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The Reds no longer under the bed
Crude scaremongering by the Tories is in tune with Labour right's prevailing paranoias
Labour turncoat John Woodcock MP for Barrow & Furness, speaks at the opening session of the Progress annual conference, in central London

“FAR-LEFT” influence on Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion to be probed,” read the “exclusive” headline in the Daily Telegraph.

“Attempts by far-left activists to ‘hijack’ movements including Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion are being investigated in a review ordered by Boris Johnson,” it said, with the review led by turncoat ex-Labour MP John Woodcock.

The idea of reds stirring up black activists sounded familiar, so I looked back at some old issues of The Times.

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