Covid, chemtrails and climate: the wild ideas spread by Reform UK candidates

Some prospective parliamentary candidates have been found to hold fringe views that even the populist party says are ‘eccentric’

• Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories

Some of the most senior prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) of Reform, the rightwing populist party, have been found to have posted conspiracy theories and other fringe views online. Yet, far from distancing itself, the party has backed them. Here are seven examples:

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