Tommy Robinson's facebook post on Swansea's Birchgrove school makes appalling
reading. His followers - including some people from the Swansea area -
make jokes and laugh about bomb threats and incite others to troll the school's Website
and social media pages - there are even veiled towards the school's Head Teacher i am sure the discussion thread will be of interest to the Police https://www.facebook.com/thetommyrobinson/posts/1424675077668542?__tn__=C-R
"I would like a way to be found for us to relax the rules so he can
join because I think he is a particular individual," said Batten.
"I don't want to relax the rules in general against people who have
belonged to parties who we have a proscription for," he added.
"I think he's an incredibly brave man who has stood up for ordinary
people and victims of abuse etc. I think he is rash sometimes in what he
does but that's offset by his terrific courage in the cause that he's
trying to defend."
Batten hit back at Farage, saying his predecessor should be “a little
bit more careful about criticising me” when he had himself shared
platforms with right-wing German party Alternative fur Deutschland.
Swansea school bombarded by Tommy Robinson supporters after former EDL leader's attack
School was forced to delete Twitter account in face of onslaught after headteacher named in Facebook post
Tommy
Robinson has hit out at Birchgrove Comprehensive School in Swansea over
alleged treatment of a pupil who named him as someone 'worthy of
respect'
A
Welsh school has been targeted by thousands of messages from followers
of Tommy Robinson after he claimed his name had been removed from a
poster naming individuals respected for standing up against bullying.
The
English Defence League founder personally named Birchgrove
Comprehensive School's headteacher in his attack, published on Facebook,
which claimed his alleged removal from the board was evidence the
"education system has been infiltrated by far-left fascists".
Within
hours the school had been forced to delete its Twitter account after
being bombarded by messages from followers of the controversial
35-year-old.
Rob Stewart, leader of Swansea Council, described
the situation as "totally unacceptable", saying the city is one of
"sanctuary, tolerance, and respect".
Mr Robinson, real name
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed the headteacher had threatened to call
the police after a pupil had allegedly posted his name on a board
created as part of anti-bullying week, on which pupils were asked to
list the names of individuals they thought worthy of respect.
The
council, speaking on behalf of the school, said events had been "badly
and deliberately distorted", and added that the allegation that the
headteacher had threatened to call the police was not true.
Tommy Robinson (Image: Getty Images)
Birchgrove Comprehensive School in Swansea (Image: Google) Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Robinson added that if his
child was attending Birchgrove Comprehensive School, "I would make a
complaint, just saying”.
Shortly afterwards, the school started
to be bombarded with allegations about the headteacher, and about
disciplinary standards there.
Speaking at a meeting of Swansea
Council’s cabinet meeting this morning, council leader Rob Stewart said
the authority was aware of an "emerging situation" at Birchgrove
Comprehensive, involving Tommy Robinson supporters "bombarding" the
school with messages and "aggressive texts".
He told colleagues: “This is totally unacceptable. We are a city of sanctuary, tolerance, and respect.
“I think it’s deplorable that supporters of Tommy Robinson would target young people with messages of hate.”
In an official statement he added later: “Swansea is a city
of sanctuary and has a proud record of standing up to extremism in all
its forms. We will do so again.
“I
fully support our teachers at Birchgrove Comprehensive School and I
find it abhorrent that the events in the school have been badly and
deliberately distorted.
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