The Patriot Platform is a network of men founded by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas. Launched in June, it held its first meeting on 19 July at Black Dam and Crabtree Nature Reserve, Basingstoke, and a second recruitment day on 22 August in a country park in Warwickshire.

The group unites a web of smaller localised anti-migrant groups into a single body. Current members hail from the Kent Patriots, Watford Patriots, South London Patriots, South-East Patriots, Essex Patriots, Watford Patriots, North-West Patriots, Surrey Patriots and Chertsey Patriots to name a few.

Patriot Platform is a self-professed Christian “army of patriots” formed to “reclaim our borders, restore order and send a clear message: Britain belongs to the British”. In theory, the group functions as a vigilante unit to combat immigration and revive Christian values, ready to spring into action across the country at Thomas’ word.

As with many anti-migrant vigilante groups in the UK, they claim to aim to “protect women and children”. However, in August, HOPE not hate revealed the violent history of key members of the group, including records of violence against women. PP has embraced militant aesthetics, posting videos of balaclava-clad men speaking darkly into a camera. During the three mobilisations on 11 October, members turned to wearing black and white facepaint, which some members referred to as “war paint”, in an effort to circumvent bans on face coverings.

Thomas has said on record that the group’s aim is to “take control of the United Kingdom”, and during his interview with Wooton, explained that the Patriot Platform is comparable to the English Defense League. Thomas is keen to emphasise the Christian character of his movement: “We’re doing this under Christianity… we’re not doing this with thugs”. This seems hard to believe when hundreds of balaclava-clad members roam the streets. 

In many ways, the group truly embodies all the elements of the modern anti-migrant threat: intimidatory groups engaging in vigilante activism, focussed on small boat crossings under the guise of “Christian values”. They spew copious amounts of low-quality AI-generated content, whether it be music, posters or videos of members’ faces superimposed onto crusader knights in shining armour.

The intimidatory scenes involving Patriot Platform are unsurprising given Thomas’ own criminal background, which predates his political activism.

In 2016, he pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping and was sentenced to two years in prison after taking part in an armed attempt to abduct a man during a drugs-related dispute.

In late 2025 and early 2026, he collaborated with Raise the Colours to run a series of trips to Calais in which he and Ryan Bridge filmed asylum seekers and hounded the charity workers assisting them. Their activities earned them a ban from France altogether.

In the following months, he became involved in direct action around Dover, targeting migrants arriving by small boat. In April, he was arrested for aggravated trespassing and banned from Dover, Ramsgate and Folkestone. In August, he pleaded guilty to entering a restricted area of Dover’s harbour without lawful authority; he denied five further charges, including alleged threatening and racially abusive behaviour, which remain allegations rather than convictions.