🚨🇬🇧 From the 1970s National Front to Tommy Robinson - Britain keeps reliving the same fascist nightmare. This thread traces the direct line from the National Front of the 1970s to Tommy Robinson and today’s far-right - showing how the same ideology, language, and fear tactics

So yes – in my view this is a real victory for free speech: 🔺A wealthy, globally-known influencer tried to haul random X users into court over their commentary on his criminal cases. 🔺A judge needed about ten minutes to decide the complaint wasn’t good enough. Whatever

Is this the final word? No. The judge has given the Tates a limited opportunity to file an amended complaint. They might re-plead, or they might let the deadline pass and move on. But this round goes to the citizen journalists. The court has, for now, refused to be used as a

It also sends a message to other influencers: If you build a brand on controversy, brag about your lifestyle, and end up under indictment, people will discuss it. Quoting charges, court orders and reputable reporting – and adding clearly labelled opinion – is not automatically

So why does this dismissal matter for free speech? Because it reinforces a basic rule: You don’t get to shut down commentary on your criminal charges just by yelling “defamation” in a Florida court. If you want to sue your critics, you still have to: 🔺Plead precise facts,

This isn’t the first time their legal offensives have stumbled. 🔺A federal judge in 2024 already threw out Andrew Tate’s defamation case against a U.S. Marine who reported him to embassy staff, sending what was left back to state court. 🔺In another Palm Beach case, the

To keep going, the Tates’ lawyers would now have to: 🔺Identify specific statements by each defendant, 🔺Explain why those statements are factually false, 🔺And meet the high bar that applies when a wealthy, globally-known figure sues their critics. That’s not easy when

So is the whole thing “over”? Not quite. The judge hasn’t held a full trial on who’s telling the truth. What they’ve said is: “As drafted, your complaint doesn’t meet Florida’s legal standards to go forward against these defendants.” That alone is huge. It stops this

According to one of the defendants, this complaint was drafted by Tate's lawyer, Maniotis. Whatever spin their supporters push online, the reality is simple: The judge listened to Maniotis explain their position, then ruled against the Tates’ complaint on the spot. That is not

Quick legal decoder: 🔺Dismissed with prejudice = the claim is dead in that court on those facts. You can’t just refile the same thing. 🔺Dismissed without prejudice / with leave to amend = this version of your case is thrown out, but the judge gives you a short window to try

At the first proper hearing before Judge Curley in Palm Beach County, the claims against the Doe/“Team Matrix” defendants were addressed in about 10 minutes. After brief introductions and arguments from both sides, the judge immediately dismissed the case against them, with only

The Florida case we’re talking about targeted commentators – citizen journalists and X accounts who: 🔺Reported on those charges, 🔺Discussed alleged victims, and 🔺Criticised the brothers’ behaviour and online empire. In other words: people doing news-adjacent commentary on

Context: all of this sits atop very real, very public legal trouble. 🔺They are charged in Romania with human trafficking, r@pe and forming an organised criminal group to s3xually exploit women. 🔺They deny all wrongdoing. 🔺They also face a UK High Court civil case brought by

Earlier this year, the Tates sued a group of accusers and X users in Palm Beach County, Florida. They claimed there was a “conspiracy” to defame them – by calling them traffickers, r@pists or part of an organised crime group – and that this online coverage was ruining their

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Andrew & Tristan Tate just suffered a serious setback in their Florida defamation case against 'Team Matrix'. What actually happened in court, what the brothers can do next, and why this is a real win for free speech 🧵⬇️

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🚨🚨 Tate is hilarious, one minute he's fvcking a sexy b1tch, the next minute he's got a restraining order and a s3xual assault charge.

🚨🚨 Tate talks about being a "gentleman", that "Karma is real", and that, "If you go through life operating from the wrong frame, wishing genuine harm on people, you end up paying the price." Amen, Andrew. Amen. We are counting on it. Tate is currently awaiting trial for

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Andrew & Tristan Tate LOSE frivolous defamation lawsuit against Team Matrix. This is a victory for truth and freedom of speech. We will not be silenced - and we will keep fighting for justice for the alleged victims of the Tate brothers.

🚨 Gammons will do all this and have a picture of white Jesus on their wall 🥴

🚨 Is Tam talking about his friends the Tate brothers? 🤔