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Feb 2022
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The US-style conspiracy theorists now at...

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About this episode

Last week a small mob filmed themselves shouting abuse at the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, including the offensive call of ‘paedo protector’. But who exactly were the abusers and where had they come from?

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Guest: Ben Ellery, News Reporter at The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Keir Starmer mob linked to hardline antivaxxers by Ben Ellery, Peter Chappell and Tom Ball.

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Clips: ITV, ABC, GB Resistance, The Voice of Reason, @celebrityradio, Mad Mix Conspiracies. 



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