Ruth Davidson has been urged to apologise after mocking the accent of an SNP MSP during yesterday’s indyref2 debate.
Ms Davidson was accused of “personal attacks & rudeness” after making a comment in reference to South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine prior to the Scottish Parliament’s vote on a new referendum poll.
In her opening remarks, Ms Davidson was jeered for quoting Ms McAlpine’s words and then adding: “I won’t do the accent”.
She also told Nicola Sturgeon to “sit down” after the First Minister tried to intervene for a second time in her speech.
Last night, Transport Minister Humza Yousaf was quick to condemn Ms Davidson’s actions.
He tweeted: “Worst I’ve heard Ruth Davidson in chamber – mask slips as she resorts to personal attacks & rudeness towards opponents.”
Glasgow Cathcart MP James Dornan accused the Conservative leader of being “bad tempered, rude and panicky,” while MSP Jeane Freeman said her contribution was “remarkably disrespectful and disingenuous.”
But Ms Davidson had also accused the SNP of bad behaviour after Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham was filmed gesticulating at Tory MSPs when the debate was suspended last week in the wake of the Westminster terror attack.
Ms Davidson said: “In what was a disgraceful episode, we were shouted at by SNP members and told that we were frightened to debate independence.
“We are not, but we are sick of it, and most people in Scotland have had enough, too.”
The Scottish Parliament voted 69-59 in favour of a motion granting the First Minister approval to seek legal powers to hold a second independence vote.