Vídeo: Os partidos apresentaram candidatos falsos nas eleições gerais no Reino Unido?

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did parties feel fake candidates in the UK general election rumors have been rampant on social media that a candidate for the right-wing populist party reform in the recent UK election wasn’t real some said his photo is AI generated but as usual there’s more to this claim than meets the eye let’s see why take a look at this photo of Mark Matlock a candidate who stood to be an MP for reform UK in the South London constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill you might be forgiven for thinking it’s AI generated and that’s what a lot of people online thought too rumors quickly began circulating online that Matlock didn’t exist as well as wider claims that reform had stood fake candidates in other seats these were fueled by other claims that Matlock hadn’t appeared at any hustings and that his rival candidates hadn’t ever met him he also failed to turn up to the count when the election results were announced in the early hours of the 5th of July despite the claims there’s no real evidence that reform fielded any fake or non-existent candidates various domestic news outlets such as the guardian the BBC and Sky News have reportedly confirmed matlock’s identity he also appeared on GB news a few days after the election to discuss the claims he said the reason he hadn’t been at the vote count was because he was suffering from pneumonia repeating what he said on X before the results were announced as for his supposedly AI generated photo Matlock told the guardian that the picture had been altered to change his tie and suit as he couldn’t get to a photographer on time ultimately Matlock came fifth in his seat with under 2,000 votes while B robero Addy won for the ruling labor party with more than 24,000 while none of reform’s candidates appear to be fake the BBC reports that the parties struggled to find candidates and that in some cases they had to recruit staff members friends and families to stand some of them ended up doing very little campaigning if at all these so-called paper candidates who appear on the ballot paper but don’t really show their face are a common feature of UK elections this is because political parties get more than £22,000 for every seat one and another £45 for every 200 votes one in addition to this financial incentive to field candidates in every constituency reform says that doing so increases democracy as it gives as many people in the country as possible a chance to vote for them this all comes after an AI candidate did stand in the UK’s recent general election AI Steve ran for the Brighton Pavilion constituency but only picked up 179 votes you can read more about him over on Euro News next for more investigations and fact checks head over to euronews.com