This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Explain how Tommy Robinson was tried and convicted in a matter of hours

Tommy Robinson was reporting on a case of human interest watched by thousands Tommy Robinson reporting was live streamed and it was clear there was no wrong doing witness by thousands of people. The nature course of justice takes months yet Tommy Robinson was jailed within hours of his arrest.

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