Tory MP apologises for suggesting free sterilisation for unemployed

Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Youth is ‘textbook example of how bloggers should think twice’

Ben Bradley MP
Ben Bradley has apologised for his comments
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A Tory MP is in hot water after old blog posts were unearthed in which he suggested sterilising the unemployed and declared that public sector workers “don’t know they’re born”.

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