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The Five Thousand Men Who Weren't There

The Five Thousand Men Who Weren’t There

What happens to a movement that has to keep topping itself

Earlier this month, in an interview with Tommy Robinson, Daniel Thomas described what he thought his supporters could do to a village in Oxfordshire.

“How powerful would it be if 5,000 men surround the camp. We take tents. We sit there for days, and we don’t let them get in.”

Thomas, who goes by Danny Tommo, was talking about Piddington, where the government plans to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at a former military site. He suggested the blockade could be reinforced from northern…

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