Patriot Platform

Type: Far-right anti-migrant network / umbrella "patriot" movement (UK-wide, cell-based) Founded: Launched end of May / June 2026 (Searchlight says end of May; Guardian and HOPE not hate both say June) Founder/Leader: Daniel Thomas, aka Danny Tommo (b. ~1989, age 37) Website: patriotplatform.co.uk — domain registered 18 May 2026 via Tucows, Wix nameservers Primary social: X — @RealDannyTommo; YouTube — @DannyTommo (main distribution channel, £4.99/month membership tier) Status: Active — first mass mobilisations 5–7 September 2026 (Dover, Portsmouth) BookStack page: 1025 — https://wiki.beanfarmer.cymru/books/uk-politics/page/patriot-platform Tags: #uk #far-right #anti-immigration #christian-nationalist #vigilante #movement #reference

Latest Developments (watcher log)

19 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — theguardian.com (19 Sep 17:33): Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPX0ZrQ0sweHZnLVVUSUFVcTNYdGE5eHdNdDEzdnlVOXNYaWxkV0ZyZDY3R3M2Y2V4T3dqVkpiY0UyaDU0cnNmQ3VtdjlXQXpvVk0wZzVVVjIzM09jZVNWZ09jRjNCUTNxSVZiMDlRUERpMHgxTkJKRlo0bGdGWG5QRjJhR1cwOEQ3SE1UdzVHTWM1MWRpV0NjdTFVSnQza28tR29EUW55YjRMWjNzQ1lMczV5b2Q2NmtKdi1SWlRSaWZDUHM?oc=5
[News] — msn.com (18 Sep 04:08): Shabana Mahmood dubs far-right activist Danny Tommo ‘outright racist’ — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/shabana-mahmood-dubs-far-right-activist-danny-tommo-outright-racist/ar-AA2cuPQn
[News] — portsmouth.co.uk (19 Sep 09:17): Jerusalem Crusade Catholic flags endorsed by Danny Tommo hung up in Portsmouth after anti-migrant protests — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQZWRZSkRtLVlGdlZYaTdWT0ozd09qN01WNjlmdG85dFBuTzhxb1kxZmd2d0N6RnpoZ2pYTmc2c1VWamYwcXJtZkE3NFRVUV9sUUJyY0RQbXFZUXJkdGNiamlQdmptYUl0Q2hqa2JDSk9aa2RKYmZPeUc4aGRCQ0pDOFdHNk9iU2c4Rlg0V2NabS1jOGJFT2ZVa3NBYW5rakdZX1JIZlpNZThYdmdncUxZTA?oc=5
[News] — GB News (19 Sep 01:59): Shabana Mahmood threatens to unleash 'full force of the law' against Danny Tommo — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQdkg5clgzRlE0TGxPdXgxcnZLcEc1SHZ0RGtIQXA4aFdBbm5TY0VZMnlaaU9GN1pkV291c1BpMGZCQVN0Nm8zUlR3NWxXSDJoU2dsU3FzaGlTTHZwVXJqR3RfTC1ldW1rR1NSXzN1MFF4X3RhSDZGLXg1bEl1Z2VKalZqcWk?oc=5
[News] — The Mirror (18 Sep 13:33): Shabana Mahmood brands Danny 'Tommo' Thomas 'a far-right and outright racist' — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOZEpVT045d1picUtpV3dCVUxpSmxEX3JTNUhnWHcwdURGbjZTbVRrTlpIYTljSmlOSUUxU2V6UklEeEJBMGNGMnpZa2RJS0d3eURTSlc0VFhzem5SZWtZMzc4RnF2TUZvTzQzRk13Y1c2T1N6ZDM4S1Bzd09vRFVwam9kdGtHa2NleEHSAY8BQVVfeXFMTXdOMlYtRHBEVUZfN1FZSG0xdldvbXFlX2poNkZaMGZkNDRNczhEUnZINTEzcVVZUlhxVGlsc1VLc245NW5nR3B4NWEzSEY5ZU5yQzdsVGw5TTh2eDRlSWZnMzdpbE9yU09TZTRSNUFZX25LQUVXQUpXTm01T2dZNjZEOFcwSFlHSUxZYVNuakk?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (19 Sep 15:25): Pre Fight Chat - Danny Tommo — https://youtu.be/-WbFejdv-EU
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (19 Sep 12:42): Police Arrive At The Boxing Venue Questioning Them Over Danny Tommo Boxing 🥊 — https://youtu.be/dCyrXSL97_s
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (18 Sep 21:50): Weigh-in done. Protected by Jesus Christ. Tomorrow night, I go to work. 🥊🥊 — https://youtu.be/UHau0RWWtIc

18 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — infomigrants.net (18 Sep 06:29): What is the Patriot Platform, the group behind the anti-migrant protests in the UK? — https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/73739/what-is-the-patriot-platform-the-group-behind-the-antimigrant-protests-in-the-uk
[News] — The Guardian (17 Sep 23:01): ‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPbThDdmREMUZfX0hJUlFhaWwtT0Nrc2lyQldGSnU1WTVnVmJoOHJPZEQ4Sk5qc09VbFRYTFB6R1BXQ0p2ZHkxYjR2Vlc2c0dxei1SQ1BFTTNWX1hiUHhxN25UaUZzVHNMamhlVU9ja1BFdDgzNTgwTHB3UENtbGd6anhCZVNnWDQwNjhYZk1MV2Ywckp2NUUwU3NGMlZuSlVJNGxvR1JLcFVYdkhQOEtocA?oc=5
[News] — msn.com (17 Sep 21:47): Shabana Mahmood threatens to unleash 'full force of the law' against 'far-right racist' Danny Tommo — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/shabana-mahmood-threatens-to-unleash-full-force-of-the-law-against-far-right-racist-danny-tommo/ar-AA2ctArj
[News] — The Independent (18 Sep 10:09): Shabana Mahmood dubs far-right activist Danny Tommo ‘outright racist’ and issues warning — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxOSVZBbkhQekVPdDdTelVNVGI1MDZaei0tS0huTlpZLTVYa1lxWEVjejh6UkQ0N0JGbzluWC1OWGhic19Zczd0aUx2ZktuYlRVb0tvS2o1aUU0OXd3a2s1amVLNFZTR0tTYVExazFfVWxkZGJFazJyTEVaUWJEUGRCdFNIRm54YUtRZjVhc2M3a3lhQ1ExRUw3Y2haRFNSU0Z0eV83YlZwV0xSWTZLdlp4QW1YczBTWW8wV2NiOG5MSUs?oc=5
[News] — The Nerve (17 Sep 17:53): Stewart Lee: ‘Danny Tommo’ and his men of fighting age seek their Passport to Piddington — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOblQxbGlDUlNwV2VlOUtGV2o4M0RNN2VoeGYySDdabTZQMDEwbnI1X3pOZEMyTTFHMVRGSVdPRGt1MkZlNXZoSGtTVUdnSUhXR3AySVlzY3R4MEQyVHJ4aXcwUVZwbWU5YVRfQ3hoRDZueUhvTWN5aG9jUzBOVmE0cTNvOUNiQUF0cWl6X0dENHpQcXB5TVBfYWhjQndLQjhyZzlacFR3?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (18 Sep 18:00): Danny Tommo’s Visit to Piddington — The Truth Revealed #PatriotPlatform 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✝️ — https://youtu.be/8auEJd6aU80

