Jeff Wyatt

[[File:JeffWyattCrusader.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Jeff Wyatt on the lost crusade in 2019]]{{UKpolitics}}{{cquote|The Nazi Germans perpetrated this against the people of Germany. They perpetrated the control and the fascism that we are experiencing now. It’s nothing short of a re-run of the Nazi playbook.|||Jeff Wyatt on COVID-19 pandemic health measures<ref name=”caa190821”>[https://antisemitism.org/former-ukip-candidate-claims-wearing-yellow-star-is-ultimate-tribute-to-holocaust-victims/ Former UKIP Candidate Claims Wearing Yellow Star is “Ultimate Tribute” to Holocaust Victims] (August 19, 2021) ''Campaign Against Antisemitism''</ref><ref name=”caa091121”>[https://antisemitism.org/former-ukip-candidate-jeff-wyatt-makes-holocaust-comparisons-and-wears-yellow-star-at-piers-corbyns-anti-vaccination-rally/ Former UKIP Candidate Jeff Wyatt Makes Holocaust Comparisons And Wears Yellow Star At Piers Corbyn’s Anti-Vaccination Rally] (August 19, 2021) ''Campaign Against Antisemitism''</ref>}}

{{cquote|It’s the ultimate tribute – because where we are heading is where the Jews went.|||Jeff Wyatt on the appropriation of the yellow star by the antivax movement<ref name=”jewishnews180821”>[https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/anti-vaxxer-at-westminster-demo-yellow-star-is-ultimate-tribute-shoah-victims/ Anti-vaxxer: Yellow star is ‘ultimate tribute’ to Shoah victims] by Lee Harpin (August 18, 2021) ''Jewish News''</ref>}}

'''Jeff Wyatt''' {{Lived|1964|2022}} was a failed [[UK Independence Party]] (UKIP) candidate for Milton Keynes, and deputy leader of the short-lived far-right Islamaphobic splinter group the [[For Britain Movement]],<ref name=”hopenothate260419”>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/2019/04/26/best-of-the-worst-ukip-local-candidates-2/ Best of the Worst: UKIP Local Candidates] by David Lawrence (April 26, 2019) ''Hope Not Hate''</ref> who, prior to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], was best known for dressing up as a crusader and [[Fractal wrongness|being aggressively on the wrong side of history]].<ref name=”wafhingtonpost150119”>[https://archive.ph/KbY3I#selection-597.0-625.16 Brexit vote: British Parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit deal, leaving withdrawal from E.U. and prime minister’s political future in doubt] by William Booth, Karla Adam and Michael Birnbaum (January 15, 2019) ''Washington Post'' (Archived April 15, 2024)</ref><ref name=”irishtimes270319”>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/brexit-the-long-walk-to-promised-land-of-an-independent-britain-1.3840753 Brexit: The long walk to promised land of an independent Britain] by Patrick Freyne (March 27, 2020) ''Irish Times''</ref><ref name=”mirror310120”>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jubilant-brexit-backers-descend-parliament-21402836 Jubilant Brexit backers descend on Parliament for 'most exciting moment of their life'] by Ben Glaze and Oliver Milne (January 31, 2020) ''Daily Mirror''</ref><ref name=”indy100010220”>[https://www.indy100.com/news/nigel-farage-brexit-celebration-party-parliament-square-9312756 I went to Nigel Farage's booze-free Brexit celebration with a bottle of vodka and an open mind, and let me tell you it was a wild ride] by Harriet Marsden (February 1, 2020) ''indy100''</ref>

[[File:JeffWyattStar.jpg|thumb|left|165px|Jeff Wyatt's ultimate tribute act]]During the pandemic, Wyatt became a prominent anti-vax and anti-lockdown campaigner, recognizable by his yellow star armband emblazoned with “not vaccinated” in English and German,<ref name=”jewishnews180821” /> which he claimed — despite the protests of actual [[Holocaust]] survivors<ref name=”stroudnews111121”>[https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/19709465.former-ukip-candidate-speaks-stroud-anti-vax-rally/ Ex UKIP candidate Jeff Wyatt speaks at Stroud anti-vax rally] (November 11, 2021) ''Stroud News''</ref> — was "the ultimate tribute", as the UK government was instigating genocide against the people and where the Jews ended up was where the people of Britain were headed.<ref name=”caa190821” /><ref name=”caa091121” />{{Quotebox|Bear in mind in the 1930s, the Nazis didn’t just suddenly become the tyrants they were – they slowly had their evil way over the public of Germany. And the Jews, for years and years, said ‘just do what they say’ – and eventually they gassed them. — Jeff Wyatt<ref name=”jewishnews180821” />}}
His flagrant disregard for legal regulation was not, however, limited merely to [[Godwin's law]].

