PMQs: Matt Hancock asks PM to condemn Bridgen's comparison of Covid vaccines with Holocaust

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Jan 24, 2023
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has asked Rishi Sunak to condemn Andrew Bridgen's comparison of Covid vaccines with Holocaust.

Mr Hancock said: "Does the prime minister agree with me that the disgusting, antisemitic, anti-vax conspiracies that have been promulgated online this morning are not only deeply offensive, but anti-scientific and have no place in this house or in our wider society."

Mr Sunak replied: "Obviously it is utterly unacceptable to make linkages and use language like that, and I am determined that the scourge of antisemitism is eradicated.

"It has absolutely no place in our society, and I know that the previous few years have been challenging for the Jewish community, and I never want them to experience anything like that ever again."

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