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Yesterday we reported the calls for the Scottish Greens to withdraw the whip from their MSP Q Manivannan over their comment about rape being a spectrum". Manivannan, who is non-binary and who uses they/them pronouns, has now apologised for the comments, which were in a podcast made before they became an MSP.

As the BBC reports, they said:

I recognise that the words in the clip shared, without the full context of the conversation, have caused considerable upset.

For that I apologise. I will always stand with and for victims and survivors ...