Leaked chat messages previously reported by the Byline Times, reveal Bridgen attended HART’s private launch event alongside a select group of politicians and journalists. Having opposed lockdown and supported the Great Barrington Declaration, Bridgen’s involvement with the disinformation network increased when the HART group launched in January 2021. The Great Barrington Declaration in October 2020 acted as a rallying flag and new campaign groups were formed including the Covid Recovery Group (CRG) of politicians with Bridgen, loosely modelled on the highly influential Brexit lobbying group, the ERG. The majority of cases were said to be artefacts of PCR testing and restrictions were implemented for ulterior motives. The undermining of public health began with misrepresenting the risk of COVID 19 followed by claims the pandemic was already over due to herd immunity. In June 2022 Gold was sentenced to prison for her participation in the Capitol Hill riots. Shortly afterwards America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLD) were launched, holding a White Coats Summit where their founder Simone Gold announced there was “no scientific basis that the average American should be concerned” about Covid.ĪFLD went on to promote hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as covid treatments, joining a growing network of overlapping organisations including Pandata. Working with an alliance of conservative think tanks and political committees the aim was to reopen the economy to bolster Trump’s presidential campaign. The roots of a coordinated disinformation campaign are evidenced in an hour-long conference call organised by the secretive Council for National Policy Action group on that was leaked to the Associated Press. Examining those who’ve influenced him demonstrates how disinformation found fertile ground for conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision of former Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen to join Lawrence Fox’s “anti-woke” Reclaim Party is the culmination of a long descent down a rabbit hole of disinformation.
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