“We saw so much moral cowardice among leaders in the western world.
“So those who demonstrated courage during this period, I did my best to support.
He went on: “[Andrew’s party] was trying to isolate them. I wanted to let him know that there were people around the world.”
Mr Kennedy believes that in the US a number of constitutional rights were ignored over Covid by both Trump and Biden.
He described what has happened as “a continued assault on our freedoms and free speech.”
He said: “Once the government takes the power, it will never voluntarily relinquish it.
“These powers have now been temporarily suspended.
“The lockdowns and the other measures hasve been temporarily suspended.
“None of these governments have said, ‘we will never do this again’.
“They’re all saying it when the next pandemic comes it may be even worse.”
Mr Bridgen decided not to challenge his expulson from the Conservative Party and joined Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party.
He told Express.co.uk: “It was strange, not one of my former [Tory MP] colleagues got in touch when it was leaked I had been expelled.
“A lot of them knew I was asking the right questions but did not have the courage to say anything themselves or to publicly support me.
“But I got a call from Robert of all people, which says a lot about him as a man of principle.”
