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Musk calls for jailed UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be released (www.aljazeera.com)

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Robinson, a one-time football hooligan with a string of UK criminal convictions, is serving an 18-month jail term after he admitted contempt of court in a long-running libel case involving a Syrian refugee.

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[–] GiveOver 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'm so glad we have 4+ years until the next election. Hopefully he'll get bored of UK politics and focus on ruining something else before then