The youngest ever MSP to be elected says Holyrood has become “much more toxic” in recent years, as he complained that homophobic abuse has…
was 21 years old when he was first became an MSP, and he told how he had been “patronised” by those outside of Holyrood because of his age and had also suffered from “much more serious homophobic abuse”.
The Green, who will celebrate his 30th birthday next month, said: “The ageism stuff I find very silly.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.
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.
Greer, who was still at nursery when the Scottish Parliament was established, said: “For me this place has always been here.”
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