I’m afraid you’ll all have to be referred to Prevent as potential terrorists. A document from Prevent, the official scheme to stop radicalisation, includes believing in socialism, communism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion in a list of potential signs of ideologies leading to terrorism. The document is part of online Prevent awareness training for those covered by the duty to inform if they suspect radicalisation. The guidance was updated last year and published with little or no fanfare, after William Shawcross’s controversial government-ordered report on Prevent was released. In a section on the left wing it states: “Two broad ideologies: socialism and communism.
