NEW: In response to claims in that Twitter thread with 25k+ RTs that the UK Department of Health has been running a network of fake NHS accounts, a Twitter spokesperson tells me specialist teams have found *no co-ordinated manipulation* specifically in this case.

To be clear:

Department of Health says its not a thing.

Twitter says its not happening.

I simply look forward to seeing the data old mate has on this.

What if the misinformation was the misinformation we met along the way.