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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harrison Galliven

Reform UK ‘looking into’ south London candidate who 'wrote anti-vax paper'

Reform UK has confirmed it is “looking into” allegations surrounding one of its local election candidates in Croydon, after claims he authored a paper describing the Covid-19 pandemic as a “staged event”.

David Booth is standing as a councillor in Kenley, but the party has not confirmed whether he will remain a candidate following the controversy.

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