Scottish Greens leader attacks Royal baby 'fawning'
Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, hit out at the reception of the new Royal baby
When the Scottish Parliament congratulated the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their third child, Patrick Harvie tabled an amendment to the motion, which said that 30 per cent of other newborns born on the same day would be born into poverty.
He suggested that “the scandalous level of poverty and inequality” is being fuelled by the “politicians and media outlets” who “fetish privilege and fawn over those who enjoy it”.
Mr Harvie went on to argue that he was just “pointing out the context” of the birth of the yet-unnamed prince, while Ross Greer, another Green MSP, called the intervention a “truth bomb”.
But Alexander Stewart, a Scottish Tory MSP, said: “This is a bitter amendment rooted in nastiness and brought about by a chip on his shoulder. Most people in Scotland would be appalled at the toxic tone he's adopted."