Britain's governing Conservative Party expelled a lawmaker from its parliamentary bloc on Wednesday for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust. "Andrew Bridgen has crossed a line, causing great offense in the process," said Simon Hart, the chief whip, or head of party discipline, for the Conservatives, also known as the Tories. "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." The decision means Bridgen is no longer considered a member of the party's bloc within parliament, decreasing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's majority. Bridgen, a...
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