Tom Watson, the owner of a recruitment firm, has been accused of being at the centre of a “doxxing” campaign against the @RNLI, anti-racism activists, and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic workers. He is alleged to be behind an @X account calling itself “Big Time Charlie”, which was deactivated shortly after he was named by the campaign group Hope Not Hate. The account had almost 50,000 followers and has frequently praised the dangerously irresponsible bigoted hard-right MP Rupert Lowe. It also claimed to have donated £2,500 to Lowe’s Restore Britain party and joined its “Cromwell Club” for those activists who pay a certain level of donation. The account had become increasingly prominent in recent weeks as RNLI staff found themselves being harassed and attacked online as far-right activists targeted them over their involvement in rescuing people trying to cross the Channel in small boats. The account, which has a history of racist comments, appears to have been using AI to scrape data from LinkedIn and other sites to build a so-called 'Traitorbase'. The Big Time Charlie account was removed almost immediately after Hope Not Hate alleged that Watson was behind it, and after the Guardian approached him for comment. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…