Rupert Lowe, the Great Yarmouth MP (elected for Reform UK in 2024, later associated with Restore Britain), has built a significant part of his political brand on fierce criticism of the UK’s COVID-19 response. He has repeatedly called lockdowns, mass testing, and “vaccine-for-all” policies the “greatest scandal” and “most disgraceful period of recent history,” arguing they caused more harm than the virus itself, destroyed livelihoods, and were not justified by the evidence. H