Tommy Robinson has been stoking far-right race riots throughout Britain from the security of a solar lounger at a five-star lodge in Cyprus, MailOnline can reveal.
The previous English Defence League chief has posted a relentless stream of inflammatory social media posts from his overseas bolthole whereas on vacation with household and pals.
Robinson, 41, who had a UK arrest warrant issued in opposition to him final Monday after he skipped a courtroom look had tried to maintain his vacation location a secret.
Whereas his supporters have rioted in latest days throughout the UK, he failed to say his location in a sequence of video rants posted to his 800,000 followers on X, previously Twitter.
However MailOnline can now reveal that he has been staying at an all-inclusive resort on the outskirts of Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
Tommy Robinson has been stoking far-right race riots throughout Britain from the security of a solar lounger at a five-star lodge in Cyprus
Robinson, whose actual identify is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been mixing fortunately with different holidaymakers, lots of whom appear unaware of his id
Robinson is seen resting and stress-free on a solar lounger in a pool whereas inciting violence at house
Robinson pictured at a far-right protest in London on July 27
Simply one of many inflammatory Tweets Robinson has been sending from his solar lounger in Cyprus
Robinson, whose actual identify is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been mixing fortunately with different holidaymakers, lots of whom appear unaware of his id.
A reporter noticed him repeatedly utilizing his cell phone concurrently posts went out on his X account, condemning police for supposedly cracking down on his supporters whereas failing to sort out Muslim protesters.
He was additionally seen studying a hardback copy of American businessman and conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne’s memoir known as Hazard Shut.
MailOnline tracked down Robinson’s location after he posted a video of himself within the lodge’s gymnasium.
We first noticed Robinson shortly earlier than the solar went down on Saturday on the seaside bar of the lodge which fees greater than £400 an evening for a peak season double room with all meals and drinks included.
He was additionally seen studying a hardback copy of American businessman and conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne’s memoir known as Hazard Shut
Robinson went off for a brief stroll, pulling on a purple high as he headed away from the pool
As he sat within the bar sporting a navy blue polo-style high with a brown patterned collar, he up to date his profile image on X to indicate a picture of him sporting the identical shirt an earlier protest within the UK
He was filmed strolling again to his chalet bungalow room with members of his household and pals earlier than heading out for a meal later within the night.
Robinson and his vacation group had been seen eating on the resort’s Dante pizza restaurant, after which heading to the bar for a late drink.
However whereas others within the group swigged beer with a saxophonist offering background music, Robinson seemed to be solely sipping a espresso whereas scrolling by his cellphone.
As he sat within the bar sporting a navy blue polo-style high with a brown patterned collar, he up to date his profile image on X to indicate a picture of him sporting the identical shirt an earlier protest within the UK.
He headed off to mattress shortly after midnight, however he seems to have stayed up, writing posts on X, condemning media protection which labelled protesters as ‘far proper’ and Residence Secretary Yvette Cooper calling them ‘thugs’
In different late night time tweets, he slammed ‘2 tier policing’ within the UK with Muslim counter protesters allegedly going through ‘no police batons’ and ‘no horses’ in distinction to the therapy of his supporters.
Robinson was up for breakfast with relations together with his daughter shortly after 7am as we speak when the lodge’s buffet restaurant was largely empty.
He and his daughter then headed for an hour-long exercise within the lodge’s gymnasium the place company can take pleasure in views of the ocean by ground to ceiling home windows.
Tommy Robinson chatting with his social media followers on ‘X’ over the ‘tensions within the nation’
Robinson says what is going on on Britain’s streets is ‘years of resentment construct up’
He and his daughter then headed for an hour-long exercise within the lodge’s gymnasium the place company can take pleasure in views of the ocean by ground to ceiling home windows
MailOnline first noticed Robinson shortly earlier than the solar went down on Saturday on the seaside bar of the lodge which fees greater than £400 an evening for a peak season double room with all meals and drinks included
The gymnasium contained in the resort the place Robinson has been seen understanding
Robinson and his pals head again from the pool
The seaside entrance of the posh lodge Robinson was staying at
Whereas spending not less than 45 minutes on a cross-trainer, he repeatedly picked up his cell phone, and posted extra Islamophobic messages on X.
