The British authorities clearly want Tommy Robinson gone, and would be happy if he were killed in prison. Now UKIP peer Lord Pearson has warned Home Secretary Sajid Javid that if anything happens to Tommy, Pearson and his colleagues will mount a private prosecution of Javid.

It is good to see someone standing for freedom in Britain today, where the clouds of Sharia authoritarianism are thick and darkening.

Tommy Robinson latest: UKIP Peer Malcolm Lord Pearson has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid today saying : if Tommy is murdered or injured in prison he and others will mount a private prosecution against Mr Javid as an accessory, or for misconduct in public office. pic.twitter.com/UMkXqBVLoR — Gerard Batten MEP (@GerardBattenMEP) May 27, 2018

Lord Pearson in March asked the government to request that Muslim leaders issue a fatwa against rape gangs, and got lies in response.