TV tonight: Dispatches asks Tommy Robinson awkward finance questions
Channel 4's 'Dispatches' program is set to air an investigation into the finances of far-right activist Tommy Robinson. The report features reporter Matt Shea examining public records to question the source and management of Robinson's fundraising.
Why it matters
The investigation highlights the intersection of political activism, digital fundraising, and public accountability.
A year’s investigation … Matt Shea reports in Dispatches: Tommy Robinson – Where’s the Money Gone? Photograph: Channel 4 A year’s investigation … Matt Shea reports in Dispatches: Tommy Robinson – Where’s the Money Gone? Photograph: Channel 4 TV tonight Television TV tonight: Dispatches asks Tommy Robinson awkward finance questions Matt Shea investigates the far-right activist. Plus: grooming gang victims tell their stories in an important documentary. Here’s what to watch this evening
Prefer the Guardian on Google Dispatches: Tommy Robinson – Where’s the Money Gone? 10pm, Channel 4 Does his mum still call him Stephen? One of many awkward questions that could be asked about the football hooligan turned far-right rabble-rouser Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, AKA Tommy Robinson. And reporter Matt Shea is asking a few of them in this investigation, after spending a year analysing public records and documents connected to Yaxley-Lennon’s prolific yet somewhat shadowy fundraising. Phil Harrison
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