Comments by "Caroline Collett" (@carolinecollett956) on "Pressure builds on Westminster for second independence referendum after SNP win" video.

  1. Douglas Ross faced heavy criticism from human rights groups including Amnesty International for saying that “tougher enforcement against Gypsy travellers” would be his “top priority” if he were Prime Minister for a day. I support travellers and hope they will have a human rights person on their side to find farm land around the country to stay and move around
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  2. He then went on national radio to defend himself, describing the traveller community as “a blight on our community”.
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  3. Voted against protecting the NHS from being sold off and opened up to private firms in post-Brexit trade deals
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  4. And there’s more. Several years prior, he appeared to compare a travellers’ site to a landfill tip, and made more anti-traveller remarks during his time as a Moray councillor – highlighting abhorrent views.
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  5. Consistently voted against measures to prevent climate change . Which is very surprising for a young man living in a crisis in climate change !
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