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		</div><p>Tommy Robinson has said he was acting in “self-defence” when he punched another England fan to the ground ahead of the football match against the Netherlands.</p>
<p>Video footage shared on social media appears to show the EDL founder swinging at the man, who is sent sprawling to the ground outside the stadium in Portugal.</p>
<p>Robinson, 36, said he attended the Nations League semi-final in Guimaraes with his wife on Thursday night, and claimed he lashed out at a drunk England fan who had been “verbally threatening”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_133441" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-133441" style="width: 435px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-133441" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/D02408F4-C26F-4BAA-BA39-D87F2299034A.png" alt="" width="435" height="679" data-wp-pid="133441" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-133441" class="wp-caption-text">Screengrab of Tommy Robinson from the EDL founder’s Telegram account</figcaption></figure>
<p>“I acted in self-defence,” he said. “He was the aggressor.”</p>
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<p>Robinson said he threw the punch having already been approached twice by the man, who was with a group of friends.</p>
<p>“I had been trying to walk up there and he kept getting in my face,” he said. “I thought he was going to punch me the first time.”</p>
<p>Robinson said he was called a “wanker” and told: “F*** off. What you doing here?”</p>
<p>“It’s self-defence because I’m not going to wait for him to beat me up in front of my missus,”</p>
<p>“He’s come at me twice and I’ve said to his friends and him ‘If you come at me again, I’m going to sort you out. Stay the f*** away from me’.”</p>
<p>He said the incident happened in front of security staff, who allowed him into the game.</p>
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<p>Robinson, who had two milkshakes thrown at him while out campaigning during his failed bid to become an MEP, added: “Any man out with their wife should be free to walk the streets without being threatened or abused because of their politics.”</p>
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