Thread by @GBBelongsIN

The campaign to get Tom Watson to resign because he defended Jews against anti-semites within the Labour Party is shameful. But there is more to it than meets the eye, and it tells us how these social media campaigns are often manipulated by outside forces /THREAD

https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1026168323732647936

The Alliance for Securing Democracy tracks Russian linked social media accounts, and they've found that #resignwatson is the TOP TRENDING hashtag among RUSSIAN-RELATED agitation accounts - a 6700% increase in activity in 48 hours!
dashboard.securingdemocracy.org

On Friday, the same Russian accounts were promoting the #WeAreCorbyn hashtag. What is going on here? Why is Corbyn being promoted by the Russians, who have supported Trump and have supported Brexit also.

Clearly Russia has a vested interest in Corbyn victory. This is because his foreign policy is aligned with Russia - he supports Brexit, Assad & Iran, but opposes the liberal democratic coalition that has kept stability for so long. Just look how many times he's appeared on RT!

Some of the videos are ridiculous too. This one of him accusing the BBC of fake news on the most famous fake news channel on earth! We all known the BBC loves catering to unsavoury, Farage types, but RT fake news is on another level #CorbynKompromat

RT taking the piss in this one - they remind a British audience that Corbyn has been on RT many times, and do this to rebut other MPs like Wes Streeting from calling out RT for pro-Putin propaganda. Corbyn is clearly their Trojan Horse #CorbynKompromat

Let's not forget that Corbyn's top advisor, Seumas Milne, has supported the Russians a number of times, especially wrt Ukraine. These pro-Russia forces are rife and at the heart of the opposition #CorbynKompromat

https://twitter.com/GBBelongsIN/status/1006206411745976320

Corbyn's other top advisor, Andrew Murray, was in the pro-Russian Communist Party for decades, and wrote a full book on Ukraine, sympathetic to the Russian position #CorbynKompromat

https://twitter.com/GBBelongsIN/status/1006210089991229440

When Russian social media accounts bolster Corbyn, assisting in campaigns to get rid of his opponents and those who stand up against bigotry in the Labour Party, you have to ask why? Because a Corbyn win will be a MASSIVE victory for Russian interests #CorbynKompromat //END