Andrew Bridgen suspended from Tory party over remarks on Covid-19 vaccine

MP Andrew Bridgen has been suspended from Conservative Party for spreading false information on the Covid-19 vaccine. The whip was stripped from Bridgen after he reiterated anti-vaccine beliefs in a highly denounced tweet earlier today, comparing the Covid jab with the Holocaust.

Having the whip withdrawn means that Andrew Bridgen is no longer a Conservative MP and with immediate effect, he is now an independent within the parliament. His whip was suspended while he was already undergoing a five-day suspension on a separate issue.

While under suspension, Andrew Bridgen took to Twitter, and posted information published by Zero Hedge, a far-right libertarian financial blog and news aggregator. He also posted a Times article today on the 1,000 more fatalities that have occurred as the NHS struggles with staff shortages and strikes.

Tweeting a graph from Zero Hedge showing health risks from Covid vaccines, Bridgen claimed in the now-deleted tweet, “As one consultant cardiologist said to me this is the biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust”.

In another tweet, he questioned if the failure of NHS is responsible for the current excess deaths in all other countries that administered the gene therapy mRNA “vaccines”.



According to Tory chief whip Simon Hart, Andrew’s comments on Wednesday had "crossed a line" and caused tremendous offence. His remarks were even denounced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who called the comparison of Covid jab with the Holocaust "utterly unacceptable".

Andrew Bridgen’s statements were denounced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said that the parallel was "completely inappropriate." According to Hart, Bridgen would be stripped of the party whip, making him an independent throughout the formal probe.

The MP was already undergoing a five-day suspension from Parliament for violating the rules on registering financial interests. The Holocaust Educational Trust's chief executive, Karen Pollock, called Bridgen’s comments "highly irresponsible and wholly inappropriate".

Bridgen should not be allowed to run for the Tories in the upcoming election, according to Lord Mann, an independent peer and former Labour MP who advises the government on anti-Semitism. "He cannot claim that he didn't realise the level of offence that his remarks cause," he added.

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1. For how many days Andrew Bridgen has been suspended?
   Whip has been withdrawn from Tory MP Andrew Bridgen
2. When was Andrew Bridgen born?
   28 October, 1964