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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 aga...

Community By Hamodia Staff LONDON - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 6:10 am | ו שבט תשפ"א Nearly half of people in the U.K. hold some anti-Semitic views, according to a recent poll. Researchers from YouGov, a well-respected global polling company, and King’s College London (KCL) found that 45% of British adults agreed with at least one of six anti-Semitic tropes. These included racial stereotypes that Jews control the media, “chase money,” or “talk about the Holocaust just...

New study shows hope in battle against anti-Semitism, though concerns remain New study shows hope in battle against anti-Semitism, though concerns remain “Though Britain remains one of the best countries in the world in which to live as a Jew, almost a fifth still feel unwelcome in this country,” said Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism. Thousands gather outside of Parliament in London to protest anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, Sept. 3, 2018. Credit: L...