gary watkinson

The UK’s Two-Tier Justice System on Full Display 🧵👇 An Osman warning (officially known in the UK as a Threat to Life (TTL) notice) is an official notification issued by the police when intelligence indicates a real and immediate risk to an individual's life, but there is not yet enough evidence to make an arrest. The warnings originated from a 1998 European Court of Human Rights ruling (following the 1988 murder of Ali Osman). In Tommy Robinson’s ‘harassment’ trial at Southwark Crown Court, agreed facts presented to the jury stated that he had received four Osman warnings from the police between 2018 and 2024. Tommy and his legal defense have previously claimed in court and public statements that he and his family have faced threats of sufficient seriousness to warrant around 12 Osman warnings over the years. The Daily Mail sent a reporter and a photographer to track down Tommy while he was abroad. They subsequently published a front-page exposé containing: * His physical location: The paper revealed he was staying at a resort hotel near Ayia Napa, Cyprus. * Photographs: The feature included photographs of Robinson on vacation, notably one of him reclining on a sunbed using his mobile telephone. * Family context: The coverage made it clear he was vacationing abroad with his children. While the Daily Mail maintained in court that it did not publish identifiable images of his children, Robinson argued passionately in the witness box that the articles effectively unmasked his private location, exposed his ex-wife and children, and triggered severe online security threats against his family. The central premise of the Daily Mail’s August 2024 coverage was directly tying his social media activity to the civil unrest in the UK, explicitly using the front-page headline: "Stoking race riots from his sunbed". They linked him to the Southport riots by reporting on his digital activity, focusing on the high volume of anti-immigration social media posts, commentary, and videos he was broadcasting to millions of followers on X while the UK riots were unfolding on the ground. Tommy’s legal team argued that he did not issue direct commands or instructions to riot. Instead, they highlighted instances where he explicitly urged his followers to remain peaceful or called for calm amidst the breaking civil unrest. Because he was physically out of the country in Cyprus, his supporters argue he could not have been orchestrating or physically leading the events unfolding on British streets. This is what made the Daily Mail's headline “Stoking race riots from his sunbed" so contentious. Tommy maintained the characterisation was an unfair, establishment-driven attack that put his family in danger, while the publication stood by its reporting on his ‘digital influence’ So, the Daily Mail effectively doxxed the location of a man and his family while they were on holiday, despite them having received up to 12 immediate risk warnings to their lives. Yet, it is Tommy who now faces a 10-year prison sentence, while the Daily Mail receives zero repercussions. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE 😣 @TRobinsonNewEra #TommyRobinson #MSMDoubleStandard #TwoTierBritain