In a post on X (formerly Twitter) last Saturday, Diane Abbott, the independent MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, suggested a man pictured with a swastika tattoo and wearing a poppy was involved in demonstrations in London at the time.
In fact, as others have pointed out, the photo was taken seven years earlier, at a protest that took place in Bolton.
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