THREAD – Today, CST and @HopeNotHate have released an exposé on a group of extremist conspiracy theorists, from both political fringes, who have been holding secret meetings and events in central London for years. cst.org.uk/public/data/fi…
The group is run by Holocaust denier Nicholas Kollerstrom and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Ian Fantom. 
They meet every month in various central London venues, often to discuss and promote antisemitic conspiracies. Notably, attendees and speakers have included both far right and far left activists.
This includes recently expelled Labour member and ally of former @UKLabour MP Chris Williamson, Elleanne Green, and convicted far right Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz.
Former @GMBUnion shop steward Pete Gregson lectured to the group, he was thrown out of two Labour conferences for antisemitism. At his talk James Thring argued, with agreement from others, that the Holocaust never happened.
This exposé shows the appeal #conspiracytheories have to both political extremes and how extremists from the far right and far left can comfortably sit shoulder to shoulder distorting the Holocaust and supporting Bashar al-Assad #assadcrimes
Speakers have included Assad-apologist Vanessa Beeley (pictured here with Kollerstrom) and anti-Jewish author Gilad Atzmon.
During Beeley’s talk, the crowd muttered “George Soros” as she placed the Jewish philanthropist at the centre of a plot to use humanitarian group, the White Helmets, to attack the Assad regime.
Beeley went on to claim that the @Guardian is an "MI6 mouthpiece" and one of their journalists “an agent working with the British Government inside Syria”
Whilst conspiracies alleging that Paul McCartney died in the 1970s or that the moon landings were faked may seem harmless, they are only ever one step removed from more dangerous antisemitic narratives.
The 'Keep Talking' group is proof of this. There was no issue they weren’t willing to distort and propagandise.
This joint @CST_UK/@HopenotHate project exposes the dangerous world of conspiracy theories and how their appeal reaches across the political divide. Politicians of all parties must ensure they are not allowed to take root in politics and society as a whole. END
