'Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives.' The Conservative Party expelled a lawmaker from its parliamentary bloc for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust.
LONDON -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party expelled a lawmaker from its parliamentary bloc on Wednesday for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust.
"Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives. I am therefore removing the whip from Andrew Bridgen with immediate effect, pending a formal investigation." Speaking in parliament, Sunak later told lawmakers: "It is utterly unacceptable to make linkages and use language like that, and I'm determined that the scourge of anti-Semitism is eradicated. It has absolutely no place in our society.""In relation to my tweet this morning, the use of the Holocaust as a reference was insensitive, for which I apologise. I have deleted the offending tweet," he said.
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