Simon Hart – 2023 Comments on Andrew Bridgen Losing the Conservative Whip

The comments made by Simon Hart, the Conservative Party chief whip, on 11 January 2023.

Andrew Bridgen has crossed a line, causing great offence in the process. As a nation we should be very proud of what has been achieved through the vaccine programme. The vaccine is the best defence against Covid that we have. 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.