The media and political elite choose
Baroness Warsi - the soft Islamist supramacist, Israel hating fraud, and shun Tommy Robinson - the true patriot. But somehow the public sees through it.
Here is the
review of Tommy Robinson's book I wrote on 20 Dec 2015:
Tommy
Robinson is the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) who
has just published his biography. First I need to point out that the
book is not easy to get hold of (see the updated story about this
below**, with information provided by Tommy Robinson himself).
There have already been some very detailed and excellent reviews of the book (see especially the
review at IsraellyCool) so I will keep this fairly brief.
Anybody
who has actually listened to what Tommy Robinson has to say, rather
than accepted the stereotype narrative about him parroted by the entire
main stream media, will not be totally surprised at what is in this book
(the shame is that those who dutifully accept the main stream narrative
will not read it). However, even for those who have followed Robinson's
story over the years. it is a compelling read as it describes with real
evidence the extent to which the British Government under David Cameron
will go to both suppress those trying to raise awareness of the Islamic
threat and to marginalise those who actually try to stop its spread in
the UK. In many respects Tommy Robinson was the ideal bogey man for the
Government and media, being white, working class, a one-time football
hooligan, and having had a very brief flirtation with the BNP. Robinson
talks frankly about all those aspects of his life, and the harsh
realities of his up-bringing in Luton.
Written clearly
in his own words with feeling (and understating his genuine suffering
and heroism in my view) I think this is one of the most important
political books of recent times. For me there were two especially
illuminating stories: One relates to the 'sting' operation in which
Robinson exposed Afzal Amin, the 2015 Conservative election candidate
for Dudley North, as a corrupt liar; given David Cameron's affinity to
Amin it is likely that he would have been a key Cabinet member in the
new Government and so Robinson saved the country from electing one of
the most sinister politicians of all time and one who was also
subsequently revealed to have a fundamentalist Islamist agenda (much
like that other 'charismatic Muslim politician'
Baroness Warsi who Cameron also had an obsession with and who really was given positions of power).
If Cameron really wants to find out how Muslims think perhaps he should
try talking with Tommy Robinson rather than appointing Muslims who tell
him what he wants to hear. The second story relates to Robinson's
experience with the Quilliam Foundation, the organisation supposedly
countering Islamic extremism. While the relationship was originally
promising (and seen by many of his former EDL colleagues as a sell-out)
it seems that Quilliam only wanted to have control over him; moreover
Quilliam were also unable (or refused) to answer the serious questions
about Islam raised by American bloggers like Robert Spencer and Pamela
Geller who expose radical Islam.
Talking of Spencer and
Geller, one of the small disappointments I had with the book, is that
Robinson does not really say much about his relationship with them (see
Geller
here,
for example), whereas having read Geller's blog for years it is clear
that the relationship was at one time very close and went through some
very interesting phases. He does mention the fact (well covered on this
blog) that Spencer and Geller were banned from the UK (although he does
not mention that a major reason for the ban was that
they were considered 'too pro-Israel'). Of course the Spencer/Geller ban was supported by (and indeed lobbied for) by Jewish organisations including,
disgracefully the Board of Deputies.
Those same Jewish community 'leaders' and 'intellectuals' also think
they are showing solidarity with the Muslim community by continually
branding Robinson a racist. Not only are they wrong about that, but they
need to realise that Robinson is simply a British patriot who, in
trying to halt the growth of Militant Islam, is one of the few people in
this country prepared to do something against what also happens to be
the most serious threat to British Jewry. Moreover, there is a deep
irony in British Jews believing everything the BBC and the Guardian says
about Robinson, because the narrative presented is as false as the one
those very same sources present about Israel.
**Published
two weeks before Christmas I assumed the book would have been widely
available, especially given Robinson's high-profile. But a
quick check on Amazon last week suggested a problem - not eligible for
Amazon
Prime, and indeed not available direct from Amazon, with estimated
delivery 24 Dec - 9 Jan and a £2.80 standard delivery charge on top of
the £15 price. Seemed strange to bring out a book before Christmas that cannot be
delivered until after Christmas. As I happened to be going to the West
End I assumed I
would be able to get it in the country's largest bookshop (Foyles). But
Foyles (and all other bookshops I tried) are not
selling the book. So, reluctantly, I ended up doing a Kindle download
from Amazon (the only direct seller of the book seems to be
Press News Ltd).
It turns out, unsurprisingly, that due to political correctness
trumping demand, lack of availability is due to the fact that no
publisher or agent was willing to touch the book (Tommy Robsinon tweeted
me this information after I asked him about it). So it seems
the story of his life - a heroic but imperfect man outcast from main
stream society for daring to speak out against the Islamist threat - is
not only described in this book but perfectly mirrored by the book
itself: heroic, imperfect and outcast from the mainstream bookshops for
daring to stand up against the Islamist threat.
Tommy Robinson – Enemy of the State
344 pages
£15.00 (plus £1.50 p/p) is available
here with the following summary:
The
explosive story of Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence
League. Tommy describes the brutal truths about growing up in Luton, a
town plagued by Islamic extremism and violent gangs.
When Tommy led a street protest of ordinary townsfolk in support of
British troops, they were met by police batons and brutality. And when
the EDL grew out of that conflict, the state turned all of its might
against him, destroying his livelihood, disrupting his family and
ultimately throwing him to the violent Muslim underworld that runs
England’s prison system.
Arrested and held on trumped up charges, while receiving a series of
death threats, he takes readers through the traumatic EDL years, his
ordeal at the hands of the justice system and how he was even imprisoned
to prevent him speaking to the Oxford Union.
When all else failed, a shady division of Scotland Yard tried
blackmailing Tommy into working for them. Saying ‘no’ cost him his home.
If you believe in British justice and freedom of speech, you need to read this book.
15 January 2015 UPDATE:
While Tommy Robinson's book
provides extensive evidence of his claims to have been the victim of
State persecution - and indeed of having been a political prisoner -
dramatic new evidence today comes in the form of him being charged over an alleged fight in prison.
There is no longer any doubt that Tommy Robinson is being persecuted by
the British State simply for publicly warning about the dangers of
Islamism.
See also:
Review of Warsi book
