Tory MP slapped down by watchdog for false claim about Covid jab deaths

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  1. > Tory grandee Sir Christopher Chope has been slapped down by the nation’s numbers watchdog for saying Covid jabs caused death or serious injury to 10,000 people.

    > UK Statistics Authority chair Sian Jones told the veteran MP: “There is no basis in official statistics to support the claim.

    > “Available evidence suggests severe side effects are very rare – much rarer than serious complications from Covid itself.”

    Most realise Chope is a nutball, especially after he [went out of his way](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-sir-christopher-chope-12719924) to derail “upskirt” photography legislation.

    But did you know he was enough of a crackpot to dally with sub-Ickean [conspiracy toting](https://archive.ph/jPri9#selection-881.124-881.407) climate denying anti-EU “news” organisation [UK Column](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Brian_Gerrish)?

    In fact, he actually promotes it [on his website](https://www.chrischope.com/news/chris-featured-uk-column-news).

  2. He is the stubborn prion protein in parliament’s brain. This man makes the Commons especially dysfunctional.

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