17 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — msn.com (16 Sep 14:10): UK urged to consider banning Patriot Platform under anti-terror laws — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/uk-urged-to-consider-banning-patriot-platform-under-anti-terror-laws/ar-AA2cmVjQ
[News] — msn.com (16 Sep 21:43): Labour peer demands Patriot Platform is outlawed as terror group after Dover and Portsmouth protests — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-peer-demands-patriot-platform-is-outlawed-as-terror-group-after-dover-and-portsmouth-protests/ar-AA2cpjsg
[News] — northeastbylines.co.uk (17 Sep 12:30): Two Gateshead Reform councillors joined Facebook group linked to far-right Patriot Platform — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxNS0M3NnowWlFiVXBFczdQaFRKeGlpZms4VzNmc3VMcklQQzZmZDhpU28yQ1JtZ0pjYmI0RmdxU2lsdmd0cEJPekZmbks5bTNRMlFnd3RjS1haenJDdUg5bDl3NGVWbm5TVnhjT3Vza3RFRlRXYzV2ZGZqX2lVRDY3WWxqOTFKVzdTTFlzQXZQbEJvWllGdXl4UlV6N2NDSVBla29ZcFo5bHZFdTZYVXk5aE9IUjhjbkNSQ2J4Y0FRYXRzY19TYkFlU25EOEptSnAwY0Y4?oc=5
[News] — upday News (17 Sep 05:31): Labour Peer Warns Far-Right Patriot Platform Acts Like a 'Private Army' and Demands Ban — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPa0x2a1AzanNyRGRDemJXSWtwRjlpa3BCQXRRYmxUbm5RTEdDcmJGVS1iOTdONmo1anpqRVpaSjVyUVYyRldtd3lsNjdmLXRDbENSbmUwZXpDTFBHQnhvQXNvb2JsUnZqWFllWHc5eU5RSFFUS2NZMmIwZEdOeHlxVGlqdWZrSkZsei1EaktBaUFRWXRIMkUtejY4T2RIcWhPcmtvNGowcFFlMVZyNjBXLVJpblVhenRzWS1CWHllYWh6c3hDQ0E?oc=5

16 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — mirror.co.uk (16 Sep 12:43): 'Ban Danny Tommo's Patriot Platform like Palestine Action under terror laws' — https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/palestine-action-danny-tommo-ban-37669248
[News] — msn.com (16 Sep 12:00): UK urged to ban Patriot Platform behind anti-migrant protests — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/uk-urged-to-ban-patriot-platform-behind-anti-migrant-protests/ar-AA2cmbBB
[News] — theguardian.com (16 Sep 07:30): At least five Reform councillors joined Facebook group linked to far-right Patriot Platform — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/16/reform-councillors-patriot-platform-facebook-group
[News] — HOPE not hate (16 Sep 15:19): Revealed: ‘Patriot Platform’ Facebook group set up by Reform UK activist - and at least five Councillors joined — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxNcmgxSkREUS1qVUYxMzVINzY2aTZyZHRLUzVhR0xvemktY3k3NUxBTTZIOW11YnhBVVB6ZDBJMzNyaXowbmtlUmdwbGt4UmZlZXdmZEtlVUhIVGRhd3lWVEtsNXdaZjAzSlRfNGdLVHpialdhdXJPLWtqZC1CbHQySlJrb21WX2U0b0lVcTVJQTZzTDU1SE1rRk54eUNKQ05GSENfVGpjRXhZcW9ta2xnTTVaUW8zSHdVNVc4QVlQYk9HSnI0MWdCRDMtOVNFNjdfMzVBc2toZkZaUQ?oc=5
[News] — aol.co.uk (16 Sep 14:32): At least five Reform councillors joined Patriot Platform Facebook group, campaigners reveal — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOQ2tocWp4bjdmY09tcjNQZUVRZTNUYS1QNmNVamlfeTBmLVNZVGpVRU9aVkN1Z1hQaHlIWl9pQ3dTc0RabjN1M3k2VFhZS2Y0aWtBdmxIU01aZm5MaGpnTDVoaFA3aUNrWkdRa3BoRS1EZVM0SFA4WW41dnFyM09ZWnZfWlg3Q0lTbmc?oc=5
[News] — The Independent (16 Sep 19:57): Government urged consider banning far-right group Patriot Platform under anti-terror laws — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOSzNsVXlkdGQwLVdHOFF1Rmw0ektsR1pHbmpsVWVqcE5WQnB4dVk0REx3YVZhNlNYVmJfVV9URUNfcDM2N2hNYlhqeTRPZm5IMHpXZnBPeUFZN1ZoWm5La0gxTkU2eDFvQWJ5R2ZYRXkySTBHNGxKbnBUODJBZzZkeUdOeVQyQXlYYXJ3OGc4WE1QczdJdmozcGs4b2U5M3doclBHQWJ5UGNiNE4tNFE?oc=5
[News] — Searchlight Magazine (16 Sep 09:32): The Staffordshire businessman who is one of Danny Tommo’s noisiest online promoters — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNVVFiUE1nc1FmajN0WW56ZDBQQ2owU29yY2JrZTRpTkREUGpzUFRZS3JOcERKeERmMkVKVWNlYl9CTklMdTlSeFpnUFB6LVI2WS1FaXJ2d184UkNfeEFiUi03S2RNNjMyVF9XbXR3REZXaVNfWkFiMWNWMU9ic0wtMUNzcEhsdGlrLVRSNWRWOWRhQWtBaHhHS1RFaU9xNU9pWERMNUMtekZmQjJ2WEZaaHktMmM1Z0pOUllnQ0VObUg?oc=5
[News] — YouTube (15 Sep 16:17): The Patriot Platform Surrounds Karen and Prays After She Shares She Has Cancer ✝️ #PatriotPlatform — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9RSmVNNXJSZVZGS29lSFRKbU5lUWw1TlU3WS1fdXlEWlF6SVFZc3E5eXl6NXdUU3gwcWp6TnlIb3JLQjl2MTFZQ3F0emhQT214NjlhRmh4N25PY2xq?oc=5
[News] — The Independent (16 Sep 13:14): I watched ordinary men become part of Danny Tommo’s patriots gang – it is terrifying how it happens — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNMVFhMDJKWTVXSlJYdXUtMF96ZlBzLTVSZ096VUxVTEVKcnZjM2d2SFJQRjlYckRXNzhUMEJGN1FnTzRGc3l5MVIySmFiT0o5eE96b1BjRGpoVnZjWmxsa1IweW9IWmp6b0tyTl8zUVZWc1paY2VRX0h2Q3BxUDEwbklPbmRGMmdhTjRqdXJOSTlCTlJXQkEtUG4yRHhSZWpxemNxN0tzTkpXMkgyNFNQM0ZHUlBpczFlc0ZVNlhRUTJkSnlI?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (16 Sep 13:20): URGENT PUBLIC APPEAL! WE ARE EN ROUTE. COME AND HELP FIND NOAH. SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!!!!! — https://youtu.be/6u3YjlfSBQ8
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: the staffordshire businessman who is one of danny tommos noisiest online promoters — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-staffordshire-businessman-who-is-one-of-danny-tommos-noisiest-online-promoters/

