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[–] vercetti@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Who cares about who either of these people are?

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Tel Aviv Tommy to the rescue

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 hours ago

I'm going to stop listening to this Sheeran guy. I'm not going to start either.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Tommy Ten Shekels has been mobilized

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Music has always been political.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

ed shareen audience isnt right wingers though, its mostly wine moms.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Good to hear that Ed can rely on the support of his best friend in these trying times.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 24 points 16 hours ago

I'm sure he will have a nice, open dialog with Tommy. Doesn't want to alienate anyone. Good people on both sides.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 24 points 18 hours ago

The story that keeps on giving.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 22 points 22 hours ago

Still insist you are not being political?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 119 points 1 day ago (5 children)

In case anybody else is like me and has never heard of tommy robinson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson) :

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (né Yaxley; born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British far-right, anti-Islam activist. Described as "one of [the] UK's most prominent far-right activists",[1] he co-founded the English Defence League (EDL), serving as its leader from 2009 to 2013.

Before the EDL, Robinson was a member of the British National Party (BNP), a British fascist political party, from 2004 to 2005. For a short time in 2012, he was joint vice-chairman of the British Freedom Party (BFP). In 2015, after leaving the EDL, he became involved with the development of Pegida UK, a now-defunct British chapter of the German Pegida. From 2017 to 2018, he wrote and appeared in videos on the Canadian website Rebel News. In 2018, he also served as a political advisor to Gerard Batten, then the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Robinson is also known for creating self-produced videos presented in a documentary format, on topics including the grooming gangs scandal. Some of these videos have been found in court to include defamatory false statements about their subjects.[2][3][4]

Robinson has criminal convictions[5] for assault,[6] threats,[7] harassment,[8] and fraud,[5] as well as contempt of court rulings relating to his videos, and served five prison terms between 2005 and 2025. In June 2022, Robinson said that he lost £100,000 in gambling before declaring bankruptcy in March 2021. He also said he owed an estimated £160,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In August 2024, The Times said that he owed in the region of £2 million to his creditors, and was the subject of a HMRC investigation over unpaid taxes.

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

You know, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 1 points 2 hours ago

The beauty of him hiding his real name is that all of his great mates who come to his rallies will be looking for Irish immigrants once they’re done with the brown ones.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Oh so he's a dickhole, got it.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm not a native speaker of American. Is a dick hole a cunt or an asshole?

[–] Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zip 12 points 15 hours ago

Reminds me when the KKK endorsed trump.

[–] Unquote0270@programming.dev 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I envy people who have never heard of that turd.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I was unaware until five minutes ago.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 22 points 22 hours ago

And now I've heard of him. God damnit.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 88 points 1 day ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

You might not be into politics, but politics sure is into you

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

🌎👩‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

[–] Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You may not fuck with politics, but politics will fuck with you!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

And Ed is like Helen Keller at an orgy. He has no idea who he's fucking with!

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago

What a fucking loser

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 124 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ed Sheeran: "I'm not political."

Tommy Robinson: "You are now, mate. Hahaha."

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tommy robinson: so you say Nazis can sit at this bar...? How lovely

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I heard Tommy R ties his shoes with little knot-zies.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 131 points 1 day ago

Neutrality always sides with the aggressor...and the aggressors know this.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 37 points 1 day ago

Hitler and Jack the Ripper have also came out in support for Ed Sheeran.

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