EXCLUSIVE I was in Tommy Robinson's inner circle...

he HATES his own supporters: Woman who worked for EDL founder claims he wanted to get 'as far away as possible' from 'army' of fans and boasted about phone 'popping off' after Westminster terror attack By MailOnline Reporter Published: 02:53 EDT, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 02:53 EDT, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments 'Hot-headed' Tommy Robinson posts inflammatory messages 'on a whim' and knows he can 'summon an army' from his hundreds of thousands of followers, his former assistant claims. The former English Defence League leader, 41, is 'phone obsessed' with his iPhone 'glued to his hand', Lucy Brown exclusively told MailOnline. But his former camerawoman says the right-wing 'fame addicted' activist doesn't like hanging out with his 'army' of fans after protests, and instead hides away at a pub for a vodka and coke.

Robinson has this week been sunning himself on a lounger from the safety of his luxury bolthole hotel in Cyprus while sharing fake stories about Muslims knifing British men at riots in the wake of the Southport stabbing attack. In one post on X he said that rioters in Southport were 'justified in their anger'. The convicted criminal's supporters have taken to the streets in a campaign of mindless violence that has seen Shoezone, Greggs , and Lush stores smashed and burned with hotels being targeted where asylum seekers and migrants are being housed.

The violent rioters have been heard chanting Robinson's name a.