'Covid vax was crime of century'

Reform business tsar blasted for spreading 'dangerous conspiracies' Checkatrade founder’s posts on Covid, Pride movement.. and Nessie

- BY SOPHIE HUSKISSON Political Correspondent

REFORM UK's new small business tsar has been accused of spreading dangerous conspiracies on social media.

Kevin Byrne, who spoke alongside Nigel Farage at a party event earlier this month, called Covid vaccinations a crime on Facebook this year.

The Checkatrade founder also posted anti-Pride comments, suggested he believed in the Loch Ness Monster and shared content from an antiabortion organisation.

In August, he posted the link to a news article about a doctor whose licence was suspended in Australia over criticism of the Covid vaccine.

Mr Byrne wrote a caption alongside saying: “Most fell for the crime of the century.”