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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Anti-vaxx MP Andrew Bridgen admits Laurence Fox's 'anti-woke' group wrote speech for him

Anti-vaxx MP Andrew Bridgen accepted nearly £8,000 worth of support from an 'anti-woke' group founded by Laurence Fox - including help writing his speeches.

Reclaim the Media, an offshoot of Fox’s Reclaim political party, also paid for Mr Bridgen’s legal threats against former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

Mr Hancock accused Mr Bridgen of “antisemitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories” after his former Tory colleague appeared to compare Covid vaccinations to the holocaust.

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