Youngest ever MSP claims Holyrood is now ‘much more toxic’

Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer claimed Holyrood ‘as an institution has become a much more toxic and adversarial place’

Mr Greer, who has served as an MSP for the West of Scotland region since 2016, said while many women in the Parliament suffer worse abuse, he has had to deal with both ageism and homophobia. While he said there was “much to be proud of” in the 25 years of devolution, he added that “in the past five years, on LGBT rights in particular, it feels like we have gone backwards”.

“Because the implication of that is that any minority group that needs protected aren’t the public, the public are whatever the majority group is. Mr Greer said: “The highlight of the week in Parliament for anybody outside this place is First Minister’s Questions – we all know First Minister’s Questions is the least productive, least enlightening bit of the week.“Politicians are incentivised to say the things that will get them on the evening news and will get them that viral clip online.”

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