15 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — Searchlight Magazine (14 Sep 21:37): Patriot Platform blackshirts launch ‘anti-migrant patrols’ in Manchester city centre — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNZVY3M2hIdHd6MVJEazBIOWZWTTRoQndGQmY4Vjk0VGVXSG5kSEFZYkg5OFpFX2FUcG5MblpHYTNKR0d6WmZRclIxOHRLQUdYdGZNdGNkV3FyUUVJRVZzOUgwM3lTNjBXV0xyeEFnYmprYVBYR1ZJazBKZUJxbGxfWGU4ZnBNdU1ZWXAwUTR4dmxraWZHNHgzQUVEZWhXd3p1SzllOElEY2NDR28xN2Z3RkF3RDQyQ1RXWHhSeXF0NXU?oc=5
[News] — Searchlight Magazine (14 Sep 20:33): The Kent village invaded by Danny Tommo’s stormtroopers — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNVUdEX21xOGlKT2o5NGRDeThCX2Y2S1VZLWItbWpiSGgxYkNFQ1VHNmI4NDVJQlBxNjNVRWltWkN2d3hHM0pLQ0ZsN19qZkplOWRBclE4cURsZ2wxSUxLYW9XQTliR3NpYnBUSDhkQlR5bndERDRPT09OUi1nVk4wZmtQeEFHTmszTmg1dTNIenB0RGU1TGlQUWJNTQ?oc=5
[News] — inews.co.uk (15 Sep 04:57): Anti-migrant vigilante Danny Tommo leads protest by Commons Speaker’s home — https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/anti-migrant-vigilante-danny-tommo-leads-protest-mps-home-4767037
[News] — YouTube (12 Sep 05:13): EXCLUSIVE: Danny Tommo breaks his silence. — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE90bEVjTmNfSzdNY0hQVTZjSF9wTExmcmJmRktDeE9qSlg0RlFPMEU4Y3ZIam4zSVRpLTExcFFwcTB1eVNydnkzeEJJVlVuWWt1SnlTYmlRb1dRd0pk?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (15 Sep 18:42): UNHINGED: Left Protesters Verbally Attack Elderly Grandmother in Portsmouth — https://youtu.be/gp59iz0uumw
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (15 Sep 16:43): LIVE IN PORTSMOUTH: Crusader Flags Rise — You Can Feel It Happening ✝️ — https://youtu.be/bo9pqLHjrpg
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (15 Sep 16:17): The Patriot Platform Surrounds Karen and Prays After She Shares She Has Cancer ✝️ #PatriotPlatform — https://youtu.be/3xol_1PmR9Q
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (15 Sep 15:04): PORTSMOUTH RAISES THE CRUSADER FLAG! CHRISTIANITY IS BACK AT THE FRONT OF THE FIGHT #ChristIsKing ✝️ — https://youtu.be/ediU7uI6I3k
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (14 Sep 21:44): The Patriot Platform IS the Resistance | LIVE DISCUSSION #PatriotPlatform 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 — https://youtu.be/cg5JV-CplwY
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (14 Sep 20:38): No rest. Straight back to work — South London Patriot Platform new-member meeting. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 — https://youtu.be/GLmNcnFInug
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: patriot platform blackshirts launch anti migrant patrols in manchester city centre — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/patriot-platform-blackshirts-launch-anti-migrant-patrols-in-manchester-city-centre/
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: the kent village invaded by danny tommos stormtroopers — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-kent-village-invaded-by-danny-tommos-stormtroopers/

14 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — The Daily Mash (14 Sep 08:02): 'We will shakily livestream them on the beaches': Churchill, as understood by Danny Tommo — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi3AFBVV95cUxQdmFjTVJMOWl1RENLTTdvM1NKWXhYTmU5TzhCQzhjZGdUYklLd2w0SVliTkt0ODI2REJhYS1oaTBiQi1WY1VxZ2FWZnZjSHBCN3FiR3pLSklVTWtCcWVqX3RsSWdMcUtXRm1TcjdseFppVzkxQ0FVV3J5MUpoX3RNUWYtYVpYME1HZmJYdVVQRkwyTEhHcndxS3VpVWd4UVNEeExjbElQQ3Y5bVZocnJmYlg3MzFQZU9nUEN3Qll2ZDhMZjkwcUJaMlBpUF9iSWJ5M29TbEJUZGhSZFBB?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (14 Sep 10:50): Portsmouth Magistrates Court! Giving our support Timothy Miller! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 — https://youtu.be/_n0n78icqjI
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (14 Sep 09:13): As long as those we seek to protect want us to do it, we shall. We do it for them, not for ourselves — https://youtu.be/4LMRIx4E3vQ
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (14 Sep 07:29): I choose to fight back. I choose to rise, not fall. I choose to live, not die. #PatriotPlatform — https://youtu.be/XGRGcHE7LwE
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: No, I had further updates after I left that was bailed on Saturday! — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099462887529963612#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: Portsmouth Magistrates Court! Giving our support Timothy Miller! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 piped.video/live/_n0n78icqjI… via @YouTube — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099452258148581494#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: As long as those we seek to protect want us to do it, we shall. We do it for them, not for ourselves, for their futures and, most importantly, so they can grow up safely in this country. #PatriotPlatform 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 We have spoken directly to the father, and he authorised us to use — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099418156435456053#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: I choose to fight back. I choose to rise, not fall. I choose to live, not die. #PatriotPlatform 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✝️ — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099399442327621660#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: When the authorities fail to protect their own, when they turn on the people they swore an oath to protect and serve, it falls to the strong Patriots of this country who have the courage to do something different. We will build the biggest voting bloc this country has ever seen. — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099234640057770001#m

13 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — msn.com (12 Sep 23:28): Patriot Platform 'plotting to intercept migrant dinghies' in English Channel — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/patriot-platform-plotting-to-intercept-migrant-dinghies-in-english-channel/ar-AA2c7d9b
[News] — BBC (11 Sep 23:09): Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9aVG1UMG1PcjBUa25ZY1d3cWpuMTVQb2szR0FOZlUwdGVXVXNWNk9rSEFBb3RuWFRzRVRMN01ibnNrZWhvT1I0RG5GeU4yR0JkUWRXbzloRG1jdkFK?oc=5
[News] — facebook.com (13 Sep 06:21): Following the chaotic Dover port blockades, Patriot Platform is building a network of local street cells - as Prime Minister Andy Burnham warns against the 'politics of poison'. — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxOYm1ObzhEYTR5X09vVGtDdkc0XzlLWG9QYzcxZ1M2bDYxY01BWUt6MTZaY3RwTXRoeTdGU08wUjRNMXlxaUdIeWtBRk85VkRwMlBYQ3RiZmJuX195b2ZGdW1MOGJZa1VMbU5iOE1JN2JtQmRHUlVHeG9RMDF5cHM2bGs2M0NSRkxsUG1hTzdrcG40ZW9Nc0wxZkIzYkVpbGVwQWdWWGE5YzZkOVpzbTlqaXRUR3FFM0xnVjJTN05RWld6MHNvTHBQUmxuNmExNWgyOW01MW9vQnVaQ1Y2MkpYWGJxRlBEdw?oc=5
[News] — The Observer (13 Sep 08:53): Donations roll in for far-right ‘Danny Tommo’ as anti-migrant rally hits Portsmouth — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixAFBVV95cUxQTWZFSWoza1c3REVkRFphcTVSYmQ4eU01czlkTE1SRUdhNnFEVDgzdEJReXlVZWJJd1JldDg0bXljTGlfRVFhQ0pYVkpXMFJPNDFFa2xwWkpaWGhBUDJJVDZDVUFKVzB2MGx3M1ZGdkp4SXVtWXdQVWQtcS1yVlNjb3U2NE1xQUtidHNBTmFNeEl3OHlaTElrWlY3M3lYb3ZuRHBSbDBodGp2TEtteW0wb21oaDhKR2xmREFySGNZclNBR1c2?oc=5
[News] — Searchlight Magazine (13 Sep 15:33): Britain First fades as Danny Tommo discovers the limits of his ‘patriot’ coalition — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNaG5ENExGNEVUalRSeTQ4eU5RQVl2YU9RUzJIRTdSeTVYbTljcDFLai1wYXJaOU1nMVQwSklrSFhnakNyei1PUVl4M1Q4U1ZnZHByUTFlZm43cWJ2WkRSWnRpa0ZVbnhGLTJsMVVjOHYxYkRibVdDT2YyRmtGSURsTDRyYTJqX1JlaFN3RjFmcHk4WVNXUTEyVm9TRlVOeDlvZFVta0o1Q29ZTXpzSkJxdkEyVDY1RG5DSVFFN3N3?oc=5
[News] — YouTube (11 Sep 18:41): PATRIOT PLATFORM VS THE ESTABLISHMENT video credit - Thenodeproject 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✝️ — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1fTHFyZ0NKOHdJemRyUERfU2Jxd2ZmbzRub3NhQV9RSThCS2J5bDA4SU8zQTUyTVE1Z2l2d3RrYTl2WWVWcHBhVktCYkZ4WGJIZlBrcm9LSGhLTGdH?oc=5
[News] — Searchlight Magazine (13 Sep 14:28): Danny Tommo is stopped by police on way to church – and doxxes his mum again — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOclhneVZ3ajVyVzQyYmstTFVoeHdycnFIai1NdHhBN2k0aVdqVWxUcHo4WFpORnNJUThZRnJSWlVheU1pT0Nsb2k5eFdvOWM4eUIxZFVSdnlFZ3ZTMEJfNGJnOTdXdFBYSlBLaTlaMEdJNTJxTnVqMmdqNlFfaDZncXE2N3dacHRNME1uME43VlkyX0lGUm5TX2VaM1o4a2htd2hHM1RIRU81YkFYRTBJeU8taS1MZw?oc=5
[News] — YouTube (19 Jul 07:00): Danny Tommo DESTROYS Ali Dawah in INSANE Heated Street Debate! 🔥 #ChristIsKing — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9vWEVLZVRzTkFNY1NQSnA3TEVQLWtDVXR0X2oxVW13OFNuRDhRWXZwWTJaSVdINEh0LXd6QkRGT1NzMVphdXVYakxzeWc2NHJsX2prS3JpTHZRRVlI?oc=5
[YouTube] — @DannyTommo (13 Sep 09:22): POLICE BOXED US IN On The Way To Church With My Son In The Car! — https://youtu.be/DcoxPeuVG6U
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: Kings 6:16 Don’t be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099092799794586065#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: I’m going to call you a dickhead! — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099087507556024776#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: I have Tempcover on the car, which means it doesn’t normally show up that’s why once I’ve proved I was able to drive away! — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099086253043908777#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: piped.video/live/DcoxPeuVG6U… — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099082419336892625#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: Intimidating tactics by the police while my son is in the car and we are en route to church is just plain disgusting. In the space of a week, my mother, my sisters, my brother, and now my son have all been affected. My son is traumatised by the experience. He has never seen anyth — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099081030820938082#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: On my way to church this morning with my son in the car, I was followed from my house, and when I arrive near the location of my Church I boxed in by multiple police vehicles, and surrounded by eight officers. My son is traumatised by the experience! The only thing they could put — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099076015955882147#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: POLICE BOXED US IN On The Way To Church With My Son In The Car! piped.video/live/DcoxPeuVG6U… via @YouTube — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099071388929642541#m
[X post] — @RealDannyTommo: I can confirm it was a member of the public that was arrested, not a member of the Patriot platform. — https://x.com/RealDannyTommo/status/2099043272681201758#m
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: britain first fades as danny tommo discovers the limits of his patriot coalition — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/britain-first-fades-as-danny-tommo-discovers-the-limits-of-his-patriot-coalition/
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: danny tommo is stopped by police on way to church and doxxes his mum again — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/danny-tommo-is-stopped-by-police-on-way-to-church-and-doxxes-his-mum-again/

