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**Hugh** · 05-05-2025, 20:41

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

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06 April 2025 3:51pm BST

A Reform UK local election candidate called for a statue of Tommy Robinson “in every town square”.

Donna Edmunds, who is standing for election to Shropshire council on May 1, praised the imprisoned far-Right activist in a series of social media posts earlier this year.

She also criticised Nigel Farage for distancing himself from Robinson, who was jailed in October for contempt of court after repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee….

… Mr Farage fell out with Elon Musk in January when the billionaire Tesla boss declared his support for Robinson, calling him a “political prisoner”.

Mr Musk then called for Mr Farage to be replaced as the head of Reform, claiming he “doesn’t have what it takes”.

At the height of the row, Ms Edmunds, a freelance journalist and former Ukip councillor, responded to a social media post that claimed Robinson was in prison “for speaking truth about the problems his government refused to solve”.

She said: “Not only did the Government refuse to solve [the problems], they gave cover to the perpetrators.

“In decades to come there will be a statue of Tommy Robinson in every town square in Britain.”

Three days later, Ms Edmunds echoed Mr Musk’s calls for Mr Farage to be replaced as the leader of Reform.

“It’s no coincidence that ‘without Farage, Reform can’t survive’... Farage has engineered it that way, just as he did with Ukip,” she said.

“Tommy Robinson isn’t the only person he’s thrown under a bus – he does it to everyone who looks like they might be a viable leader, to keep his party running as the Farage show.”

She added: “Elon is right to attempt to force him to step aside. Rupert Lowe would make a great leader, so would Ben Habib, but they’ll never get to shine while Farage has his claws dug in.”