Bolt loses it: Hanson, admit you were a ‘fool’ for meeting with far-right thug Tommy Robinson

#OPINION – What was Hanson thinking when she recorded a podcast with British far-Right thug and convicted “Christian” criminal Tommy Robinson, writes Andrew Bolt https://bit.ly/4yhFRK1…

Bolt: Hanson, admit you were a ‘fool’ for meeting with far-right thug

Pauline Hanson shouldn’t have met with British far-right thug Tommy Robinson. She needs credibility, and must attract quality candidates to convince voters One Nation can form the next government.

Here’s a Grok take:

Andrew Bolt has been strongly critical of Pauline Hanson’s recent meeting and podcast with Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), calling it a foolish mistake that damages her credibility.Background on the meeting

Pauline Hanson, One Nation leader, met Tommy Robinson in the UK during a trip that included CPAC Great Britain. They recorded a podcast interview, walked through Luton (which Robinson presented as an example of failed multiculturalism and “Islamification”), and Robinson praised her as one of the “bravest” people, a “fearless” fighter for Australia who could be the next leader.
This followed Robinson’s controversial interview with Karl Stefanovic (which contributed to Stefanovic’s exit from Nine) and Hanson’s defense of it. Hanson has highlighted UK issues with immigration and radical Islam as warnings for Australia.

Bolt’s reaction

Bolt has repeatedly described Robinson as a “thug,” “bully,” “egomaniac,” and “public menace” who “hides behind the flag while doing dirt on it and on England.”

He detailed Robinson’s criminal record (assault—including on an off-duty policeman—mortgage fraud, contempt of court, false passport, drug possession, stalking/harassing a journalist, etc.) and argued he was jailed for defying court orders rather than purely for exposing grooming gangs (which Bolt says others did more effectively).

In his recent column (titled something like “Bolt: Hanson, admit you were a ‘fool’ for meeting with far-right thug”), Bolt argues Hanson needs to build serious credibility and attract quality candidates if One Nation wants to be a real alternative government—not associate with someone like Robinson, whom he sees as damaging.

Bolt has generally been supportive of Hanson on issues like multiculturalism (praising her “monoculture” push for national unity while allowing private cultural celebration) and criticizing elite/media overreactions to her. But he draws a clear line at Robinson.

Public and online response

Some One Nation supporters and right-leaning voices are frustrated with Bolt, accusing him of fixating on Hanson/Robinson while ignoring crimes by certain immigrant groups or the broader immigration/Islamism concerns Robinson highlights.
Others (including critics of Hanson) see Bolt’s stance as a welcome conservative pushback against associating with a polarizing figure with a long rap sheet.

This fits Bolt’s pattern: he’s tough on immigration failures and supports Hanson on core issues but rejects figures he views as violent criminals or unreliable messengers who hurt the cause. The reaction is heated because both sides see high stakes on immigration, integration, and Islam in Western countries. Hanson’s defenders argue meeting Robinson was about fact-finding on UK problems; Bolt sees it as a self-inflicted wound.

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Bolt’s handlers are now showing their hands as Robinson is one of the few who have openly fought them and his “criminal” status is as viable as is that of Pauline Hanson with both created by the same class of people.
It looks like Sky are reeling him and others in, as an attempt to stop the One Nation revolution. What a pity that we are too “civilized” to use the 18th century French method of removing these “handlers”.

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