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Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay has said he supports the government encouraging vaccination but that making it compulsory would be “draconian” and “a step too far”.
The MP for South Thanet in Kent said that while he supports “carrot and stick” methods, he will not support mandatory vaccination for normal life.
A man who sent threatening messages on Twitter to SNP MP Joanna Cherry has been ordered not to contact her for five years.
Grant Karte, 30, was also sentenced to a community payback order, which will be supervised for 15 months, with 160 hours of unpaid community work, reports the Press Association.
You pled guilty to a serious charge, a charge involving threatening a member of parliament.
Your threat carried implications of violence and one interpretation of what was said was sexual violence.