12 Sep 2026, 21:00

[News] — mirror.co.uk (12 Sep 19:44): Patriot Platform leader Danny Tommo Thomas plans to lay siege to asylum centres — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9CUHpqQkp0ZXJHZFBQc0lMN1lUTzYycWtlZHN2c0NJdVg3YlZJSFNwRjVwWW9pZVRVOXVoaDFWRFpVdWF3dEhCV1pxblV2YnUtY09acFdfeHgwR2w0Slh5elR3cFpPNDVacmZFUW40eHhMLTRRTE8zOVRhNmdtU0HSAYQBQVVfeXFMTnhrelp6WlJLVy1jTURmTzFVeExOV3RnVXV1OW00WkdBWnlqWEh0cDlua2VySktIeFFmNnlSMjU2YlY0Sm5aNDA3VXp6MFhqeFJ2d0RhRXVRc25WeDVNSzZVN1JhaGJZc0FTQjcxNjZhRmVxcXg2LU92UjUzQU5KcWUxckNm?oc=5

12 Sep 2026, 20:07

[News] — msn.com (09 Sep 09:50): Danny Tommo's balaclava-clad gang swarm newspaper offices — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/danny-tommos-balaclava-clad-gang-swarm-newspaper-offices-questions-will-be-asked/ar-AA2bSBr9

12 Sep 2026, 19:07

[News] — Searchlight Magazine (16 Jan 08:00): Danny Tommo’s latest plan to save Britain – invading France — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMingFBVV95cUxNcXRRcWZPLVVHOTdFa3VtZ2ozbmwwdE90X040RjRSYVJHa2JtTW1YOElBRWMxS2hJM0xwOFU2WEFzWHZxZFJRUmlrRnBNWm9vUkZCV0w5OGNnenZLYlRoanFlUXB6Rkt2akpLR0JLeUhnNW9MTHpFanhlYWVRNXNscWxyX1lId0RUQm1oOXNuS0prMXBNaXVST2hHM3RiZw?oc=5

12 Sep 2026, 15:10

[News] — msn.com (07 Sep 10:17): Why Patriot Platform founder confronted Reform’s Zia Yusuf — https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/why-patriot-platform-founder-confronted-reform-s-zia-yusuf/ar-AA2bKCco

12 Sep 2026, 15:05

[News] — uk.news.yahoo.com (08 Sep 23:01): What Patriot Platform tells us about how the far right in the UK is changing its tactics — https://uk.news.yahoo.com/patriot-platform-tells-us-far-130130804.html
[News] — theguardian.com (07 Sep 18:30): What is Patriot Platform, the far-right group that descended on Dover and Portsmouth? — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/07/patriot-platform-far-right-group-dover-portsmouth

Auto-appended by the patriot-platform-watch cron job — newest first. Analysis lives in the sections below.

12 Sep 2026, 15:04

[News] — theguardian.com (12 Sep 05:01): From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxNd3lOdllWLTA1RGJzVlNvSUJnQkwxSnMyU3A2Y3djZThLTWFvVlg2R04tZndSNnc3amFESTN1bExIU2Y3Wk1rU2tGcW5hNUg2YzNwNGJhWUMzSm9BcjZlWTJpeFlvcXV4eFRZSURlUVUtU0Z5Q2NUTUpQaElpdkdfSElkX1NZU2N4WUo0WnpsT2RCMEZtSmp1d1dEcmlrWFpRN1FaS2pfVk9Td19sSFk2NVY2eVIyQVA0RzQxUlhXNnYtZjFqTVI2c0dtRjhJXzBTQk5OUy1FMmlTOTB0YnJDU2JzV0d1emJSeTZkNDFLYklLQW8?oc=5
[Searchlight] — Searchlight: danny tommo hosts patriotic damp squib at midlands dogging site — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/08/danny-tommo-hosts-patriotic-damp-squib-at-midlands-dogging-site/

Overview

Patriot Platform is a UK far-right network formed in mid-2026 by Daniel Thomas — "Danny Tommo" — the former bodyguard and long-time sidekick of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson). It is not a political party and has no manifesto. Its stated purpose is to unite the country's fragmented local "patriot" groups into a single mobilisable force operating "boots on the ground".

The group's first major public action came on Saturday 5 September 2026, when several hundred masked men dressed head-to-toe in black appeared in Dover at 7am, occupied roundabouts and blocked the A20 in both directions, causing a four-mile traffic queue. The following day (Sunday 6 September) the group joined an existing demonstration in Portsmouth, after a "mega-dinghy" carrying around 120–140 asylum seekers was brought into the Solent. Protesters tried to prevent coaches moving arrivals from Eastney marina to an immigration processing centre; riot police used batons and pepper spray, a small number of officers were injured, and vehicles were damaged.

Commentators and monitors describe the Dover/Portsmouth weekend as a genuine shift in UK far-right tactics: away from mass flag-waving demonstrations towards smaller, disciplined, networked, clandestine and quasi-vigilante action, explicitly styled on Oswald Mosley's blackshirts and wrapped in aggressive Christian-nationalist language ("Christ is King"). Anti-fascist monitors HOPE not hate and Searchlight both treat it as significant while noting Tommo's long record of failed and farcical stunts.

