Patriot Platform leader Danny Tommo Thomas plans to lay siege to asylum centres

Patriot Platform leader Danny Tommo Thomas plans to lay siege to asylum centres EXCLUSIVE: Danny "Tommo" Thomas, the convicted attempted kidnapper, spoke out after his group recently carried out protests in both Dover and Portsmouth The convicted criminal behind the masked anti-migrant group Patriot Platform wants to target asylum centres, we can reveal. Danny "Tommo" Thomas, whose balaclava-clad followers have brought chaos to both Dover and Portsmouth in recent days, has suggested he wants followers to camp outside shelters for days to stop officials transporting migrants. Under Thomas' plans, the protesters would operate 24/7 blockades, with members from around the UK maintaining the barricade in shifts. Critics tonight condemned the idea, including Mike Tapp, MP for Dover, which was blitzed by the mob last weekend. He said: "It’s important to understand that the processing of asylum applications has increased significantly under this government, bringing down a backlog by over 70%. Any actions that get in the way of processing asylum applications could slow down the number of deportations and removals - which is also up significantly under this government." Thomas revealed the plot in an interview with fellow rabble rouser Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. The convicted attempted kidnapper said: "I predict in the next six months, the Patriot platform, with one message through a secure app, will be able to bring five to 10,000 people to a location within a matter of hours." He said one target could be Piddington, Oxfordshire, where asylum seekers could be housed at a nearby former MoD site. Thomas said: "A prime example, Piddington, where the migrants are about to to go in. How powerful would it be if 5,000 men, when they know the MO, because we've proven who we are, what how our conduct is, that we surround that camp, we take tents, we sit there for days and we don't let them get in till they can't bring them in." Thomas, who was privately educated in Hampshire, spoke about the plan in an interview with his pal Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. He said: "We're trying to do something that's never been done before in a way that it's never been done before to get results that we've never seen before." Thomas, who was jailed for his part in the attempted armed kidnapping of a man in 2016 before turning to Christianity, also suggested to Robinson, 43, that Brits turning away from the religion has caused moral decline over the last "80 or 90 years". The dad-four claimed: "Christianity was at the forefront of how you behaved. Girls were purer back then because they're under a Christian journey and we've lost all of this." Thomas spoke about how Patriot Platform was initially formed by a group of men from south London before other members later held further gatherings inside churches and the group held a recruitment day in Coventry on August 22. He claimed that one member was "landed on" and removed from the group after being found to be drunk the night before they travelled to Dover last Saturday. He also claimed a prospective member was kicked out for racism and added: "Lads have had slaps. There's people that have had slaps to stay in line." Thomas served as a tank driver with the King’s Royal Hussars, but his Army career was cut short and he was discharged on medical grounds before seeing active service. He says his group's tactics were inspired by meeting a leader from a paramilitary-style group in Northern Ireland. Thomas said: "I went with one of the most senior members of that area. He said when we drove around and all the fires are up and all, he said to me 'Danny, do you know what happens to someone that walks out of the house and comes onto the street with a beer can? They get battered'. "When the men go to work in Northern Ireland... no drugs, no alcohol, there's people, there's a structure. If someone of that structure puts something in place to maintain calm and someone steps out of line, they get dealt with now. So, I've taken that." Suggesting his group will also follow in the footsteps of left-wing protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, Thomas said: "We've got to start using the fact that they use the law against us. We have now lawyers who are the only people that communicate with the police. None of our members talk to police officers at any point in time. "What they are given is a piece of paper in their pocket. When they unfold that piece of paper, it gives them under the Human Rights Act what it is that they're there for, why they're there, their intentions, and at the bottom it says, "Please contact this lawyer for any questions you have. And in Dover, that's exactly what happened. [The police] were confused. They didn't really know what to do." Describing his group, which he has claimed more than 40,000 people have signed up to, Thomas claimed "it is not a white nationalist movement". He added it is a "pure resistance, non-violent, non-confrontational pure Christian national resistance movement to take control". He claimed: "These are not far-right thugs. No alcohol, no drugs, no thuggery, no shouting. Every member is encouraged to give their life to Jesus. Every member is encouraged to go to church. And let me tell you now, that is happening." The plot emerged as hundreds of protesters from other groups today held an anti-migrant demo in Portsmouth, leading to three arrests, including a 76-year-old man, from Southampton, arrested on suspicion of wearing/using an item to conceal identity at a protest, a 33-year-old man, from Portsmouth, arrested on suspicion of obstructing a highway and a 16-year-old boy from Portsmouth held on suspicion of violent disorder, in relation to violent public disorder at Eastney Marina last Sunday. Earlier in the day, a man appeared in court in Portsmouth accused of throwing a bottle towards a police line at an anti-migrant protest. Del Leon Somerville, 42, of Paulsgrove, is charged with violent disorder and assaulting a police constable in the execution of their duty. His first appearance at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court, sitting at the city's crown court, on Saturday, came ahead of further protests planned in the city in the afternoon. He did not enter any pleas at the short hearing to charges of violent disorder between September 5 and 8 in Portsmouth, and assaulting a constable on September 11 in Waterlooville. Prosecutor Lucy Paddick told the court he was accused of throwing a bottle towards a police line and was allegedly heard telling officers to f*** off as the bottle was thrown. Somerville is also alleged to have kicked out at PC Peskett, making contact with the officer's right thigh, when he was arrested, the court heard. He was remanded into custody at the hearing, supported by members of his family in the courtroom, ahead of his next appearance at Portsmouth Crown Court on September 16. Assistant Chief Constable Tony Rowlinson said Somerville's arrest was the "first of what we fully anticipate to be a number of arrests" and hoped it would send a "clear warning" to those planning future disruption and disorder.