Anti-migrant vigilante Danny Tommo leads protest by Commons Speaker’s home

Anti-immigration protesters led by the activist Daniel Thomas, who calls himself ‘Danny Tommo’ staged a rally near the home of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. During the meeting, which Thomas, 37, filmed for his YouTube followers, he warned that “something is about to go down” that would send “shivers down the spines” of those he blamed for the influx of migrants. A crowd linked Thomas’s Patriot Platform. overwhelmingly men – gathered in a park near to the Speaker’s home in his constituency in Chorley in early September. Thomas boasted about the size of the gathering before telling them they were creating a “mass resistance movement.” Shorts Thomas said it was “the biggest crowd to date”. Police said: “It was reported that around 50-60 people were in attendance.” He appeared to acknowledge the possibility that the movement could become violent, before insisting that this was not its purpose. In footage seen by The i Paper, Thomas boasts about the size of the gathering before telling the crowd that “something is about to go down” that he claims he going to “send shivers down the spines of those that have put this upon us.” Questions about security It is not clear if the demonstration was deliberately held near to the Speaker’s home, or whether this was a coincidence. Police said they attended to monitor the demonstration. Delivered near the home of one of the most senior figures in Parliament, the speech will, however, raise fresh concerns about MPs’ security and the hostility politicians of all parties face. Dover protest Days after the Chorley protest, the same group, now masked in black balaclavas, brought the Port of Dover to a standstill, blocking all three entrances for more than six hours and causing miles of traffic queues. The following night, protesters turned up in Portsmouth, where hundreds of masked demonstrators confronted police after a boat carrying around 120 migrants arrived. Thomas is a former bodyguard and close associate of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, and has become a leading figure in Britain’s increasingly organised anti-immigration movement. His group’s activities have already raised questions about whether the authorities underestimated its ability to organise. Before the Dover protest last week, Thomas had openly signalled that Patriot Platform was preparing a major action. Yet when several hundred masked men arrived at the port, Kent Police described the demonstration as spontaneous. Labour’s former immigration minister Mike Tapp questioned how police intelligence had failed to identify what he described as a clearly coordinated operation. Hope Not Hate has similarly warned that the group could become more disruptive if the authorities fail to respond decisively. The Home Secretary has now ordered senior police figures to review the response to the Dover and Portsmouth protests, after police chiefs acknowledged that they had been caught off guard. The Government is also pressing forces to make greater use of intelligence, CCTV and new powers to restrict face coverings at protests. A Lancashire Police spokesman said that no offences were committed. The Speaker declined to comment.