15.980The top vote-getter wins, gets one MEP, and then that party's votes are divided by two, and then they check, and the next top vote-getter wins, and then their vote is divided by two, for it's the same party is divided by three.
00:11:28.480I'm not going to take you through the whole system.
00:11:31.080It's actually quite ingenious, but long story short, let me tell you how the story ends.
00:11:37.360You can win and become a member of the European Parliament in northwest England with less than 10% of the vote.
00:11:45.280In the last election, in 2014, 1.75 million people voted in that electoral region, and it took 160,000 votes to win one of the eight seats.
00:11:57.300In the previous elections, in 2009, 1.65 million people voted in northwest England.
00:12:38.200It wouldn't shock me if he was charged with some trumped-up charge, some stitch-up, just to get him off the streets like he was that day in Leeds.
00:12:45.080Now, we here at the Rebels support Tommy, we always have.
00:12:47.340But, of course, we're foreigners in the UK.
00:13:25.460They started with throwing eggs and actually going into the bins, and going into the trash bins, picking up models, and throwing it to the sides.
00:13:35.840The protesters came, probably around 100 of them.
00:13:56.440They started on one side, police did block them, and they actually came around the street to another corner, all running towards the rally, throwing eggs, throwing bottles that they're finding in bins lying around in front of the houses.
00:14:11.080I even saw them throw some bricks at Tommy Robinson's crowd.
00:14:16.740And what's crazy is that I don't see any media here.
00:14:41.780I don't see anyone covering this, you're not going to see this, you're not going to hear about this, about the aggression from almost, definitely over 100 Muslim people pushing, trying to get to this side, throwing bricks, throwing glass bottles at women and children that are here for a political campaign rally.
00:15:00.700Looking around, there's women in distress, there's women crying that were chased out of their cars when they saw them come in.
00:15:07.560I hope this is because Tommy Robinson was holding a political campaign rally.
00:15:13.900I've been on the campaign for them since this Tuesday, and before that they had no problem with us, there were some protesters at some of the events, there were some civil protesters, but nothing like this.
00:15:29.140This is what happens when Tommy Robinson stepped into the building.
00:15:32.740So we just got news that actually somebody got stabbed.
00:15:53.140It sounds like a child has actually been stabbed.
00:16:03.260Police are trying to de-escalate the situation.
00:16:07.100Riot police did show up, and I can tell the protest is dispersing, but it looks like they're actually just going to try another entrance towards the rally.
00:16:16.400It doesn't look like they're giving up.
00:19:49.340I'm excited for every one of these people to feel that buzz.
00:19:51.340I'm excited for people who aren't even from the Northwest, who are from our community, who are part of our movement, who are going to feel it and think they've done it.
00:28:26.340So, what's the plan until then? Where is your head at? What are you planning to do?
00:28:30.340For me, I thought, I got told it would be adjourned for four to six weeks, which is why I'm upset, because I thought if I go to jail, I'll go to jail at the start of September.
00:28:36.340After my kids break up for school holidays for six weeks, next week, oh, I'm just going to do my nothing.
00:28:45.340I'm going home, mate. I was going to be out tonight. I can't bother now. Yeah, yeah.
00:28:49.340And do you have any message for either your supporters or for the police or for the judges or for the media themselves?
00:28:57.340They've just, really, what they've done, what they don't understand is, they say that they're trying to restore faith with the British public in the rule of law, how things have to be done at courts.
00:29:07.340They lost the faith of the British public when they unlawfully and illegally in a flawed trial put me in jail.
00:29:13.340They knew that left it open for me to sue them for millions because of what they've done. This prevents that now.
00:29:19.340I think that, yeah, I don't know, I think that people in America, people in other countries should look on.
00:29:25.340Donald Trump, if you're watching, I've already said, give me asylum before next Tuesday, next Thursday, because I reckon I'll get killed in jail.
00:29:31.340I'm Ezra Levant. I'm standing outside HMP Belmarsh, the prison outside London, where Tommy Robinson has been incarcerated for these past 66 days.
00:29:49.340Behind me, you can see photographers from the Daily Mirror, the only photographers who were here today.
00:29:57.340It was kept a secret the exact time and location and, sorry, the exact time and date of Tommy being released.
00:30:07.340And here he is now. Yeah, the camera's pointing this way. They've been very insistent that I not. Hey, Tommy, how you doing, mate?
00:30:15.340Hey, thanks, man. Good to see you, man. You all right? I'm doing great. Look at you.
00:30:18.340I know, man. I'm first-stop hairdressers, yeah? I know. Have your fun with your memes.
00:30:22.340Tommy, it's great to see you. It's good to be seen.
00:30:26.340You're in better health than you were last time. We visited you a few times.
