SNP frontbencher Neale Hanvey has been sacked after backing a campaign to sue his parliamentary colleague Kirsty Blackman.
The Fife MP, who was previously suspended from the SNP for using anti-Semitic language on social media, has lost his role as vaccine spokesman after refusing to apologise to Ms Blackman.
Mr Hanvey posted “speak clear and stay strong” on a crowdfunder page which was raising cash to bring a defamation case against Ms Blackman.
This is utterly shameful. An MP who is on @theSNP's own conduct committee donating to a crowdfunder for someone to sue actor and LGBT+ activist @DavidPaisley and the MP's own parliamentary colleague @KirstySNPhttps://t.co/Bf2PA3cq1N
The row erupted after a Twitter user was accused of misgendering a member of the SNP.
An SNP spokesperson said: “Neale Hanvey was given the opportunity to apologise for his actions, which are incompatible with the responsibilities of a frontbench spokesperson, including the requirement for teamwork and collective responsibility.
“He failed to do so and he has been removed from his position.”
SNP’s Neale Hanvey sacked after backing campaign to sue Aberdeen MP Kirsty Blackman
