MP Andrew Bridgen ‘bombarded’ cabinet ministers with anti-vax messages
Exclusive: Mr Bridgen said he had been messaging government ministers following his Covid tweet
MP Andrew Bridgen “bombarded” cabinet ministers with Covid claims before he lost the Conservative whip for linking the vaccine to the Holocaust.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak denounced the North West Leicestershire MP’s comments as “completely unacceptable”.
The Conservative Party’s chief whip Simon Hart also said Mr Bridgen had “crossed a line” and had “caused great offence in the process”.
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