Far-Right activist Danny Tommo denied bail after migrant boat slashed in Channel Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty to charges of criminal damage and failing to disclose the Pin code for his phone A far-Right activist has been denied bail after a migrant boat was slashed in the Channel. Daniel Thomas, an anti-migrant protester known as Danny Tommo, denied charges of criminal damage and failing to disclose the Pin code for his phone at Basingstoke magistrates’ court on Friday. The activist was charged with the alleged offences on Thursday. Thomas, a father-of-four and a roofer, will now be held in prison on remand. He was seen dabbing his eyes with a tissue during the hearing. Elizabeth Cook Thomas, 37, was arrested earlier this week after livestreaming himself appearing to slash a dinghy that had been carrying migrants on Tuesday. He appeared in court after being charged by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary with criminal damage and not disclosing to police the access code to ...
Tom Harris Tony Blair is living in an alternate universe On Brexit, the former PM is behaving as if the past 20 years never happened The former Labour prime minister’s vision is a fantasy Credit: Matt Hunt/Anadolu via Getty Images Tom Harris Show biography Published 24 September 2026 12:56pm BST Just as the Conservative obsession with the EU consumed and almost destroyed the party in the latter years of its time in government leading up to 1997, Labour seems doomed to dance pointlessly around the issue for the next few years. Tony Blair is the culprit this time , having penned an introduction to a report by his own think tank urging Andy Burnham to make rejoining the EU a “cornerstone” of the Prime Minister’s anticipated 10-year plan for government. And he, Blair, has urged Burnham to abandon Brexit “red lines” such as freedom of movement and membership of the single market and the customs union. It all sounds so simple and straightforward, as if Blair now lives in a comfortable ...