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Tommy Robinson, the far-right rabble-rouser linked to UK riots

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A protester holds a placard reading "Oppose (British far-right activist) Tommy Robinson" during a counter demonstration against an anti-immigration protest called by far-right activists, outside the Asylum Welcome immigration support service offices in Oxford, western England on August 7, 2024. [AFP]

Tommy Robinson is a far-right agitator accused of helping stoke England's worst riots in over a decade -- seemingly from a sun lounger in Cyprus.

While anti-immigrant demonstrators have been chanting his name at disturbances over the past week, Robinson has been commenting on the protests from abroad through countless social media posts.

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