Article 683JX Scottish Labour criticised as ex-MSP who made ‘sexist’ remarks put on MP shortlist

Scottish Labour criticised as ex-MSP who made ‘sexist’ remarks put on MP shortlist

by
Aletha Adu
from World news | The Guardian on (#683JX)

Frank McAveety apologised for comments made in Holyrood meeting in 2010 about 15-year-old girl

The Scottish Labour party has been criticised for putting a former MSP who made deeply sexualised and racist remarks" about a 15-year-old girl on to its shortlist for a parliamentary seat in Glasgow.

Frank McAveety, the former MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, was recorded calling a 15-year-old girl dark" and dusky" and describing her as very nice and very slim" during a Holyrood committee meeting in 2010.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025
Reply 0 comments