I think the point has been missed here . PREVENT was supposed to be aimed at Islamic extremists and the far Right not at communists and the Left . The fact that now it appears the PREVENT is now being used against communists is most sinister and omnious development . Communists should be working to expose PREVENT .
It would seem your deep cynicism has reached even greater depths ; now we have social media, which is a honeypot for cranks, nutters, socially-inadequate teenagers and the like. Take a look at some of the specimens on Twitter with hammers and sickles in their bylines." , Quite offensive and unpleasant to read and basically dismissive of younger comrades and their efforts