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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kevin Rawlinson and Aneesa Ahmed

Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories

A man holds a placard in Blackpool during a Reform UK campaign event
Reform UK claims the content shared by its parliamentary candidates are ‘comedy memes’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Reform UK has chosen to stand by candidates who have promoted conspiracy theories online, called the climate emergency “make-believe” and expressed vaccine-sceptic views.

Those fringe views, and more, were put forward by a group of seven candidates selected to stand for the rightwing populist party at the next general election – including several who will contest seats that some analyses consider to be their top targets.

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