Tory MP Adam Holloway has defended Andrew Bridgen after he had the Conservative whip removed for comparing the vaccine rollout to the Holocaust
Holloway has suggested the party are behaving in an "almost fascist way" and said the suspension is a threat to freedom of speech
Bridgen is under investigation by the Conservative party for his remarks branding the vaccine rollout a "crime"
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A Tory MP has suggested his party is behaving in an "almost fascist way" after it suspended a senior MP for remarks about vaccines and the Holocaust.
On Wednesday Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, claimed COVID vaccines "are causing serious harms" and said the rollout was "the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust".
It is not the first time Bridgen has shared widely debunked claims about vaccines; he has repeatedly made the false claim that mRNA vaccines are gene therapy.
Chief Conservative whip Simon Hart said Bridgen, who is now under investigation for his remarks, had "crossed the line" - adding "misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives".
However, Adam Holloway, the Tory MP for Gravesham, has accused his party of depriving Bridgen of his right to freedom of speech.
“We want to do 'diversity and inclusion'?" Holloway told GB News. "Well, let's actually hear what people have to say - and let the public form their own judgement.
"And don't be so sort of almost fascist - and tell people what they can and can't say.”
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