There is a growing convergence between the Far Right and the Far Left online which explains much online antisemitism, and the increasing spread of antisemitism within the Labour Party. This often includes twitter accounts with people who use call themselves Socialists and Corbyn supporters, but who in fact have connections on the Extreme Right. An example might be Scott Nelson (known on twitter as @SocialistVoice who associates with various Holocaust deniers. Another would be Sally Eason who refers to to herself on twitter as @LabLeftVoice. Both these have thousands of followers.
There are also people connected to the Brexit Party who have ultra Left backgrounds, and troubling records in terms of supporting terrorism and murder. One of the best known of these is Claire Fox , a Brexit MEP who supported the Warrington bombing.
These people benefit from the extreme factionalism that the Corbyn movement has introduced which automatically dismisses any accusations against people who label themselves as supporters without examination.
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