Robinson urges supporters to 'locally get involved in politics'

 

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Robinson urges supporters to 'locally get involved in politics'

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, or Tommy Robinson as he’s known, called for crowds gathered for his Unite the Kingdom protest to get involved in politics, PA reports.

 

He said from the stage:

 

Are you ready for the battle of Britain? 2029 we have an election. We’re not asking anyone to go out and fight, but this is the most important moment in our generation.

 

If we don’t send a message in our next election, if you don’t register to vote, if you don’t get involved, if you don’t become activists, we are going to lose our country forever.

 

He added:

 

We have to get political, we have to get involved. I’m not going to tell you which political party you need to join. We’re a cultural movement. I’m going to tell you that you have to join a political party. I don’t care if it’s Reform, if it’s Advance, or it’s Restore, or it’s the Conservative party. We have to locally get involved in politics.