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Entryism

Entryism meaning

A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.

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Gulen transformed the group into a fully fledged political movement whose followers practised a form of entryism, in which they actively recruited individuals and placed them into key state institutes such as the police, judiciary and military.

Asked whether it was Ukip entryism, he replied: “The truth is I am the one and only single activist from Ukip to have joined the Conservative party in Beaconsfield.

EU’s activities have prompted centrist MPs including Anna Soubry and Nicky Morgan to warn about the risk of “entryism” in their party.

The party is “ripe for entryism, which we’re not totally against”, one source said.