I covered the event for Going-Postal and this is a short postscript to that article, because two days later Tommy Robinson was arrested for assault after allegedly striking an 'accidental' child molester during an altercation which occurred when Tommy attempted to perform a citizen's arrest on the man who had admitted indecently touching his 8 year old daughter.
My purpose here is not to redress the imbalance in the way this incident has been reported, because most people will have their own opinions which are unlikely to be changed by me, but to talk a little about someone who has become the personification of all that's wrong in today's UK, and this is true whether you love or loathe him.
To the Left, he embodies the political Right-wing, aggressive and outspoken with views that they find uncomfortable and intolerable, but contrary to what you might expect, many on the supposed political Right feel exactly the same, because with Tommy, the issue is not so much Right or Left, but right or wrong, and the question we should be asking about him, is not how nice a guy is he, or whether he likes Islam or not, but, does he speak the truth?
What the media omit when they delight in reminding us that he is using an assumed name, is the reason Tommy had to change his public identity. They choose to ignore the death threats by the so-called religion of peace, the threats against his livelihood and his family and the constant harassment he endures from all sides.
When we spoke briefly after the Hearts of Oak launch, I voiced my concerns for his safety, especially during his all too frequent incarcerations, and he simply shrugged and said "What can I do?"
This was not a cry for help (as it would be with most people in his position) but an acceptance that the next spell in prison might be his last, and if the state wants to get him, then get him they will. As Julian Assange can testify, Tommy's acceptance of awards for journalism is no guarantee of acceptance by our mixed-up and messed-up society.
But there is hope for Tommy, the reception he received when called to speak showed the regard in which he is held by many, not just in Britain, but around the world, and the growing demands that this persecution ends.
The general refusal of our media to explain why the police were called to Centre Parcs, or ask why they then let a child molester leave the scene whilst at the same time arresting the assaulted girl's father, does not bode well for the rough diamond that is Tommy Robinson.
It seems that the most difficult thing for our would-be elites to understand, is that Tommy Robinson is not an individual, he is a phenomenon.
I have met many Tommy's over the years, on jobs and in pubs, at football matches and on the streets and you can see images of their forebears in every photograph of those who fought for the freedoms which many of us now are prepared to throw away.
He's not everyone's cup of tea, and there are many things we might try to change about him, but only a lazy coward would deny that he is brave and determined. The point is that you don't need to like Tommy Robinson to listen to what he has to say.