In reply to a Muslim who posted: ‘Islam is best for you’, he replied: ‘Inform that to the 9yr outdated little women being married & raped like aisha. It is sick and it is backwards.’
In one other put up, re-tweeting a warning concerning the alleged risks of censoring criticism of Islam, he wrote whereas exercising: ‘You had been all warned. We now have freedom or now we have Islam, you’ll be able to’t have each.’
After returning to his room to get modified, he stretched out on a cabana-style double day mattress beside the swimming pool, the place he stripped off to his swimming shorts, and caught up together with his cell phone messages whereas mendacity down within the shade.
At one stage, he began studying his e-book Hazard Shut wherein Byrne describes himself because the ‘Messiah of Bitcoin’ and as being a former secret operative for the US authorities.
The e-book promotes Byrne’s discredited conspiracy theories that Donald Trump misplaced the US presidential election in 2020 resulting from voter fraud.
Robinson went off for a brief stroll, pulling on a purple high as he headed away from the pool.
However he returned to lie down on {a partially} submerged solar lounger within the shallows on the fringe of the pool, the place he may stretch out whereas being cooled by the water round him as temperatures soared to 36C.
The doorway to the posh lodge Robinson was staying at
The pool on the lodge Robinson was noticed staying at
Robinson had been ordered six-weeks-ago to attend the Excessive Court docket in London final Monday after allegedly breaching an order to not inform lies a few Syrian refugee.
However he didn’t attend the listening to, resulting in senior choose Mr Justice Johnson issuing an arrest warrant for him, though he ordered it to not be carried out ’till early October’ to present Robinson time to verify he would attend the subsequent listening to voluntarily.
The case got here after Robinson misplaced a significant courtroom defamation battle in July 2021 in opposition to Syrian teenager Jamal Hijazi, and was pressured to pay him £100,000 in damages for falsely accused him of being a violent thug, resulting in the claims spreading throughout social media.
A choose ordered Robinson by no means to repeat the lies, however final yr he allegedly started repeating his claims, together with in a movie distributed on-line.
Adam Payter, representing the Solicitor Common, the federal government minister who oversees contempt of courtroom allegations, instructed Mr Justice Johnson on Monday that Robinson had screened his documentary known as Silenced to his supporters at a central London protest on Saturday final week
The barrister mentioned the general public exhibiting simply two days earlier than Monday’s courtroom listening to had been a ‘flagrant’ and ‘admitted’ breach of the courtroom order to not repeat the false claims.
Robinson was arrested by police beneath counter terrorism powers when he went to the Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone, and allegedly refused to co-operate with a port cease and search.
Robinson flew to Cyprus from Vienna airport, the place he spent a seven-hour layover at a Terminal 3 restaurant owned by Austrian superstar chef Wolfgang Puck
The resort boasts numerous eating choices together with a advantageous eating restaurant a Mediterranean bistro and an Asian restaurant
He was held till 10pm earlier than being launched on unconditional bail and allowed to go away the nation.
Mr Payter instructed the listening to on Monday: ‘We perceive he didn’t cooperate with a port cease and search.
‘The implication is he was making an attempt to go away the nation and subsequently was not meaning to attend this listening to this morning
‘The knowledge that now we have is that he’s not throughout the jurisdiction of the UK. He has been spending important time outdoors the UK since being served with the contempt utility on 13 June.
‘He returned for the aim of publishing the movie and sought to right away go away the jurisdiction.’
Robinson flew to Cyprus from Vienna airport, the place he spent a seven-hour layover at a Terminal 3 restaurant owned by Austrian superstar chef Wolfgang Puck.
The resort boasts on its web site that it’s in ‘a surprising location overlooking one of the crucial spectacular sunsets in Cyprus’ and is ‘the perfect place for a household trip and for these searching for a serene surroundings’.
The web site provides: ‘The harmonious mixture of simplicity and luxurious will allure all of the company.’
The resort boasts numerous eating choices together with a advantageous eating restaurant a Mediterranean bistro and an Asian restaurant.
Most of the chalet model rooms have non-public swim-up swimming pools.
