[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Fake, unfindable candidates standing for reform in the election

Youtube video

The summary is that no, there's no evidence they were using fake candidates.

For anyone who actually cares about the truth:
One of the main people the Graun and others accused being fake had touched up his picture with AI, so that must mean he's an entirely fake person. He isn't, and appeared in news shows and social media clips to prove otherwise.
Another thing is when candidates didn't have much in the way of details on the listing pages. This isn't terribly unusual, and the vid showed how some other party candidates in the same constituency as one of the examples also had no details.
"Paper candidates" are used by most smaller parties - someone who won't win their seat but only exists to get votes which will count toward the "popular vote."