Far‑right activist Danny Tommo pleads guilty to slashing dinghy

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Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to one count of criminal damage after slashing a migrant dinghy with a knife in the English Channel. The 37 year old changed his plea when he appeared via video link from prison and will be sentenced at the same court on 18 November. Prosecutor Kevin Lucie told a magistrates court that Thomas steered his boat toward an empty rigid inflatable boat that was adrift, armed himself with a knife as rescue crews approached, and a Frenchman boarded from a rescue vessel. Thomas admitted using a knife on the dinghy while RNLI lifeboat crews, Border Force and the French Coastguard were assisting the migrants and French personnel were on board. Footage from a livestream captured Thomas saying, "This is what needs to happen to everyone in these boats. Right, you're on English territory, This is England, this is not France anymore." After pleading guilty to criminal damage, Thomas maintained a not guilty plea to a separate charge of failing to disclose his phone PIN to police.

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉

@paddyopatrick.bsky.social

This Walter Mitty ex public school boy, drug dealer, imprisoned before for attempted kidnapping at knife point needs a stiff sentence otherwise he’ll be back out doing it all again.. Let fade away.. his supporters will soon drift away to follow another Tommeh or Tommo.. maybe it’ll be Tomeee Spoons

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Gareth Foreman6

1: Commit offence. 2: set up a go fund me defence account. 3: plead guilty. 4: Trouser the defence money. 5: Rinse and repeat.

Adam4

He’s after getting out before Christmas the fucking clown 🤡

he didnt/i4M23

I like the way the media continuously confuse the word "Activist" with "Racist"..

Sylvia Booth2

Why is there this plethora of “Tommo’s” willing to do thuggery for right wing causes ? Remember when servicemen who fought fascism were called “Tommy”.

JD1

Why on earth did he plead guilty? I know he got his mates to video him doing it then posted on social media but but but 🤷

casserole-steve.bsky.social1

Until only Young Bob remained, with his camera and ring-lamp.

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Ren Zelen13

Not before he had a good blurb in court and clutched his bible, yeah, right…

Gareth Foreman11

1: Commit offence. 2: set up a go fund me defence account. 3: plead guilty. 4: Trouser the defence money. 5: Rinse and repeat.

Margot Finn

@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'Activist'. "After slashing the boat with the knife, Thomas could be heard on a livestream saying: "This is what needs to happen to everyone in these boats. Right, you're on English territory, This is England, this is not France anymore."

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It’s short for ‘active racist’

Olddogandgrump11

What a world - he's and activist but a person holding a placard with the words "Palestine Action" at a silent vigil is a terrorist.

Sergio Codespoti6

Morre like terrorist, thug and the like

Lewis Muirhead5

BBC News needs to be shut down and an entirely new team put in place. Disgraceful.

Polly Curley4

He's not an "activist". He a racist convicted criminal who saw a grifting opportunity just like his mate Tommy Ten Names. He just wasn't as good at it.

Hassinator4

he has literally pled gulity to criminal damage. disgraceful from the bbc.

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Rich3

Activist in this case is spelt with a u, n, c and a t

elia ayoub

@ayoub.bsky.social

The BBC calling the fascist Daniel Thomas an 'activist' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dr. Nick Posegay124

Fascists are activists and activists are terrorists and it's all doubleplus ungood.

Sir Basil

@sirbasil.bsky.social

'Activist' isn't the word I'd use here . unless its meaning has evolved over the years to mean 'nasty, inhumane, attention-seeking, soul-less cxxx' and I didnt notice? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Whatever it is, I didn't do it.2

Brown fella stabs boat, he's not an activist, he's a terrorist. The whitewashing will never end.

Niall Jordan1

Wasn't there someone in the boat? If so, why isn't it attempted murder?

The Scales ⚖️

@shakethescales.bsky.social

Surely the charge should be attempted murder, not criminal damage! Are police saying that a rubber dinghy, the property of a people smuggler, is more important than these human lives? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ireland against Fascism

@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social

Yeah, video evidence is hard to get away from, even if it was made to make you look tough like 😂😂😂 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/far-rig...

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Chris

@oakymoron.bsky.social

Why is he called an activist ? He is a racist www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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ListeredMichael2

As above, he’s a BBC Racist type so protection is a given.

Rob Miller1

Yes but he's the BBCs kind of racist.

Searchlight magazine

@searchlightmag.bsky.social

Breaking: Danny Tommo, the founder of the far-right Patriot Platform, has admitted slashing a migrant boat during a confrontation in the Channel. He continues to deny a separate charge. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/11/brea...

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HerbalCrone5

It's hard to deny a crime after you live stream yourself committing it.

Ewan 🎵✨🌳🏔️3

Eventually admits to one of the crimes he live streamed himself doing.

Marlowe_UK

@irishdreamer.bsky.social

The Patriotic Lawyers over on Facebook have all concluded that the Court is wrong and the racist manchild “Danny Tommo” can’t be guilty (despite pleading guilty) because they “don’t know who owned the boat he attacked”. They really are the dumbest fucking people alive.

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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺

@andygjburge.bsky.social

news.sky.com/story/anti-m... Pleads guilty to slashing the boat but not guilty to refusing to unlock his phone - must be a shed load of illegality stored on it. It's about now that he'll start crying and calling for his mummy for the assembled Press and Broadcasters ....

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Dawny B 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼6

He did indeed cry I read.

Colin Payne🇬🇧💛💙💚🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱3

Criminal damage? The charge should have been multiple accounts of attempted murder.

Nicola Hitchen 1

Is “Anti-Migrant” the new way of saying “racist tit” ?

Enough Of That Now

@andygilder.bsky.social

Turns out it's pretty hard to plead not guilty to crimes you livestream yourself committing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Simon Ferrigno

@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social

Enemy of the state Thomas, formerly described by the BBC merely as an anti-migrant activist, is now, apparently, simply an 'activist' (rather than someone who has just admitted criminal damage) www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@paulsandars.bsky.social

BBC News - Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage of boat in English Channel - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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AshfromEnfield

@ashfromenfield.bsky.social

So Danny Tommo got you to donate towards his £100k legal fees to fight the case, and then went guilty! Do you want your money back numb nuts??? 🤣😂

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Far-Right Criminals

@far-right-crims.bsky.social

This month keeps getting better. Far-right activist Danny Tommo pleads guilty to criminal damage after slashing dinghy with knife in Channel far-rightcriminals.com/2026/11/12/f...

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