Key Figures

Daniel Thomas — "Danny Tommo" (founder and leader)

Age: 37 (as of September 2026)
From: Hayling Island, near Portsmouth (privately educated in Hampshire)
Background: Thought to have served as a tank driver with the King's Royal Hussars before being discharged early on medical grounds. Later ran a roofing firm — RMT Roofing Specialists Ltd — a detail that becomes relevant to the September 2026 Daily Mail row (see below).
Criminal record: Jailed for two years in 2016 after pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping at knifepoint in a Portsmouth drugs dispute. He and two other men burst into a man's house, wrongly believing he had stolen £10,000 of drugs, and tried to drag him into the street. The judge condemned the three men for their "stupidity"; Tommo was released and describes himself as having "repented" and given his life to Jesus.
Far-right career: Became close to Tommy Robinson after release; organised the 2018 "Free Tommy" rally in London; was on the platform with Robinson at the July 2024 Whitehall rally; during the August 2024 Southport riots broadcast a video to followers saying "Every city must go up!" — he was not prosecuted while others were jailed for similar incitement.
2025–26: Holiday with Robinson in Tenerife (June 2025); joined Ryan Bridge and Elliott Stanley's Raise the Colours for "Operation Overlord II" and an anti-migrant trip to northern France (November 2025); part of a group of 10 British extremists banned from France in January 2026; defied the ban by entering France via Belgium for "Operation Overlord" in January 2026 before being arrested by counter-terror police. Also arrested in Dover in April 2026 over stalking refugees/illegal activity at the port.
Due in court: October 2026, accused of going into a restricted zone in Dover earlier in 2026 and of threatening behaviour.
Note on the "Tommo Tapes": Leaked recordings published by Searchlight (May 2026) captured Tommo telling Ryan Bridge it was time to "move away from Tommy", saying he still "loved him to bits" but that Robinson was no longer right for what he wanted to achieve — an early signal of his leadership ambitions.
Reporting discrepancy: the Guardian describes him as a father of five; The New Arab says father of four.

Named members / inner circle

HOPE not hate has documented that several men "handpicked" for what Tommo calls a rigorously vetted group have serious violent convictions:

Kevin Jones — Thanet Patriots; attended the first Patriot Platform meeting. In 2018 pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two counts of wounding and two counts of assault during a drug-fuelled incident in which he attacked his partner and her mother with a bread knife and then drove his father's car into his partner's home. Jailed for three years and four months.
Adrian Clark — leading Thanet Patriots member; suspended sentence in 2018 for ABH after punching a co-worker several times in the face; prior convictions for common assault and assaulting a police officer. Filmed in August 2026 saying: "we've all done stupid shit, but if any of these other people want to sit out there and say 'oh you're a domestic abuser', what do you think these people on the boats have a better criminal record than me? You having a laugh?" — while promoting Patriot Platform and the Kalergi Plan conspiracy theory.
Alby Brannan — attended the second meeting of "vetted" members; pleaded guilty in 2024 to violent disorder after throwing fireworks at the Potters International Hotel in Aldershot, which houses asylum seekers.
Luke Jackson, Billy Cooper and "Sid" — South London Patriots; all part of Tommo's January 2026 Operation Overlord trip to Calais in defiance of the French ban.
Jay Mills — Christian nationalist from Ashford, Kent; led Patriots United Kingdom, which briefly affiliated to Patriot Platform in late July 2026 before withdrawing (see Timeline).

Constituent Groups

Patriot Platform functions as a network of reps from pre-existing local groups rather than a single hierarchical organisation. Groups named in reporting include:

Thanet Patriots
Watford Patriots
Bournemouth Patriots
South East Patriots
South London Patriots
North-West Patriots
Surrey Patriots
Chertsey Patriots
Freelance Patriots
Patriots United Kingdom (affiliated late July 2026, left within days)

Its appeal is primarily southern England, with some north-west representation.

Ideology & Rhetoric

The group has no manifesto. Its website (patriotplatform.co.uk) uses five one-word values — Freedom, Fairness, Family, Faith, Homeland — and slogans such as "Real People. Real Britain. Real Talk.", "The time for polite silence is over", "Love of country. Not hate." and "Together, we will take our country back." It offers three steps for recruits: Register → Stay informed (email and SMS updates) → Get involved.

Key framings:

Christian nationalism — Tommo calls it a "patriotic army" of Christian men: "We're doing this under Christianity. We're doing this with Christian British and English men. We're not doing this with thugs." Chants at Dover included "Christ is King"; some marchers wore silver crosses. Donors to his fundraising pages can press a button to pledge prayer instead of money.
Protecting women and children — the central emotional pitch, with manosphere undertones (the "misogynistic suggestion that women are helpless people needing to be protected", per University of Bath researcher Darja Wischerath).
Direct action over protest — "For too long we've been walking down roads and waving flags and thinking this is somehow going to save us"; "Migrants are having a detrimental effect on the safety of our women and children."
Discipline and "quality over quantity" — Tommo claims vetting, "clear rules, no shouting, no alcohol, no flag waving, no drugs", lawyers on call, and says he wants "discipline" rather than "the drinkers" and "the violence". Monitors call this claim belied by the criminal records of his named members.
Vague menace — "I know exactly what needs to be done. Now is the time to act"; "once the message is sent once, imagine the sheer numbers that will be sent on the second, the third, the fourth message."

Structure, Tactics & Money

Cell/network model. Analysts describe Patriot Platform as connecting disparate local "patriot" formations rather than building a single organisation — a relatively small, committed set of activists travelling between coastal flashpoints, communicating privately, and drawing local support on arrival.
Uniform and anonymity. Black clothing, balaclavas and gloves. Tommo says the coverings are necessary because "the left routinely puts lives at risk" by publishing addresses. In Portsmouth he said the group was non-violent and acting within the law, and blamed violence on "lefties trying to make us look bad".
Mobilisation. Short-notice, algorithm-driven flashmobbing. Kent Police described the Dover action as "spontaneous"; the local MP Mike Tapp called that claim into question — "A clearly coordinated protest is not 'spontaneous'." HOPE not hate subsequently reported that Kent Police had been tipped off about the mobilisation.
Livestreaming. Tommo livestreams extensively across X, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. His footage of the Dover weekend has been reported at over a million views in total; one four-hour livestream of the Portsmouth seafront operation drew 700,000+ views.
Money. A £4.99/month subscription on his YouTube channel; monthly Patriot Platform fundraising targets (an initial £5,000/month target reportedly fell short) with stated costs for buses, accommodation, "secure facilities", fuel, studio equipment and marine equipment; and in September 2026 a crowdfunder to relocate his mother that had raised over £62,000 by Friday 11 September.
Historical funding. The New Arab reported that US court documents show Tommo received a $32,000 grant in 2018 from the Middle East Forum, a US-based anti-Islam and strongly pro-Israel think tank, to fund the "Free Tommy" rally. The relationship later broke down, with MEF accusing him of misappropriating at least $7,000 for personal use — allegations aired in the think tank's unsuccessful lawsuit against its then communications chief, Lisa Barbounis.
Other money disputes. Tommo's partnership with Ryan Bridge's Raise the Colours collapsed after Bridge refused to hand over part of online fundraising proceeds to pay Tommo a salary; Tommo complained publicly that he was "skint".

Platform, Domain & Funding Infrastructure

Verified 12 September 2026 from public registry and page-source data:

Domain. patriotplatform.co.uk was registered on 18 May 2026 through Tucows, with nameservers ns6.wixdns.net / ns7.wixdns.net — i.e. the site is Wix-hosted. Nominet records that the registrant's name and address were validated against a third-party data source on 18 May 2026, so the registrant is a verified real identity, though not published. Registration predates the public launch, matching Searchlight's account that the project launched at the end of May.
The funnel is a commercial CRM. The sign-up form is served by GoHighLevel / LeadConnector (api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/form/uN8mVQB1MfLcpEZ2VI4p), with Stripe and PayPal also present in the page source. In plain terms: the recruitment list, the email/SMS broadcast, the vetting questionnaire and the payments are all outsourced to an off-the-shelf marketing-automation platform. That is where the "45,000 sign-ups" actually live.
The site itself is thin. No robots.txt and no sitemap.xml — a single-page Wix brochure site with the stated three-step funnel: Register (name and location) → Stay informed (email and SMS) → Get involved.
Fundraising. The appeal for Tommo's mother is hosted on GiveSendGo — a US platform popular with the Christian right — and has passed £65,000 against an original £10,000 target (Searchlight, 11 Sep 2026). Separately, his YouTube channel sells a £4.99/month membership, and Patriot Platform's own stated monthly fundraising target was £5,000.
Owned infrastructure is an explicit ask. A 25 August video appeals publicly for supporters' boats, RIBs, mini buses and coaches — the movement is crowd-sourcing its operational assets rather than buying them.

