St Albans MP Daisy Cooper is at the centre of a social media spat after slamming Tommy Robinson in Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs).
Yesterday, MP Cooper labelled the political activist as a "racist hate preacher" that was being "stoked" by Elon Musk, sparking backlash and support from across the political sphere.
In the House of Commons, the MP said: "On Monday, the far right racist hate preacher Tommy Robinson, who is currently on trial for allegedly refusing to comply with counter terror police, claimed that his legal costs are being paid by Elon Musk.
"It is outrageous that a man who has so much control over what people read online every day could be funding someone who stokes far right extremism on our streets."
Elon Musk is stoking far-right extremism on our streets.
The Prime Minister should order a security assessment of the threat Musk poses to our democracy.@libdemdaisy #PMQs pic.twitter.com/7YzGK3PAyC— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) October 15, 2025
She added: "If this was Putin, the government surely would act. So will the Prime Minister commission the security services to assess the threat that Elon Musk poses to our democracy and recommend measures to this house that we can take to stop it?"
Tommy Robinson, formally known as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, responded to the MP with a series of posts on X last night.
One of which read: "WHAT A DISGUSTING PIECE OF S****! This lying, censorious, authoritarian masquerading as a Liberal Democrat is none other than the deputy leader of her party."
The activist also suggested that he and Elon Musk had the Liberal Democrats "rattled".
When speaking to LBC radio following PMQs MP Cooper remained defiant, she said: "I stood up for my values, I don't like seeing racism in our society. I don't like seeing far right extremists causing violence on our streets and those are things that I wanted to speak up for."
The MP said she was "encouraged" by the messages of support she has received from MPs of all political parties and people from various groups that campaign against racism.
She also hopes to see more "courage and bravery" in the political sphere in the future.
Share