Tommy Robinson today revealed he is standing to be an MEP at next month's European elections.
The former leader of the far-right EDL will go up against candidates in the north-west of England and took a swipe at Nigel Farage, whose new Brexit Party is leading in the polls, calling him: 'Just another millionaire who looks down at the working classes'.
Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, submitted his £5,000 deposit to be on the ballot on May 23.
He was jailed for contempt of court last year but is not barred from standing in the upcoming election because he served less than a year in prison.
The married father-of-three, 36, is standing as an independent, not for UKIP despite his links to leader Gerard Batten, and has launched a new 'Vote Tommy' website including a slick promo video.
The activist is from Luton, but is standing in the north-west, where then BNP leader Nick Griffin was elected in 2009.
Tommy Robinson today revealed he is standing to be elected as an MEP at next months's European election on his new website (pictured)
Tommy Robinson, pictured on stage in Westminster last month, is expected to stand as an independent and took a swipe at Nigel Farage , whose new Brexit Party is leading in the polls, calling him: 'Just another millionaire who looks down at the working classes'.
Robinson wrote online today: 'They're laughing at us. All of them — Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, the European Union bureaucrats. 17.4 million of us voted for Brexit, but they don't care about people like us. They've tried to silence us, and they took away our democratic rights by betraying Brexit.
Tommy Robinson is not welcome to spread his 'vitriol' in Manchester or in any other community, a Labour frontbencher has said.
Shadow schools minister Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) said he wanted to highlight the visit in his constituency by Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, to call for unity.
Mr Kane said: 'I want to make it clear, and I'm sure the whole House would agree, this individual is not welcome to spread his xenophobic, Islamophobic, homophobic, racist vitriol in my community or in any other community.
'He seeks to divide rather than to unite people. We do things differently in Manchester, we stand together against hate.'
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