Tommy Robinson Jailed

Newscast

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court by repeating false claims against a Syrian refugee.

Home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani was in court and then headed back to the Newscast studio to explain the background.

And, we learned more about what to expect in the budget during a speech from Keir Starmer today. Chris looks at the politics while PM/The Bottom Line/Dragon’s Den’s Evan Davis makes sense of the economics.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, after I was reunited with Laura in the weekend newscasts,
0:08.8	I'm going to be reunited with Chris Mason in today's because he is back from the
0:12.3	Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit, which
0:14.4	involved a very long series of flights to and from Samoa.
0:19.0	And there is plenty of news to talk about in this episode of Newscast, including in the first half the latest on Tommy
0:25.2	Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lenin, who's been sentenced to a prison sentence for contempt
0:31.2	of court.
0:32.2	We will explain, along with some analysis in advance of the budget.
0:35.8	Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. You have a bright future behind you.
0:41.5	You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
0:43.7	We're effectively run in this country
0:45.8	by a bunch of childless cat ladies.
0:47.4	You don't understand the essence of Brad?
0:49.0	It's the fun police working overtime.
0:51.3	It's just getting silly now.
0:52.8	Take me down to Downy Street. Let's go have a tour.
0:56.3	Fly me.
0:57.3	Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio and I'll be catching up with Chris Mason shortly and we're going to have an annual pre-budget appearance from Evan Davis when he has finished
1:09.4	Broadcasting PM on Radio 4. But first of all we're going to talk about Stephen Yaxley
1:15.0	Lennon aka Tommy Robinson. He has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars for
1:21.1	contempt of court. This happened on Monday lunchtime at
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