#THREAD on yet another divisive shit-stirrer, Martin Costello, former second-in-command of the oddball Trump-supporting group Make Britain Great Again (MBGA), who @hopenothate reported on in 2019 when he stood as a UKIP candidate in the Liden, Eldene & Park South ward of Swindon. 
During his time at MGBA he could be found screaming “round up all illegal immigrants and get them out of here” at a pro-Trump event.
hopenothate.org.uk/2019/04/15/bes…
hopenothate.org.uk/2019/04/15/bes…
Costello is best known for being part of an incident in 2018 in which he & 11 others entered left-wing bookshop Bookmarks in London, instructed by MBGA leader Luke Nash-Jones to “make a right nuisance”.
In the resulting debacle, shop staff were abused and a sign was ripped up.
In the resulting debacle, shop staff were abused and a sign was ripped up.
Facing backlash, Nash-Jones condemned the actions of “third parties” at the bookstore. He & Costello had their UKIP memberships suspended, but Costello was reinstated, only to then resign, saying Farage's Brexit Party was the "only feasible solution to unite all Brexiteers".
In 2019 @hopenothate said that 'Costello now reportedly runs UKIP’s main Facebook page, which we have previously exposed to have shared material from a fascist YouTube account also promoted by the New Zealand killer.'
Costello was in the news again in 2021 as a spokesman for the anti-lockdown 'Independent Alliance', claiming - among many other things - without any evidence that the vaccine 'could make people infertile'.
swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/19225716.…
swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/19225716.…
Here he is amplifying Cristian Terheș, known for spreading #misinformation about COVID vaccinations (at least 67,000 people have died prematurely due to COVID), which has among the lowest spending on healthcare in Europe, & a health system consistently ranked the worst in the EU.
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