British MP loses whip after comparing COVID-19 vaccine to Holocaust

A Conservative MP has been stripped of the party whip after peddling “misinformation” about the COVID-19 vaccine on Twitter.

Report informs via The Politico that in a now-deleted tweet posted Wednesday, Andrew Bridgen shared a link to a vaccine-related article on the far-right blog ZeroHedge and said: “As one consultant cardiologist said to me this is the biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust.”

Within minutes of the post, Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart — whose job is to enforce party discipline — said in a statement: “Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives. I am removing the Whip from Andrew Bridgen with immediate effect, pending a formal investigation.”