Nottinghamshire MP Brendan Clarke-Smith has come under fire after making comments about people using Covid for 'political agendas'. It comes after the Bassetlaw Conservative MP appeared on the Jeremy Vine show on Channel 5 on Tuesday morning (June 7) alongside Nottingham East Labour MP Nadia Whittome.
Mr Clarke-Smith, who has continued to be vocal in his support of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has since received strong backlash on social media. He claimed that Boris Johnson has the support of more MPs than Labour's Keir Starmer did when he ran for leader, after the outcome of the PM's vote of confidence.
During the panel show Nadia Whittome questioned MrClarke-Smith over his attitude to the pandemic. She asked: "How can you look your constituents in the eye, someone who went to their grandparents' funeral on Zoom, and tell them that you failed in your duty to force the Prime Minister to resign?"
