{"id":213023,"date":"2020-09-04T06:17:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T06:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213023"},"modified":"2020-09-06T07:05:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T07:05:47","slug":"conservative-mps-husband-calls-coronavirus-a-mental-illness-as-he-joins-anti-vaxx-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213023","title":{"rendered":"Conservative MP\u2019s husband calls coronavirus a \u2018mental illness\u2019 as he joins anti-vaxx march"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Bristow \u2013 Eastern Daily Press Sept 3, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Chloe Smith and Sandy McFadzean met in 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

The husband of a Norfolk MP claimed coronavirus was a \u201cphantom\u201d and a \u201cmental illness\u201d as he joined a protest against facemasks and vaccinations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandy McFadzean, husband of Norwich North MP Chloe Smith, attended Saturday\u2019s march in London where protesters carried signs against coronavirus measures.<\/span><\/p>\n

A poster for the march, retweeted by Mr McFadzean on Twitter, also called for no track and trace, an end to social distancing, and no facemasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

It mentioned a group called StandUp X which claims coronavirus will force vaccinations on people for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies and Bill Gates.<\/span><\/p>\n

His account was deleted on Wednesday afternoon after Ms Smith was contacted for comment by this newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response Ms Smith: \u201cMy husband\u2019s a private citizen. Everyone\u2019s entitled to their own view, and to debate. I take a different view.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Signs at the march also included a poster calling for Mr Gates to be jailed, along with Ms Smith\u2019s colleague, health secretary Matt Hancock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of state for the constitution Ms Smith has supported the government\u2019s policies against coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n

She changed her Twitter name during the pandemic to reflect the government message of \u201cStay Alert, Save Lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But Mr McFadzean denies the existence of Covid-19, writing on Twitter: \u201cGovernment need to be clear. Either there is a killer virus on the loose or there isn\u2019t. (Spoiler alert: There isn\u2019t)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In July he wrote: \u201cCovid-19 is most likely an outbreak of mental illness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He has retweeted posts describing the government as \u201cglobalist puppets\u201d and \u201ctyrants\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

One post he retweeted swore at the government for announcing fines on people who joined mass gatherings.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vice president at bank Credit Suisse also retweeted a post comparing the arrest of one of the march organiser\u2019s, Piers Corbyn, to the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square, London. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Mr Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy, was arrested and fined \u00a310,000 after the march for the offence of holding a gathering of more than 30 people in an outdoor place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other speakers included conspiracy theorist David Icke, who believes coronavirus is linked to 5G technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Norwich South Labour MP Clive Lewis said: \u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no way I\u2019d hold anyone responsible for the views of their partner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, if my partner was spouting forth a load of Covid conspiracy, anti-vaccination nonsense, it is very likely the subject might come up for discussion at some point over tea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2019Love at first sight\u2019<\/h2>\n

Ms Smith proposed to her future husband in 2013 after a four-month romance.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said at the time it was \u201clove at first sight\u201d when she met the former soldier at a charity event.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just loved the way Sandy talked,\u201d she told this newspaper in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was instantly attracted to his really relaxed manner and we just hit it off straight away. We share a great interest in the way the world works and what makes people tick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr McFadzean, a financial consultant, said at the time: \u201cOne of the features of our relationship is that we have quite clear views on equality and we are a very equal couple.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe realised really quickly that we wanted to be together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple have two children, Alastair and Rosamund.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is encouraging. Hopefully we will see more of this happening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213027,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213023\/revisions\/213027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}