the BBC website summarising the phenomenon. On 12 and 17 July, the New Statesman and The New European published articles calling the movement a cult. The latter published another piece on 19 August, penned by Bonnie Greer, who called Rees-Mogg a "false memory". In 2018, as part of a Sunday Times investigation into online abuse following comments made by Boris Johnson regarding the niqab and media controversy regarding alleged Conservative Islamophobia, it was reported that a number of Facebook groups supportive of Rees-Mogg and Johnson were leaving "widespread" Islamophobic and racist comments on Johnson's Facebook page, including: support for Enoch Powell and his Rivers of Blood speech, incitement to violence and murder against Muslims, Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan and support for far-right activist Tommy Robinson. In response, Rees-Mogg said he was supporting a private member's bill put forward by Labour MP Lucy Powell to regulate social media, and added "people who have these types of views should take no solace in using [Johnson's] comments as an excuse to take this approach". See also Activate (organisation) Milifandom Corbynmania References Conservative Party (UK) Hashtags Toryism Internet activism 2017 in British politics 2017 in Internet culture