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by Spooky23 2963 days ago
Remember that Britain at the time was a nation in transition. Essentially bankrupted by the war, still impacted by WW1, an empire in moral and financial collapse, and a legacy social order falling apart.

The Soviets appeared to be an answer to those problems, as they had replaced the most reactionary of legacy states with a new thing. Also, comintern was a thing that invested a lot of resources into influencing western thinking.