On May 16, 2020, shortly after the lifting of the first lockdown, Wyatt was arrested alongside [[Piers Corbyn]] at an anti-lockdown/anti-5G protest in London's Hyde Park.<ref name=”dailystar170520”>[https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/lockdown-protesters-descend-hyde-park-22039048 Lockdown protesters descend on Hyde park chanting 'freedom' as cops make arrests] by Emma Parker (May 17, 2020) ''Daily Star''</ref> They were subsequently charged with offences under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations 2020.<ref name=”mkfm220620”>[https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/milton-keynes-man-charged-with-breaking-lockdown-rules-to-attend-anti-5g-protest-alongside-piers-corbyn Police charge former UKIP Milton Keynes candidate over anti-5G protest held during lockdown] (June 22, 2020) ''MKFM''</ref> The two would unrepentantly go on to lead many such protests across the UK.<ref name=”mkfm210820”>[https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/masks-are-muzzles-protestors-gather-outside-milton-keynes-council-civic-offices/ 'Masks are muzzles': Protestors gather outside Milton Keynes Civic Offices] (August 21, 2020) ''MKFM''</ref><ref name=”mkcitizen011020”>[https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/late-night-protest-rallies-about-10pm-curfew-to-be-held-this-friday-and-saturday-in-milton-keynes-2989389 Late night protest rallies about 10pm curfew to be held this Friday and Saturday in Milton Keynes] by Sally Murrer (October 1, 2020) ''MK Citizen''</ref><ref name=”mkcitizen200121”>[https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/freedom-fighters-to-parade-through-shopping-centre-without-masks-in-milton-keynes-protest-this-weekend-3243959 Freedom fighters' to parade through shopping centre without masks in Milton Keynes protest this weekend] by Sally Murrer (May 20, 2021) ''MK Citizen''</ref>

Wyatt celebrated Christmas 2021 with Corbyn by co-leading a "Let the UK Live" anti-vax "freedom rally" in his home town of Milton Keynes, which, despite his local knowledge, got confused, mistook a test-and-trace centre for a vaccine centre,<ref name=”guardian291221”>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/29/anti-vaxxers-denounce-covid-testing-centre-in-freedom-march-through-milton-keynes Anti-vaxxers storm Covid testing centre during ‘freedom’ rally in Milton Keynes] by Léonie Chao-Fong (December 29, 2021) ''The Guardian''</ref> and ended up disrupting Ashley Banjo & Diversity's performance of the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime at the Milton Keynes Theatre.<ref name=”bbcnews301221”>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59826625.amp Covid: Anti-vax protesters disrupt Milton Keynes NHS test centre] (December 30, 2021) ''BBC News''</ref> Fellow Milton Keynes-based COVID-19 denialist [[John O'Looney]] was unable to attend, as he was in the ICU having discovered first-hand the reality of the pandemic.<ref name=”mkcitizen040122”>[https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-funeral-director-whos-an-avid-anti-vaxxer-ends-up-in-hospital-with-covid-3514225 Milton Keynes funeral director who's an avid anti-vaxxer ends up in hospital with Covid] by Sally Murrer (January 4, 2022) ''MK Citizen''</ref>

[[File:ChosePoorly.gif|thumb|right|165px|Jeff Wyatt's eulogy]]In September 2022, Wyatt joined the curiously long list of antivaxxers who "died suddenly" during the pandemic, and, in a sure sign of a crusader who chose poorly, ended up being eulogised by [[Unity News Network]]'s Niall McCrae,<ref>[https://unitynewsnetwork.co.uk/jeff-wyatt-a-true-man-of-the-people/ Jeff Wyatt: A true man of the people!] by Niall McCrae (September 21, 2022) ''David Icke''</ref> [[David Icke]]'s son Gareth,<ref name=”davidicke220922”>[https://davidicke.com/2022/09/22/jeff-wyatt-a-true-man-of-the-people/ Jeff Wyatt: A true man of the people!] by Gareth Icke (September 22, 2022) ''David Icke''</ref> and UKIP's Richard Fullerton.<ref name=”ukip021022”>[https://www.ukip.org/jeff-wyatt-rip Jeff Wyatt RIP] by Richard Fullerton (October 2, 2022) ''UKIP''</ref>

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