Primary Sources: The Movement's Own Output

YouTube — @DannyTommo is the movement's principal distribution channel: roughly 60 uploads in the recent window, routinely into six figures of views. The titles are the movement's own framing, so they are reproduced verbatim. (View counts captured 12 September 2026.)

Date	Views	Title
11 Sep 2026	194,000	TOMMY ROBINSON INTERVIEWS DANNY TOMMO \| THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PATRIOT PLATFORM
11 Sep 2026	39,000	My Interview With TOMMY \| The Patriot Platform, Why We're Doing This & Why The Masks Are Worn
11 Sep 2026	138,000	I'VE HAD 50 CALLS LIKE THIS TODAY — THIS ONE WAS RECORDED! RACISM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
11 Sep 2026	16,000	PATRIOT PLATFORM VS THE ESTABLISHMENT
10 Sep 2026	158,000	I NEED YOUR HELP TO RELOCATE MY MUM! THEY'VE HIT MY BUSINESS & TAKEN AWAY MY ABILITY TO DO IT MYSELF
7 Sep 2026	98,000	I Faced Zia Yusuf in Front of the Media — To Protect This Organisation
2 Sep 2026	106,000	Look at These Numbers! Well Done North-West Lads \| This Is How a Movement Grows
2 Sep 2026	60,000	WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND A MESSAGE!
30 Aug 2026	56,000	Another Chapter Meeting For What's Coming. Well Done, Lads. It's Nearly Time.
29 Aug 2026	121,000	What I Witnessed at Big Church Festival Will Stay With Me Forever
29 Aug 2026	22,000	British Flags Banned. Pakistani Flag Gets a Ceremony. This Is Birmingham.
27 Aug 2026	138,000	Just Got Out of Court — They're Turning a Simple Case Into Something Much Bigger
27 Aug 2026	69,000	Thank you for your continued support! #MargateCourt
25 Aug 2026	87,000	URGENT PUBLIC APPEAL: We Need Your Boats, RIBs, Mini Buses & Coaches NOW!
22 Aug 2026	157,000	We have our first patriotic division ready – now we go to work!
21 Aug 2026	16,000	LOCATION ANNOUNCED: Patriot Platform National Recruitment Day – Tomorrow 2PM at Burton Dassett Hills
19 Aug 2026	27,000	Home Office Tells Boat Migrants: Don't R*pe Women or Children. I'll see you all on the 22nd!
—	254,000	As evil grows louder in the world, God is raising up a different kind of Christian!
—	117,000	Danny Tommo DESTROYS Ali Dawah in INSANE Heated Street Debate! #ChristIsKing
—	44,000	I've Been Charged With 5 Offences For Exposing Dover – Prison Is Now On The Table
—	37,000	36,000+ Patriots Organised! UK Nationwide Resistance Movement Begins

What the channel shows:

Operational appeals, not just propaganda. The boat/RIB/coach appeal and the recruitment-day logistics are published openly, which is how the mobilisations were assembled without a public call to attend.
A five-offence charge sheet. A video title states Tommo has been charged with five offences over the Dover operation, with prison "on the table" — a detail not carried in the national coverage reviewed. This sits alongside the October 2026 Dover hearing.
Court appearances are content. The Margate court appearance on 27 August was filmed and posted as a rallying cry.
US Christian-nationalist adjacency. The channel carries content promoting Tim Ballard (the Sound of Freedom figure) in London, and a video on the Big Church Festival — the bridge beyond UK borders.
Reform adjacency. The Zia Yusuf encounter on 7 September lands during Reform's conference week.
Northern Ireland. A cluster of Belfast uploads (police searching for explosives, "the aftermath of the bus being blown up") ties the channel back to the June 2026 Belfast violence Tommo has cited as an inspiration.
The "12 patriots" arrests. Videos both announce 12 activists arrested on "terrorism" charges and celebrate them being cleared — the British Security Project case.
Note: YouTube does not expose a subscriber count to the scraper used here, so the follower figure in the header remains unverified.

Timeline (2024 – September 2026)

Date	Event
July 2024	On platform with Tommy Robinson at Whitehall rally
Aug 2024	"Every city must go up!" video during the Southport riots — not prosecuted
Nov 2025	"Operation Overlord II" with Raise the Colours — anti-migrant stunts in northern France
Jan 2026	France bans Tommo and 9 other British anti-migrant activists; he returns via Belgium for "Operation Overlord", is arrested by counter-terror police
Apr 2026	Arrested in Dover over stalking refugees at the port
18 May 2026	patriotplatform.co.uk registered (Tucows, Wix nameservers) — before any public launch
May 2026	"Tommo Tapes" leaked recordings: Tommo discusses moving "away from Tommy"
Late May / June 2026	Patriot Platform launched with a recruitment drive; calls on "the strong… the able" to "build an army of patriots" and get "boots on the ground"
15 June 2026	Claim of 30,000 sign-ups (later 40,000, then 45,000)
19 July 2026	First Patriot Platform meeting — Black Dam and Crabtree Nature Reserve, Basingstoke
29 July 2026	Patriots United Kingdom (Jay Mills) announces it has joined Patriot Platform
~5 Aug 2026	Patriots UK withdraws within days — Mills says there was "No split" but he doesn't want to be "associated with certain members"; tetchy exchange follows with Platform activist Billy Cooper
9 Aug 2026	Basingstoke meet-up at the Bolton Arch — 50+ supporters in black t-shirts; Searchlight dubs it "pound shop Nuremberg". Chants of "I'm England till I die"; Tommo invokes a grandfather "at D-Day"
21 Aug 2026	Tommo announces the recruitment day location in a YouTube video: Burton Dassett Hills, 2–5pm
22 Aug 2026	National Recruitment Day, Burton Dassett Hills country park, Warwickshire — Tommo claims "our first patriotic division" is ready (his video: 157,000 views)
25 Aug 2026	"URGENT PUBLIC APPEAL: We Need Your Boats, RIBs, Mini Buses & Coaches NOW!" — open call for vehicles and vessels (87,000 views)
27 Aug 2026	Tommo in court — "Just Got Out of Court…" and "#MargateCourt" videos (138,000 and 69,000 views)
2 Sep 2026	"WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND A MESSAGE!" (60,000 views) — matches the quote the Guardian dates to 2 September
5 Sep 2026	Dover. Hundreds of masked men in black block the A20 into the port; 4-mile queues; "blood is on your hands" sprayed outside a processing facility; no arrests
5 Sep 2026	Kent PCC Matthew Scott issues a statement condemning the "intimidating tactics"; Tommo posts that the Dover action is the group's "warning"
6 Sep 2026	Portsmouth. Tommo livestreams a call-out — "I need every man and his dog that is around Portsmouth to block the entry to Eastney. These coaches cannot leave." ~140 people landed at Eastney; hundreds block coaches, police cars attacked, dispersal order issued, protest runs until ~3am, ~40 people in the water. Tommo accosts a police officer ("Do you know who I am?"), vomits on camera, then spends hours in the Solent
7 Sep 2026	Hansard, Commons debate "Dover and Portsmouth: Protests" — policing minister Sarah Jones names Patriot Platform; Kent PCC issues a further statement: Kent Police "acknowledged that an opportunity was missed that could have enabled the Force to mobilise sooner", and an independent College of Policing learning review is commissioned
9 Sep 2026	Dozens of masked men outside Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail) HQ in London; Tommo livestreams a 48-hour ultimatum demanding the paper house his mother
10 Sep 2026	Searchlight reveals the Daily Mail never published his mother's street or number — Tommo had registered RMT Roofing Specialists Ltd at her address himself
11 Sep 2026	The GiveSendGo appeal for "Tommo's Mum" passes £65,000 against a £10,000 target (the Guardian reported £62,000 the same day); academic analysis (The Conversation / Nation.Cymru) frames the group as a tactical evolution
11 Sep 2026	A 42-year-old man from Paulsgrove is arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and assaulting a police officer — the first arrest over the Portsmouth disorder
12 Sep 2026	Planned Portsmouth march goes ahead without Tommo. After Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary announce that face coverings will be an arrestable offence under the Crime and Policing Act, Tommo issues an "official statement" that no Patriot Platform organiser, representative, affiliate, steward or speaker will attend. South Coast Patriots and other groups nevertheless march, opposed by a Stand Up to Racism counter-demo; police escort both crowds into the city square, drawing criticism. Coverage describes a much smaller and more subdued event than the previous weekend, with anti-fascists claiming the far right was "humiliated"