00:30:30.340Say a few words to your supporters who have been rooting for you these past 66 days.
00:30:35.340Yep. I'd say it's been... I've enjoyed reading the support and hearing the support.
00:30:42.340For me, the main thing for this would be an embarrassment to the British government, an embarrassment to the judiciary.
00:30:48.340In the judge's words, so let's pretend I did commit contempt to court, which I did. In her words, it was unintentional.
00:30:54.340So something that was unintentional, something that was unintentional that had zero effect on a trial, would result in a man, a journalist, being put in prison, spending two and a half months of soldier requirement in Omni.
00:31:05.340And this is the crazy thing. I've walked into Belmarsh Prison and walked out without seeing another prisoner.
00:31:11.340But in a way, that was good because...
00:31:15.340...in Lawnley, they would have killed you if they could.
00:31:17.340No, they would have done, yeah, yeah. Essentially, the governor here has done... I don't have a negative word to say about Belmarsh Prison.
00:31:23.340Or any of the... Other than the insanity that you were in here to begin with.
00:31:27.340Other than the insanity, and by putting me at the Old Bailey, they knew they'd get me in Belmarsh.
00:31:31.340So then they can get me on solitary, on isolation.
00:31:33.340Whereas if they... If they would have put it in the second biggest court in the land, which was Winchester,
00:31:37.340I'd have gone to the Cat B local in Winchester, I'd have been fine, because there's no Muslims in the jail.
00:31:42.340But essentially, I know I look a mess, so have your fun with it.
00:31:45.340And it's ginger, so I look like a little cowardly convert coming out of jail.
00:32:21.340What's your message to the media? I have to say the mainstream media. The Daily Mirror's here, they were here early.
00:32:26.340Can we turn you around to get you with a pack? No, you can't. I can't film the prison, mate. That's true.
00:32:30.340You read their lies? You read their lies?
00:32:32.340The Daily Mirror lied saying I was attacked in this prison. You lied. You lied to the public. You made up an entire story or you were part of the propaganda that's pushed out.
00:32:42.340Now, my only message to them is, you're a disgrace and embarrassment, because if this happened to a journalist in Hong Kong, if what's happened to me happened to a journalist in Russia, in China, you'd all be up in arms.
00:32:52.340But because I talk about Islam, you're all silent. You're all complicit in the attack on free speech that we're witnessing. You're all complicit on what's happened to our country. All of the media are.
00:33:01.340Well, it's a great point. Right now, there's Venezuela. I was found guilty by an appointed judge. By an appointed judge. That's how the law works. No, not by jury.
00:33:10.340Common law, English common law, says that if you can face over six months in prison, you get a jury. I was not given a jury.
00:33:15.340So you think you'd be not guilty if it was a jury trial? I know I'd have found not guilty, and so do they. It's the only offence in the whole entire country, yeah, that you can get taken to prison for up to two years without a jury.
00:33:25.340Is that a jury? That's how contempt works, that's the law. No, no, no, it's not how English common law works. So that goes against English common law.
00:33:31.340And why was I at the Old Bailey? You tell me as a journalist, why was I at the Old Bailey? Thirteen murder trials of me for holding my phone up, and I was convicted of...
00:33:38.340You've got high profile, Tommy. Because I'm high profile, that's why I'm at the Old Bailey. Well, maybe it is.
00:33:41.340What difference does that make? Because they know you're going to have all your fans are going to be there.
00:33:45.340What difference does that make? Because obviously the security procedures aren't the same as the Old Bailey as they are at other courts.
00:33:50.340Well, I've been to ten different courts over the years. They've never moved me to Old Bailey.
00:33:54.340Your popularity has increased. How popular you are. I'm glad you recognise that.
00:33:57.340Tommy, it's really weird. It's because of your failures as a priest.
00:33:59.340It's weird to have the media debating with you.
00:34:02.340Arguing, arguing, because they're not media. They are not media. They're not journalists reporting stories.
00:34:07.340I've never seen this before, that a journalist is taking the role of the prosecutor.
00:34:13.340I mean, I like a good prickly question myself, but I've just, I mean, of course I've never seen this except for...
00:34:17.340It's our job to question people. It's our job.
00:34:45.340You got a lot of friends and fans. Give us one word about the mail. I know that there was about a month before you were able to get your mails.
00:35:02.340And it was emotional for me to read the effect it has on people.
00:35:07.340And it's also fulfilling to see the amount of people that woke up, that were awakened by what the British government have done and what they're doing.
00:35:14.340All right, let's take care of you, my friend. Nice to see you. I'm glad you're free. Cheers.
00:35:18.340Well, we picked him up at prison. We got him a haircut. He had a hot meal and now Tommy Robinson sits down with me.
00:35:24.340What a pleasure to see you outside of prison and free again.