Radio 43 | What Young Bob really thinks

About this episode

The episode explores the rise of 'Young Bob' in Britain's far-right scene and his influence on social media.

‘Young Bob’ is one of the young rising stars in Britain’s far-right scene. As well as having gained over 100,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter), he is an ambassador for Turning Point UK (an offshoot of the far-right American organisation), an associate of the serial criminal and anti-Muslim extremist Stephen Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson), and - in a sign of the increasing acceptance of far-right views in the media - a regular guest on TalkTV. But the scene Young Bob is involv...

Topics covered

• far-right extremism
• social media influence
• youth culture
• political movements

Keywords

• Young Bob
• Turning Point UK
• Tommy Robinson
• TalkTV

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Britain

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