Responses

Nigel Farage (Reform UK) called the tactics "disgusting": "Nobody, at any political protest, whether they're on the left or right, should be wearing balaclavas. It is wrong, it's horrible."
Shabana Mahmood (Home Secretary) said police should make "full use" of new powers to ban face coverings at protests; the Home Office condemned "the intimidating and thuggish behaviour" and said protest "must never cross a line into disorder". No 10 condemned "thuggish" far-right activists.
Kent Police faced criticism over intelligence failure; the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott was accused of a "word salad" response. The policing minister made a statement to the Commons and forces were told to improve intelligence gathering.
Mike Tapp MP (Labour, Dover) called the demonstrators "idiots coming to Dover to cause disruption"; Tony Vaughan MP (Folkestone and Hythe) warned about "significant online coordination" allowing mobilisation "at very short notice and under the radar".
HOPE not hate (Joe Mulhall) called it "an alarming development" — "much more vigilante in style, and organised in a more clandestine way" — and published the criminal records of handpicked members.
Searchlight: "Is Danny Tommo a threat or a clown? Actually, he's a bit of both."
Church of England — the bishop of Kirkstall, Arun Arora, said the cross on protest marches is not the cross of Christ "but rather a fashion accessory utilised by opportunists". Theos research lead Madeleine Pennington described a "step-change" in UK Christian nationalism.
Academics — William Allchorn (Anglia Ruskin) argues the significance is less whether Patriot Platform survives than whether its networks, tactics and framing get adopted more widely; Beatriz Lopes Buarque (Manchester) highlights algorithmic amplification of racist conspiracy theories; Darja Wischerath (Bath) notes influencer-style content production and manosphere framing.

Official Record

Hansard, House of Commons, 7 September 2026 — debate "Dover and Portsmouth: Protests". Policing minister Sarah Jones named the group directly: "What we saw in Dover involving Patriot Platform, a far-right group engaging in a lot of racism and thuggery and disrupting…". This is the only Hansard contribution out of 36 keyword matches that names the organisation rather than using "patriot" and "platform" separately.
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott — two statements, 6 and 7 September 2026. The first condemned "the intimidating tactics used by those gathered" while accepting the right to peaceful protest. The second reports that Kent Police has acknowledged "an opportunity was missed that could have enabled the Force to mobilise sooner", and confirms the PCC has commissioned an independent College of Policing learning review into how intelligence was triaged and the force's communications strategy, promising to hold the Chief Constable to account. This is the clearest official admission that the Dover mobilisation was not adequately anticipated.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary — announced before the 12 September protests that face coverings would be treated as an arrestable offence under new powers in the Crime and Policing Act, and mapped a protest route "to minimise disruption". A 42-year-old man from Paulsgrove was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and assaulting a police officer over the 6 September disorder — the first arrest in the case. (The force also reported damage to vehicles and injuries to a small number of officers.)
Home Office / No 10 — condemned "the intimidating and thuggish behaviour"; the Home Secretary said police should make "full use" of face-covering powers at protests.

Terminology & Narrative Notes

"Patriot" is used as a self-designation by the movement and its supporters; this file follows the convention of the existing Politics research corpus by using it as the movement's own term, with "far-right" as the analytical label used by monitors, police and the press.
"Masked"/"balaclava" is the key visual signifier, and the focus of police enforcement threats.
The movement's self-narrative of discipline and lawfulness is heavily contested; the September 2026 Daily Mail episode (doxxing row that backfired) and the rapid withdrawal of Patriots UK are the main counter-examples cited by monitors.
This file is a monitoring profile, not an endorsement of any description given by the group about itself.

Local & Regional Coverage

The national outlets covered Dover, Portsmouth and the Daily Mail row heavily. The local and regional press have material the nationals do not — each affiliated group has a local footprint.

Basingstoke Gazette — "Anti-migrant group linked to balaclava-clad Dover protest first met in Basingstoke" (12 Sep 2026). Confirms the group's first meeting place; carries the photograph caption "The First Alliance of Patriotic Groups on the Patriot Platform. It's Time to Do Something Different." — the clearest statement of the federation model in the group's own words. — https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/26540461.dover-protestors-held-first-meeting-basingstoke/
Bournemouth Echo — "Tommy Robinson calls for Bournemouth 'patriots' to march in Portsmouth" (Ross Marshall, 8 Sep 2026). Quotes Robinson's post on X: "All south coast patriot groups are uniting this Saturday in Portsmouth to march on the city. If you can get there, get there. Strength in numbers." Names the Southampton Patriots, Portsmouth Patriots and Bournemouth Patriots and confirms the dispersal order and the ~3am finish. — https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/26531128.tommy-robinson-calls-southampton-patriots-march-portsmouth/
Watford Observer — "Tommy Robinson associate's Watford video goes viral" (Liam Fitzpatrick, 19 Aug 2026). Covers Tommo's 18 August Instagram/Facebook video promoting the Watford Patriots, watched ~450,000 times across platforms in under 24 hours, and the announcement of an event at an unannounced location that Saturday. — https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/26477021.tommy-robinson-associates-watford-video-goes-viral/
Watford Observer — "Opinion split on Tommy Robinson associate's Watford visit" (19 Aug 2026). Local reaction, including residents calling the movement "disgusting". — https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/26487903.opinion-split-tommy-robinson-associates-watford-visit/
The News (Portsmouth) — running live coverage of the 12 September rival demonstrations ("Anti-immigration and anti-racism protestors descend on city"), plus "New policing powers against face coverings to be enforced at protest in Portsmouth this weekend" and "Police map out protest route to minimise disruption". Article bodies are paywalled; headlines and standfirsts were captured, the body text was not.
Dorset Echo — local RNLI coverage (Swanage lifeboat campaign passing 10,000 signatures), relevant to the RNLI-intimidation strand of the story rather than to Patriot Platform directly.
KentOnline site search returned no results and the Surrey Comet has no Patriot Platform coverage at the time of writing — both worth re-checking, since Thanet and Chertsey/Surrey Patriots are among the constituent groups.

Other regional groups identified through social-media monitoring but not yet covered anywhere: Essex Patriots, Kent Patriots, South Coast Patriots (an umbrella of the Portsmouth/Southampton/Bournemouth groups), SouthWest Patriots Alliance (a South West network), North East Patriots (Instagram), and Freelance Patriots.

Public Records Checks

Verified directly against primary registries on 12 September 2026, not taken from press reporting.

Companies House — RMT Roofing Specialists Ltd, company no. 15260923. Incorporated 5 November 2023; SIC 43910 (roofing activities); registered office is a residential address in Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex. Status is "Active — Active proposal to strike off", with accounts made up to 30 November 2025 overdue (due 31 August 2026); next confirmation statement due 18 November 2026. This corroborates Searchlight's 10 September claim that Tommo registered his company at his mother's address — and adds a detail not in any coverage reviewed: the company is in the strike-off process with overdue filings. *(Note: the full street address and postcode are deliberately not reproduced here. It is a residential address, and the surrounding story is that his mother was forced out of her home. The registry reference above is enough to verify the claim.)_
US federal courts — Barbounis v. The Middle East Forum, District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, docket 2:20-cv-02946, filed 18 June 2020, terminated 7 January 2022. This is the primary source behind The New Arab's $32,000-grant reporting; the RECAP docket and filings are available on CourtListener, so the funding allegations can be read first-hand rather than via the article.
Wikipedia carries a substantial "Daniel Thomas (activist)" article (Wikidata Q141366502) with a heavy citation trail, plus a separate "Raise the Colours (organisation)" article — useful as a pointer to sources not yet pulled.
Internet Archive holds three snapshots of patriotplatform.co.uk — 13 June 2026 (pre-launch/hype phase, ~234KB) and 28 August / 8 September 2026 (~383KB). The June capture predates the Dover action and is the earliest public version of the movement's own messaging.

