The world of right-wing broadcasting appears to have come full circle: Tommy Robinson, the British activist whose podcast interview with Karl Stefanovic triggered a media storm that cost the veteran presenter his job at Nine, has now sat down with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson for an interview of her own.
Robinson teased the podcast, recorded in London, on X, describing Hanson as “one of the bravest lady’s [sic] on the planet” and predicting she could become “hopefully the next leader of her nation.”
Hanson confirmed the meeting in a nearly two-minute video posted to her own X account, showing her walking into a room where she’s greeted by Robinson, who thanks her for “the comments when you spoke up for me at times, when I’ve been rock bottom.”
In the same video, Robinson drew a parallel between political shifts in the UK and Australia. “The shift that’s happened in Australia, it’s happened here as well,” he said.
“You know, over the last 24 months, there’s been a mass awakening, I’d say. That’s the only way I can describe it. Where people have not understood what’s happening, or have not been willing to listen, and now are. And I’m guessing, looking at your polling results, it’s a similar shift in Australia.”
In a separate video posted to his X account, Robinson films himself sitting beside Hanson in the back of a car, telling the camera he’s about to take her for a walk through his town, before turning to ask, “Are you ready, Pauline?”
I’m on a fact finding mission here in the UK and each day I’ve lined up meetings with those who are willing to talk to me about where the UK went so wrong with its immigration.
Why? Because I see the same problems in Australia and I’ll be damned if I let our country go the same… pic.twitter.com/sArddDryVI
— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) July 9, 2026
Robinson’s Stefanovic connection
Robinson (whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is a British far-right activist and founder of the English Defence League. He has multiple convictions for assault, mortgage fraud, using a false passport and contempt of court, the latter of which saw him jailed in October 2024 after repeating lies about a Syrian refugee who sued him for libel and won.
His Australian profile was recently boosted following his appearance on Stefanovic’s independent podcast, an interview that vanished from YouTube within 12 hours of airing.
The fallout was swift: Nine Entertainment confirmed Stefanovic would leave Today immediately, bringing forward a planned end-of-year exit after the network said hosting the show alongside the podcast was no longer viable.
Stefanovic later posted a farewell video declaring himself “free, truly independent” and defending his decision to platform Robinson as a matter of free speech.
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Hanson’s UK fact-finding mission
Hanson framed the meeting as part of a broader trip. “I’m on a fact-finding mission here in the UK and each day I’ve lined up meetings with those who are willing to talk to me about where the UK went so wrong with its immigration,” she wrote on X.
“Why? Because I see the same problems in Australia and I’ll be damned if I let our country go the same dreadful path the UK has.”
Her post went on to list what she described as consequences of UK immigration policy – “rape gangs, violent enclaves, sharia law courts, Islamic-inspired terrorism, extremist religious views, cities where most women wear burkas” – adding, “No thanks. That’s not what I want for Australia.”
Hanson described Robinson as “a man who has always had the best interest of his nation at heart,” writing that the pair “met for the first time yesterday afternoon (London time) to do his podcast which will come out over the next few days.”