Tory MP to sue Matt Hancock over COVID-19 vaccine remarks
Brexiter MP Andrew Bridgen, who lost the Conservative whip in the Commons after appearing to compare COVID vaccines to the Holocaust on Twitter, is taking legal action against Matt Hancock for criticising his remarks.
Brexiter MP Andrew Bridgen, who lost the Conservative whip in the Commons after appearing to compare COVID vaccines to the Holocaust on Twitter, is taking legal action against Matt Hancock for criticising his remarks. Bridgen has decided to sue the former health secretary for £100,000 over a tweet in which Matt Hancock accused him of spouting “antisemitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories”.
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