Scottish Nationalists Throw Eggs, Spit at Pensioners and Name BBC Reporter “Scum”
Scottish separatists protesting outdoors the Tory husting venue in Perth greeted members arriving with indicators studying “TORY SCUM OUT” and “Liz Truss is a fanny”. Not content material with simply throwing eggs at members, as reported by Bloomberg, Tory MP Andrew Bowie claimed protestors had been seen “spitting at pensioners”. Guido overheard one stay streaming nationalist joke he hoped the eggs have been “frozen”.
Eggs being thrown, spitting at pensioners. The great previous “tory scum” banner out…Good to see @NicolaSturgeon‘s civic and joyous nationalism in motion in Perth tonight.
— Andrew Bowie MP (@AndrewBowie_MP) August 16, 2022
Protestors have been additionally condemned for abusing BBC Scotland reporter James Prepare dinner, calling him a “liar”, “scum” and a “traitor” in now-deleted footage.
I see the one that shared the video of the horrible abuse acquired by the BBC journalist from nationalists in the present day has now deleted it. Right here it’s. pic.twitter.com/1iEC3GVuwP
— Blair McDougall (@blairmcdougall) August 16, 2022
SNP MPs David Linden and Stewart McDonald each condemned the scenes, the previous tweeting that “If anybody of them is discovered to be an @theSNP member, then they need to be chucked out instantly.”
This additionally applies to our opponents. Demanding decency needs to be blind to political affiliation, however too usually they dish it out with out calling it out amongst their very own facet. Develop a backbone.
— Stewart McDonald MP (@StewartMcDonald) August 16, 2022
All in all a fantastic advert for the independence motion…
