Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has been accused of prejudice towards the Traveller community by prominent ethnic minority figures and cross-party MPs.
Ross was last night questioned during a live televised Scottish election debate about “vitriolic” comments he made towards the Traveller community, during his time as a local councillor, which were revealed in an openDemocracy report published earlier that day.
Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie alleged that Ross had “built [his] political career on divisive language and actions against one of Scotland’s most marginalised communities”.
