Neutrality always sides with the aggressor...and the aggressors know this.
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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Ed Sheeran: "I'm not political."
Tommy Robinson: "You are now, mate. Hahaha."
Tommy robinson: so you say Nazis can sit at this bar...? How lovely
I heard Tommy R ties his shoes with little knot-zies.
In case anybody else is like me and has never heard of tommy robinson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson) :
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (né Yaxley; born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British far-right, anti-Islam activist. Described as "one of [the] UK's most prominent far-right activists",[1] he co-founded the English Defence League (EDL), serving as its leader from 2009 to 2013.
Before the EDL, Robinson was a member of the British National Party (BNP), a British fascist political party, from 2004 to 2005. For a short time in 2012, he was joint vice-chairman of the British Freedom Party (BFP). In 2015, after leaving the EDL, he became involved with the development of Pegida UK, a now-defunct British chapter of the German Pegida. From 2017 to 2018, he wrote and appeared in videos on the Canadian website Rebel News. In 2018, he also served as a political advisor to Gerard Batten, then the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Robinson is also known for creating self-produced videos presented in a documentary format, on topics including the grooming gangs scandal. Some of these videos have been found in court to include defamatory false statements about their subjects.[2][3][4]
Robinson has criminal convictions[5] for assault,[6] threats,[7] harassment,[8] and fraud,[5] as well as contempt of court rulings relating to his videos, and served five prison terms between 2005 and 2025. In June 2022, Robinson said that he lost £100,000 in gambling before declaring bankruptcy in March 2021. He also said he owed an estimated £160,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In August 2024, The Times said that he owed in the region of £2 million to his creditors, and was the subject of a HMRC investigation over unpaid taxes.
I envy people who have never heard of that turd.
And now I've heard of him. God damnit.
I was unaware until five minutes ago.
You know, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him.
I started reading an article somewhere about how he's getting funded and raking it in. He's a conman. I'm sure he's getting funded by Russia also given his recent visits there.
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You might not be into politics, but politics sure is into you
Wait, it's all politics?
🌎👩🚀🔫👨🚀
This is honestly a career low for tommy as well.
I feel old. I was around long enough to see Ed go from being a busker to a world famous pop star, and then back to being a busker.
One can only hope that he'd go back to busking. But he's got 400mil in his account and close friends with the Epstein class. He's set for life but still a spineless shit weasel
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I think he left Twitter because everybody used to spam him with “Ginger Busker”
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Hitler and Jack the Ripper have also came out in support for Ed Sheeran.
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You don't get on the Titanic after it hits the iceberg
I'm sure he will have a nice, open dialog with Tommy. Doesn't want to alienate anyone. Good people on both sides.
The story that keeps on giving.
Still insist you are not being political?
What a fucking loser
Is he trying to use this opportunity to radicalize Ed? i.e. by trying to be his friend when everyone else is against him?
No, it is just a fascist scoring cheap points in the powerplay they like so much. It is like when Putin criticises US human rights violations (or vice versa, although that doesn't happen much these days). Imagine the trollface emoji when reading their statements about these kinds of things, because that is the kind of intent they are being stated with.
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Tel Aviv Tommy to the rescue
I'm going to stop listening to this Sheeran guy. I'm not going to start either.
Another dude who I have no idea who they are or why they are famous.
Good to hear that Ed can rely on the support of his best friend in these trying times.
If only there was a way to know you're on the wrong side of an issue...
This is EXACTLY what He Wants! To BRIDGE all sides!
Is this the onion? I can't tell
I want to understand something: was it Ed Sheeran himself, his management or the places in USA where he was to perform who kicked out Macklemore?
kraft banned him , then got all the other stadium owners to blacklist macklemore. Ed shareen had to throw up under the bus to keep good graces with kraft, whom is also in the files. also ED has remaining completely silent on the matter, not uttering a word for or against macklemore. So this tells you shareen really wants continued gigs from kraft.
had to throw up under the bus
I'm imagining him vomiting under a tour bus now.
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Billionaires do what they do, we don't expect monsters to change their spots. Ed had a choice to make and he chose to stand with money instead of justice. Even if he risked being sued, that's still just money. Everyone left him proving he wasn't supporting his staff. It was just him, siding with money.
He made the wrong choice.
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