Sources

Guardian — "What is Patriot Platform, the far-right group that descended on Dover and Portsmouth?" (Kevin Rawlinson, 7 Sep 2026) — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/07/patriot-platform-far-right-group-dover-portsmouth
Guardian — "'Army of Christian patriots': how a black-clad vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth" (Daniel Boffey, Steven Morris, Ben Quinn, Diane Taylor, 8 Sep 2026) — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/sep/08/how-a-black-clad-christian-vigilante-group-swarmed-portsmouth
Guardian — "From black-clad agitators to an appeal for 'Tommo's Mum': an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform" (Amelia Gentleman, 12 Sep 2026) — https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/12/from-black-clad-agitators-to-an-appeal-for-tommos-mum-an-unsettling-week-with-the-patriot-platform
Guardian — ministers condemn "thuggish" Portsmouth conduct (7 Sep 2026) — https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/07/ministers-condemn-far-right-activists-portsmouth-asylum-seekers
Searchlight — "Danny Tommo's pound shop Nuremberg with blackshirt 'patriots'" (Daniel Katz, 9 Aug 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/08/danny-tommos-pound-shop-nuremberg-with-blackshirt-patriots/
Searchlight — "Patriot Platform: Danny Tommo's latest grift starts to unravel" (11 Aug 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/08/patriot-platform-danny-tommos-latest-grift-starts-to-unravel/
Searchlight — "Is Danny Tommo a threat or a clown? Actually, he's a bit of both" (9 Sep 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/is-danny-tommo-a-threat-or-a-clown-actually-a-bit-of-both/
Searchlight — "Danny Tommo doxxes his own mum and blames the Daily Mail" (10 Sep 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/danny-tommo-doxxes-his-own-mum-and-blames-the-daily-mail/
HOPE not hate — "Patriot Platform: Danny Tommo's 'handpicked' men convicted of violence against women" (Right Response Team, 13 Aug 2026) — https://hopenothate.org.uk/2026/08/13/patriot-platform-danny-tommos-handpicked-men-convicted-of-violence-against-women/
The New Arab — "Who is funding Britain's far right? Danny Tommo's US, Israel links" (Matthew Hoare, 10 Sep 2026) — https://www.newarab.com/news/who-funding-uks-far-right-danny-tommos-us-israel-links
Nation.Cymru / The Conversation — "What Patriot Platform tells us about how the far right in the UK is changing its tactics" (William Allchorn, 11 Sep 2026) — https://nation.cymru/feature/what-patriot-platform-tells-us-about-how-the-far-right-in-the-uk-is-changing-its-tactics/
CNN — "Dover protests: far-right masked protests" (7 Sep 2026) — https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/07/uk/dover-protests-far-right-masked-intl
Channel 4 News — "What we know about Danny Tommo and Patriot Platform" (Ciaran Jenkins, 7 Sep 2026) — https://www.channel4.com/news/what-we-know-about-danny-tommo-and-patriot-platform-the-group-behind-the-portsmouth-protest
Patriot Platform official site — https://patriotplatform.co.uk/
X/Twitter discourse — @RealDannyTommo and reaction threads (captured via Nitter, 12 Sep 2026)
Facebook discourse — reaction posts and reposted news comment (captured via Phice, 12 Sep 2026)
YouTube — @DannyTommo channel listing and video metadata (yt-dlp, 12 Sep 2026)
Companies House — RMT Roofing Specialists Ltd, company no. 15260923 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15260923
Nominet WHOIS — patriotplatform.co.uk registration record (created 18 May 2026)
GiveSendGo / Searchlight — "Danny Tommo strikes gold with the great mum-doxxing fundraiser" (11 Sep 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/danny-tommo-strikes-gold-with-the-great-mum-doxxing-fundraiser/
Searchlight — "'Do you know who I am?' – Danny Tommo goes full drama queen in Portsmouth beach farce" (Sep 2026) — https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/do-you-know-who-i-am-danny-tommo-goes-full-drama-queen-in-portsmouth-beach-farce/
HOPE not hate — "Patriot Platform's masked members march on Dover" (5 Sep 2026) — https://hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/05/patriot-platforms-masked-members-march-on-dover/
HOPE not hate — "Balaclavas on the beachfront: Anti-migrant activism escalates in Portsmouth" (7 Sep 2026) — https://hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/07/balaclavas-on-the-beachfront-anti-migrant-activism-escalates-in-portsmouth/
Novara Media — "Tommy Robinson's Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia" (Simon Childs, 9 Sep 2026) — https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/09/tommy-robinsons-right-hand-man-is-turning-online-hate-into-an-anti-migrant-militia/
Hansard — House of Commons, "Dover and Portsmouth: Protests", 7 September 2026 (Sarah Jones, policing minister) — via hansard-api.parliament.uk
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner — statements of 6 and 7 September 2026 — https://www.kent-pcc.gov.uk/news-menu/press-releases/
Basingstoke Gazette — "Anti-migrant group linked to balaclava-clad Dover protest first met in Basingstoke" — https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/26540461.dover-protestors-held-first-meeting-basingstoke/
Bournemouth Echo — "Tommy Robinson calls for Bournemouth 'patriots' to march in Portsmouth" (8 Sep 2026) — https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/26531128.tommy-robinson-calls-southampton-patriots-march-portsmouth/
Watford Observer — "Tommy Robinson associate's Watford video goes viral" (19 Aug 2026) — https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/26477021.tommy-robinson-associates-watford-video-goes-viral/
The Unrecovered Country (Substack) — "Who are Patriot Platform? Analysing the masked men at the border" — anonymous long-form analysis; treated as commentary, not verified fact
Internet Archive — patriotplatform.co.uk captures, 13 June / 28 August / 8 September 2026
CourtListener / RECAP — Barbounis v. The Middle East Forum, 2:20-cv-02946

Notes / Gaps

Sources checked and found empty (12 Sep 2026), so future sweeps don't repeat them: Byline Times (no Patriot Platform coverage — far-right coverage is about other groups); openDemocracy (no results); GNET and ISD (no results); Theos (nothing naming the group, though their Christian-nationalism project is due); the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right's old domain radicalrightanalysis.com no longer resolves — the new CARR URL needs finding; KentOnline's internal site search returns nothing; Sky News blocks the Playwright scraper outright (use the Nitter/Phice quotes of Sky's reporting instead); GoFundMe search returns unrelated fundraisers — the appeal is on GiveSendGo, whose own search 404s to automated access.

Sign-up figures (30,000 → 40,000 → 45,000) are Tommo's own claims and unverified.
The 12 September Portsmouth march outcome is not yet fully reported; the Platform publicly disowned the event after police threatened mask arrests — but other "South Coast Patriots" elements were still expected on the street.
The New Arab's MEF funding claim rests on US court filings from a lawsuit MEF lost; treat the $32,000 grant as documented and the misuse allegation as MEF's unproven claim.
Monitor the RNLI angle: Patriot Platform-aligned activists branding lifeboat volunteers "traitors" and picketing RNLI stations (Poole, 9 Sep) is a distinct escalation from port protests.
Still open, in priority order: (1) the full RECAP docket in Barbounis v. Middle East Forum — the $32,000 grant and the $7,000 misappropriation allegation read first-hand; (2) whether the Middle East Forum's own IRS 990 filings (EIN 237749796, Philadelphia) disclose anything on the 2018 grant — note they are unlikely to, since 990s do not itemise grants to individuals, so the court record remains the primary source; (3) the College of Policing learning review when published; (4) the October 2026 Dover hearing; (5) whether "#PatriotPlatform Designated Area Groups" gets used as the formal cell structure — supporters talk of it as a voting bloc being built for elections ("only 4 weeks been live"), which would move it from street movement to electoral vehicle; (6) the closed spaces — no public Telegram or Discord channel was found, so organising runs through the Wix/GoHighLevel funnel and private groups, and the leaked-screenshot traffic on X and Facebook is the only visible edge of it.
Cross-reference: right-wing youtubers/tommy-robinson.md, uk-far-right-social-media-tropes.md, christian-nationalism-uk.md, Riots Protests Demos/right-wing-demos-uk.md.