When Tommy Robinson first entered the national consciousness, it was as an angry young man leading a group of football fans onto the streets of Luton to clash with Islamist activists disrupting a homecoming parade of soldiers returning from Afghanistan.
Fifteen years on and while the message and the rage remain, plenty has changed.
As the 41-year-old’s supporters are arrested up and down Britain, the man whose name they chanted while they terrorised communities was notable by his absence. No need to take to the streets in person any more – today Robinson wields his malign influence from wherever he chooses.
Tommy Robinson is seen resting and relaxing on a sunlounger in a pool while inciting violence at home
And at the moment that…