Stewart McDonald’s tweet calling for Crispin Blunt to stand down

Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow South

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Crispin can no longer provide that leadership.

Stewart McDonald announced his resignation as a vice-chair of Parliament’s all-party group on global LGBT+ rights and called on its chair, Crispin Blunt, to leave.

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Why it mattered

The departures followed Blunt’s public criticism of a jury verdict against another MP. Blunt retracted his remarks and announced his resignation as chair the following day.

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