Scottish Greens leader calls DUP ‘sectarian, homophobic, climate deniers’

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has branded Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist party (DUP) "sectarian, homophobic, climate deniers" as passions flared over Brexit at Holyrood.

By Scott Macnab Wednesday, 27th March 2019, 5:26 pm Updated Wednesday, 27th March 2019, 5:28 pm

The Glasgow MSP was respondig to Tory claims that the Greens were being "self indulgent" by staging a debate in the Scottish Parliament today on revoking Article 50 and halting Brexit , unless a second referendum is held.

Mr Harvie suggested that Brexit turmoil had been "created" to solve the Tories internal divisions on Brexit and questioned whether this was not self-indulgent.

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"Prolonging this mess by refusing to reach out and seek consensus for staying inside the single market - that's not self-indulgent," he added.

Patrick Harvie hit out at the DUP today

"Throwing a billion pound bung to the misogynist, homophobic, climate-denying, sectarian marchers of the DUP to keep their own hopeless Prime Minister in office - that's not sefl-indulgent at all."

He added: "Anyone trying to stop this chaos and end the crisis that trhe Tory party has forced on the country - that's apparently is being self-indulgent."

MSPs at Holyrood today claimed the voice of Scots has been ignored in the chaos and turmoil which has engulfed British politics over Brexit, as parties from across the political divide said the public should have their say.