UK Column: Covid conspiracy theories run wild on the channel for lockdown sceptics

Stirring music plays as images of Boris Johnson, President Xi and a laboratory appear on screen. Two news presenters sit at a desk with papers in front of them while a ticker tape scrolls below.

At first glance the slick production looks like the work of Sky News or the BBC but this is not a conventional news channel. Brian Gerrish, a former Royal Navy lieutenant commander, nods in approval as his co-presenter tells the audience: “The Public Health England report seems to show very clearly that should you fall ill with Covid-19 as a vaccinated person, you’re much more likely to die as a result.”

The untrue claim passes unchecked and the programme continues with an attack on the BBC’s coverage of a lockdown

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