Andrew Bridgen has vehemently defended his position on the Covid vaccines, despite losing his position in the Conservative Party as a result.
The MP was expelled from the party after comparing the jabs to the Holocaust, having already lost the whip.
Speaking on GB News, Bridgen continued to defend his stance on the vaccines, saying he feared for the safety of his own child.
He told Neil Oliver that a senior figure had warned him against voicing his opinion, out of fear of upsetting so-called “vested interests”.
Andrew Bridgen has been a vocal critic of the vaccines
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He said: “I think that was the message, and he was being very honest about it. But ultimately, I was elected to look after the interests of constituents and the wider British public.
“The emblem of Parliament is a Port Cullis, which is the last defence of the castle, when the drawbridge has been breached, and we’re supposed to defend our constituents and our country’s best interests.
“I couldn’t reconcile keeping quiet with the promises I made to my electorate when I took office.
“Also, I’ve got a four-year-old. I looked at him and I thought ‘no’. He wasn’t going to be a guinea pig for experimental vaccines which were of no benefit to him whatsoever. And he’s already had Covid.”
The Conservative Party has expelled Andrew Bridgen following his controversial commentsPAThe Tories announced on Wednesday that they had stripped him of his party membership.
“Mr Bridgen was expelled from the Conservative Party on April 12 following the recommendation of a disciplinary panel. He has 28 days from this date to appeal,” a spokesman said.
It was understood that the disciplinary panel found against him for claiming vaccines were the “biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust”, rather than for breaching lobbying rules.
Bridgen told Neil Oliver that he wanted to speak out earlier on the issue.
He said: “Given my qualifications in biological sciences I think I’m one of the MPs who is qualified to research all of this and I wasn’t comfortable with the whole pandemic response, the lockdowns and project fear against my constituents.
“I started speaking to scientists and doctors who themselves have been cancelled and became aware of what was going on, the vaccines were not safe or effective and were completely unnecessary for most people.
“I got very concerned about the narrative. I could have spoken out probably twelve months earlier, but it was when the mHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) went to the Government and asked for permission to extend the vaccine rollout down to babies of six months.
“I felt I had to speak out and thankfully the Government reversed on that.”
The regular critic of vaccines lost the whip in January after claiming they were “the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust”.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned the comments as “utterly unacceptable”.
The safety of vaccines has been extensively reviewed in both adults and children by the mHRA, and they continue to be monitored with reports of serious side effects very rare, the NHS has said.
