SNP conference host Hayley Matthews promoted antivax conspiracy theory

Nicola Sturgeon has “emphatically” distanced herself and the SNP from the views of the party’s conference host after social media posts about coronavirus conspiracy theories came to light.

Hayley Matthews, a TV presenter, hosted the SNP’s online conference, introducing several speakers over the three-day event that ended yesterday.

In October she wrote on Twitter that she “would not let my kid have a flu jab or any Covid shite” and indicated her support for conspiracy theorists several times online. Her tweet was in response to an account that spreads the QAnon conspiracy theory, which alleges a secret plot against Donald Trump.

The presenter, 39, who has worked for the BBC and STV, deleted her social media posts when the Daily Record published them

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