UK: Johnson government orders review of “left wing extremism”, targeting Socialist Workers Party and “far-left entryism”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has announced a review into “left-wing extremism”. The review will be led by former Labour MP John Woodcock, now Baron Walney, in his post as UK Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism, and will spearhead efforts to criminalise left-wing and socialist activity in Britain.
What amounts to a dragnet against the left was announced on Monday as a front-page “exclusive” in the pro-Tory
Telegraph under the headline, “Far-Left influence on Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion to be probed”.