MP Andrew Bridgen has Tory whip removed after comparing COVID vaccines with Holocaust

BREAKING: MP Andrew Bridgen has Tory whip removed after remarks on COVID vaccines and Holocaust

Westminster Accounts: Why a cannabis company invests in a group of MPs - and the unusual way it worksIn a tweet today he posted a vaccine efficacy chart with the caption:"As one consultant cardiologist said to me, this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust."Reacting to Mr Bridgen having the whip removed, John Mann, the government's independent anti-Semitism adviser, said:"There is no possibility that Bridgen can be allowed to stand at the next election.

About 20 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccine in its first year, Imperial College London research published in June last year found. The Imperial research suggests another 600,000 deaths could have been avoided if a World Health Organisation target of vaccinating 40% of the global population by the end of 2021 had been met.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

SkyNews /  🏆 35. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Andrew Bridgen has whip suspended for ‘spreading Covid vaccine misinformation’BREAKING: Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen has been suspended from the Tory party for spreading ‘misinformation’ about the Covid-19 jab.
Read more »

Andrew Bridgen: Tory MP suspended from Commons for breaching lobbying rulesMPs have agreed to suspend Andrew Bridgen, who was found to have breached the MPs' code of conduct in November.
Read more »

Tory MP suspended after 'breaching lobbying rules'BREAKING: Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has been suspended from Parliament for five sitting days after breaching lobbying rules in a ‘significant litany of errors’.
Read more »

Andew Bridgen's five-day Commons suspension approvedConservative Andrew Bridgen will be suspended for five days for breaching the MP's code of conduct.
Read more »

Planners ignored historical building policy, researcher saysAndrew Martin says planning policy on replacing old Manx buildings is being applied inconsistently.
Read more »